The Power of Gratitude: Finding Abundance in the Gain
Download MP3Welcome to the Dead 3 Coaching podcast, and I am your host, George Evian. And it has been a while since we have put out an episode, and I'm looking forward to 2025 and putting out many more episodes than we did probably in the last half year or so in 2024. There's new goals, new direction, new ideas that we have, and we're looking forward to presenting some content to you that circles around really some of the content I'm consuming that we're creating here with the Dead 3 platform. What I'm encouraging you to do right now is to go out to dead3coaching.com, see everything that we're doing out there, and sign up for our community. Sign up and read our blogs and consume these podcasts that we're putting out.
Speaker 1:We're going to do things a little different. The format is going to be very different than what we've done in the past. We will be having guests on and continuing to have great conversations with leaders and coaches and mindset specialists and people that can really push us outside of our comfort zone as we navigate 2025. But this podcast today is going to be much shorter than what we've done in the past, hopefully much shorter for you. But what we've started to do in 2025 is this.
Speaker 1:If you are following us on LinkedIn, if you have followed us on Instagram or YouTube or some of those other platforms, what we are doing is putting out a post every single day. And those posts are typically out every morning around 9 am, and they are quotes from the most impactful books that I read in 2024. I was able to read about 40 to 50 different books in 2024. And what we've done is gone back and taken out some of the impactful quotes from those books. And each book essentially has a day.
Speaker 1:Day 1 for every month is going to be 10x is easier than 2x by Doctor. Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan. And we navigate a month with a different book every single day and a quote from that book. So if you're consuming us and our content on Instagram or LinkedIn, that's what you are seeing. We're also putting out a blog every day on that quote and going a little bit deeper than just a quote and a social media post, but really speaking to that quote, that book, that idea and being able to extract more out of it and how that can create some action and some impact on your daily basis.
Speaker 1:So I encourage you to just consume and spread the message on our social media posts, but I also encourage you to go to our blogs. And then we're posting those blogs in different venues and avenues as well. So the podcast then is just really about that quote, and maybe we put these out every day. Maybe it's a couple days a week. However, that, time affords us that opportunity to do it.
Speaker 1:But we're gonna start then with this quote from this book, that we're gonna speak about here. And I'm starting with this one, and it is a Dan Sullivan and doctor Benjamin Hardy quote, but it's from a different book, different book than the 10 x is easier than 2 x. This comes from a book called The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan and Doctor. Benjamin Hardy. And this was one of the first books that I read in 2024.
Speaker 1:And it was a all these books impacted me significantly in 2024. This one speaks to really recognizing how your mindset is in terms of are you always looking at what you don't have, the gap, or are you happy with and acknowledging the gain, the progress, the momentum, the improvement that you have had? So this post and this quote is on this. But Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy, in their book, The Gap and the Gain, they do offer this insight. Here's the quote that I love.
Speaker 1:If you focus on what you lack, you lose what you have. But if you focus on what you have, you will gain what you lack. So, it's a great quote. Let me read it again to you a little bit quicker. But if you focus on what you lack, you are going to lose what you have.
Speaker 1:And if you focus on what you have, you will gain what you lack. This quote highlights the impact of shifting your mindset from scarcity to abundance, a practice that not only will foster and develop gratitude, but it also is going to fuel the growth that you're looking to have over the year. And a lot of this, again, is if you followed my podcast at all, this is me speaking to me a lot of the time. Like, I need to make sure that I'm focused on the progress that I'm making as a person, as a husband, as a father, as a coach, as a leader in my organization, and not focus on so much of where I'm not, but really focusing on the improvement and the growth. I think you always need to be looking at looking at your growth, your potential, your capabilities, where you want to be and have those goals and systems in place.
Speaker 1:But you also need to focus on what you have, so I will gain what I lack. In our fast paced lives, though, it's easy to get caught up in the gap, this endless pursuit of what we're missing. We compare ourselves to other, measure against unattainable standards, and we feel perpetually behind everybody else. But this focus on scarcity, it blinds us to our progress, our strengths and the blessings that we truly have right now because we're too wrapped up in what we don't have. On the other hand, shifting to the gain, this invites us to celebrate our achievements, appreciate the present and attract the further success and the path that we're going down.
Speaker 1:Gratitude is the multiplier. What I've started in my year already is every single morning writing down key wins from the day, the previous day, and then writing down what I'm grateful for and then really reflecting on what I'm grateful for. But gratitude is that multiplier. It shifts your perspective, revealing opportunities and lessons and even challenges. Leaders, coaches, leaders who embrace that mindset inspire their teams to focus on their collective strengths and their accomplishments.
Speaker 1:When we measure backward acknowledging how far we have come, we ignite confidence and resilience that we've done this. Look at where we used to be. Look at how far we've come. Look at how our disciplines are working for us. Look at how our habits, our rituals, our mindsets, our routines that we have set up, and look at how far we are going.
Speaker 1:So, you have to ask yourself, are you focusing on the gap, or are you really embracing the gain that you have, that your team has, that your family has, that your kids have, that your team and athletes may have if you're in that world? So, those are the things. Really focus on progress. It doesn't mean that you don't talk about, discuss goals, ambitions, desires, and where you will be. But an abundance mindset isn't just a personal growth tool.
