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This is the December 25 edition of the show. Merry Christmas to all our listeners of the Christian faith.

On today\\u2019s show I\\u2019m doing some gratitude work. I was taught this by my good friend and mentor Kyle Wilson. Kyle is a past guest on this show and he\\u2019s best known for being founder and CEO of John Rohn International where he was Jim Rohn\\u2019s business partner for 17 years.

There is no doubt that many of us lead stressful lives. My definition of stress is very simple. Whenever there is a gap between expectation and reality, that can be a source of stress. There is no guarantee of stress, only the possibility of stress. If there is no gap between expectation and reality, there can be no stress. Stress lives in the gap.

Stress can evoke other emotions like anxiety or fear.

But as 2021 draws to a close, I choose to focus on gratitude. It turns out that you can\\u2019t be grateful and anxious at the same time. It\\u2019s not physiologically possible.

Kyle taught me the exercise of writing down 20 GREAT things from 2021. Writing 20 great things is different that simply saying what you\\u2019re grateful for. It\\u2019s more specific, more tangible.

Otherwise you can simply fall into the trap of generic things like \\u201cI\\u2019m grateful for my health. I\\u2019m grateful for my family.\\u201d

Take the time to write for yourself 20 great things that happened this year. It\\u2019s a more specific form of gratitude.

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Host: Victor Menasce

email: podcast@victorjm.com