{"id":2028,"date":"2017-12-16T15:56:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T21:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2018-11-11T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T23:14:24","slug":"why-having-gratitude-helps-you-achieve-your-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2017\/why-having-gratitude-helps-you-achieve-your-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Having Gratitude Helps You Achieve Your Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2037\" src=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Gratitude-and-Goals.jpg\" alt=\"why gratitude helps achieve goals\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Gratitude-and-Goals.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Gratitude-and-Goals-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Gratitude-and-Goals-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Gratitude-and-Goals-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>#GrowYourLife<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Life Area: Personal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll recall when I and my team sent you are Thanksgiving greeting that I recommended keeping a daily or weekly Gratitude Journal. I mentioned its many benefits and wanted to add one more benefit to the mix with this blog post as we approach the stereotypical goal setting time of the year:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why Having Gratitude Helps You Achieve Your Goals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the challenges in reaching our long-term goals is getting derailed by short-term gains. These are decisions that look good in the moment\u2014instant gratification usually does. But they actually prevent us from making progress or even set us back.<\/p>\n<p>See if you recognize any of these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The impulse buy that dings your savings goal.<\/li>\n<li>The skipped workout routines that plateau your weight loss.<\/li>\n<li>The late night at work that keeps you from your child\u2019s school recital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We get the short-term win from the purchase, the rest, and the project completion. But we lose the long-term payoffs that only come from reaching our goals: financial security, physical health, and lasting connection with our kids.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/documents\/Success-Series_7Day-Goal-Setting-Challenge.pdf\">Download my FREE 7-Day Goal Setting Challenge here<\/a>. It is for anyone who is looking to achieve a specific goal in their personal or professional life, no matter how big or small. If you\u2019re unsure of how to go about starting on a path to achieving your goals, then this challenge is for you. Over the course of 7 days, you will gain clarity into exactly what you want to achieve in every area of your life and determine a clear-cut plan for how to achieve those goals. <a href=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/documents\/Success-Series_7Day-Goal-Setting-Challenge.pdf\">Download it here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2017\/talk-tom-episode-16-7-day-goal-setting-challenge\/\">listen to my <em>Talk with Tom <\/em>podcast episode<\/a> where I describe in detail how to use the guide.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It\u2019s true for all kinds of goals. What I and many others came to realize is that gratitude is the difference maker. Why? There are at least three reasons gratitude can help you stay the course and reach your goals:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Gratitude keeps you going.<\/strong> In one study researchers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0195373588\/mhyatt-20?&amp;tag=rnwap-20\">Robert A. Emmons and Anjali Mishra<\/a> had students list goals they hoped to reach over a two month period. Ten weeks later they checked back and found the grateful students were closer than others in the study to reaching their goals. Emmons and Mishra said there\u2019s a prevailing (but unproven) idea out there that gratitude can leave people feeling complacent. <em>If I\u2019ve got enough, then maybe I don\u2019t need to achieve more<\/em>. Instead, they determined, \u201cgratitude enhances effortful goal striving.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gratitude improves your patience.<\/strong> A lot of times we take the easy out because we\u2019re impatient. Achieving big goals takes time and effort. Thankfully, gratitude can keep you in the game. David DeSteno of Northwestern University led a <a href=\"http:\/\/pss.sagepub.com\/content\/25\/6\/1262.abstract\">study<\/a> where participants were asked to recall an event that made them feel grateful, happy, or neutral. After writing about it, they reported their mood and then made a series of financial decisions. If they wanted, they could take a cash reward at the end of the session or receive a larger amount by check in the mail at a later date. The grateful were happy to wait for the bigger payout. \u201cOn average, we increased people\u2019s financial patience by about 12 percent,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/money\/be-thankful-save-more-study-says-gratitude-helps-us-reach-1D79801892\">DeSteno<\/a>. \u201cImagine if you could increase people\u2019s savings by that much.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gratitude lowers your stress.<\/strong> People fall for instant gratification because indulgence and avoidance are both attractive ways of coping with stress. But we all know they\u2019re not effective in the long run, and we\u2019ve got the bills and ill-fitting clothes to prove it.It turns out gratitude is a far more effective way to cope with stress. Emmons and Mishra conclude, \u201cThe evidence strongly supports the supposition that gratitude promotes adaptive coping and personal growth.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Instant gratification looks good in the moment, but can actually prevent us from making progress or even set us back.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I love asking successful people what they do to succeed. When their answers overlap with each other it\u2019s like building a list of best practices. When the science backs them up, we\u2019d have to be foolish not to listen.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2166 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/7-Day-Goal-Setting-Challenge-cover-150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" \/>Expressing Gratitude<\/em> is just one of eight different best practices in goal setting. <a href=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/documents\/goalsettingchallengeebook.pdf\">Download my FREE 7-Day Goal Setting Challenge here<\/a>. It is for anyone who is looking to achieve a specific goal in their personal or professional life, no matter how big or small. If you\u2019re unsure of how to go about starting on a path to achieving your goals, then this challenge is for you. Over the course of 7 days, you will gain clarity into exactly what you want to achieve in every area of your life and determine a clear-cut plan for how to achieve those goals. <a href=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/documents\/goalsettingchallengeebook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download it here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2017\/talk-tom-episode-16-7-day-goal-setting-challenge\/\">listen to my <em>Talk with Tom <\/em>podcast episode<\/a> where I describe in detail how to use the guide.<\/p>\n<h3>Your Action Step<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/documents\/Success-Series_7Day-Goal-Setting-Challenge.pdf\">Download my FREE 7-Day Goal Setting Challenge here<\/a> and get started today setting your 2018 goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share this post with your family and friends.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>My mission is to inspire people and organizations to live their highest vision.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am a Success Strategist and Master Coach. 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