Speaker 1:It is a cornerstone of effective leadership and developing your team culture. When a leader models gratitude, they set the tone for an environment that values progress over perfection. You have heard, or at least I have heard many times over 2024 about progress over perfection. Progress over perfection. If you ever take notes on our podcast, I would write that down.
Speaker 1:Progress over perfection. Many times, we're wrapped up in perfection and being a perfectionist that it cripples us. It stops us from moving forward. It stops us from being creating momentum because we're sitting around waiting for that perfect time when everything is in place instead of just moving forward. But when a leader models the gratitude, they set the tone for the environment that values the progress over perfection.
Speaker 1:Teams that focus on what's working rather than dwelling on what's missing, What's missing are more innovative, more collaborative and more motivated. Let me say that again. Teams that focus on what's working, rather than dwelling on what's missing, they are more innovative. They're more collaborative. They're more motivated.
Speaker 1:They have more ownership. They're more bought in. They, you know, they problem solve better together, all these different things when we focus on what's working rather than dwelling on what's missing. Gratitude also builds trust and connection with everybody on your team. When we are truly grateful for what is going on, what we're accomplishing, the progress that we're making, that's gonna build trust and connection.
Speaker 1:And when leaders and team members regularly acknowledge each other's contributions, it creates a positive feedback loop that strengthens relationships and boosts the morale of your team. Focusing on the gain helps individuals and teams navigate challenges with optimism and adaptability and innovation and all the things that we've talked about here. And this shift in perspective of gratitude, of living in the gain, of acknowledging the gain, of contribution, of trust and connection and all these little buzzwords that we have here, that has a ripple effect to your team. As individuals embrace gratitude, they become more resilient and more resourceful. They have better connections, better trust.
Speaker 1:And teams that focus on abundance and progress and the gain attract opportunities and attract solutions to those opportunities and to those problems. Organizations that prioritize the gain over the gap foster a culture of growth, appreciation, celebration, acknowledgment, contribution and success. So those are the things like this quote speaks to me about. And this book, I encourage you to go get the book. But here are 3.
Speaker 1:I want to leave you with 3 action items every day that you need to consider, that I need to consider as we shift from thinking about the gap and where we're not and to the gain of our progress and where we will be and where we are and how we are gonna build our teams by living in the game. But if you're ready to cultivate an abundance mindset and truly be grateful for the progress that you've made and where you're at and who's doing it with you and your team's progress, Here are 3 things for you to consider. Just reflect on your progress. Take 5 minutes and list 3 accomplishments every day, 3 accomplishments, 3 moments of growth from the past week or the past day. I do it every day.
Speaker 1:Every day, I sit there and think about the wins from the previous day, and I think about what I am grateful for from that day. Celebrate how far you have come instead of fixating on how far you still have to go. This podcast may be heard by 10 people, and that's okay. It doesn't matter where I'm at. It matters my heart, my intent, and the value I'm trying to create.
Speaker 1:And it matters maybe where we will be. What would this look like on January 7, 2026? Celebrate how far you've come instead of fixating on how far you still have to go. And express number 2, express gratitude daily. Share your appreciation with someone on your team or in your life, whether it's a quick thank you email, a verbal acknowledgment, a text message, small gestures of gratitude strengthen those connections on your team.
Speaker 1:I appreciate you because you're doing great because You're valuable because. Your contributions means this because look at how far we've come. The 3rd action item for us to consider is just to reframe the challenges. The next time that we encounter a setback, ask ourselves this question. What lessons or opportunities can I gain from this experience?
Speaker 1:All of us, in my current work, both what I do on the side in coaching, what I do professionally, coaching in the software industry, There are things within the past 3 weeks that have not gone our way. And we have to sit there and speak to what lessons or opportunities can I gain from this experience, not the gap, not what we aren't, but what we can be, what we will be, and what we're working towards? That simple shift in perspective transforms obstacles into the stepping stones that you, your organization, your teams all need. They all need it. So, again, I'm excited about this new format because it's going to continue to coach me and lead me to consider these great books and these great authors and this great content that I consumed in 2024.
Speaker 1:It's going to continue to put it and keep it top of mind, but the power of gratitude and finding abundance in the gain instead of thinking about the gap. One, I'd encourage you to go get this book by Doctor. Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan. I'd encourage you to share or help us out and share our social media posts that are out there. These podcasts are going to be much shorter as we jump into them.
Speaker 1:But this is the one from The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan, Doctor. Benjamin Hardy. And the quote again is, if you focus on what you lack, you lose what you have. But if you focus on what you have, you will gain what you lack. Let me know how this podcast, this episode, our content, our blogs, our social media posts, Let me know how all that is hitting you.
Speaker 1:And also, go to our website, dead3coaching.com, dead3coaching.com. And there's a community that we have built. I'm encouraging you to go to the community to get this content, to connect with us, connect with other like minded folks that are interested in having a great 2025. There's a community there. It's a free community.
Speaker 1:And we're having these conversations there now. All right, appreciate it, and thank you, and have a great start to your year.
