The Four A’s for Expressing Gratitude by Brian Tracy


In this video, Brain Tracy talks about the 4 A’s of expressing gratitude. He also explains how gratitude is very important and has to be a part of your daily routine.

The Four A’s for Expressing Gratitude

Transcripts of the Video:


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even in the midst of the greatest
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difficulties you have experienced in
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life you can always find things for
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which you are truly grateful hello I’m
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Brian Tracy and today I want to talk to
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you about gratitude and its effects on
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your overall life and happiness there’s
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a natural tendency in this world
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especially if you grew up in an
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environment where people complain a lot
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to think adults complain a lot it’s
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amazing how many conversations then
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become TV parties where people talk
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about what they like to call ain’t it
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awful
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ain’t it awful I get stuck in traffic
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ain’t it awful my kid didn’t get good
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grades ain’t it awful I didn’t get that
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job promotion ain’t it off of this and
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ain’t it off of that the most common
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phenomena in modern psychology so
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instead of thinking this way think about
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the things for which you are truly
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grateful think about every little thing
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you have in your life that you aren’t
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blessed to have think about the fact
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that you woke up this morning that’s
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good a lot of people didn’t think about
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the fact that you have a roof over your
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head it’s a billion people that don’t
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think about the fact that you have a
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future set before you think about all
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the opportunities that await you in this
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lifetime which are virtually unlimited
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no matter what your current position is
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in life there are always good things if
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you look deep enough even thinking about
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something as small as the breakfast you
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ate this morning or of a friend that
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you’re looking forward to seeing can
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have an enormous impact on how you feel
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on a minute-to-minute
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day-to-day basis then no matter what
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your current position is in life if you
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think positive thoughts it’s going to
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get better even in the midst of the
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greatest difficulties you’ll experience
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in life you can always find things for
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which you are truly grateful one of the
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most important things that you can do in
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life is to take a piece of paper and
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write down all the things for which you
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are truly grateful and by the way you’re
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going to need more than one piece
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paper if you take the time to write
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these things down on paper you’ll be
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amazed at what you come up with I always
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like to tell people to develop the habit
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of practicing the four A’s the first day
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stands for appreciation take every
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opportunity each day to thank every
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person for everything that he or she
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does small or large in the process of
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carrying out their duties in your home
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or at your work every time you develop
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an attitude of gratitude and just say
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thank you to a person three wonderful
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things happen first their self-esteem
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goes up they feel better and more
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valuable they even feel more motivated
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to do more of the things for which they
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received appreciation in the first place
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one of the best people building child
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building marriage relationship building
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tools of all is just to say thank you
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all the time now the second a stands for
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approval give praise and approval on
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every occasion for every accomplishment
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of whatever size give praise for every
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good effort give praise for every good
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suggestion or idea just say that’s good
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especially praise people when they do
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something it goes above and beyond the
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call of duty
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praise immediately praise this
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specifically prays regularly whenever
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you praise people they experience it
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actually physically and emotionally
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their self-esteem goes up and I feel
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happy inside they like themselves and
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feel more valuable and whatever you
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praise gets repeated in fact the
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definition of self-esteem is the degree
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to which a person feels himself or
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herself to be praiseworthy the third a
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stands for admiration continually
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compliment people on their traits such
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as punctuality and persistence
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compliment people and their
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accomplishments both at work and in
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their private lives every time you add
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my
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or something about another person you
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raise that person’s self-esteem and make
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them feel happier the fourth and final a
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stands for attention
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this simply means that you listen
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patiently listen quietly listen calmly
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listen thoughtfully and listen without
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interrupting true listeners hear what’s
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being said to them by expressing your
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gratitude to others in this way you’ll
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unwittingly increase your own happiness
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the habit of feeling and expressing
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gratitude to those around you and to
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life in general has a wonderful effect
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on your personality and overall life
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circumstances remember you become what
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you think about most of the time an
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attitude of gratitude which is the
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highest way of thinking causes you to be
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more sensitive and aware to people
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around you the more gratitude you have
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the more gratitude you express the
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better and more positive your
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personality will be the higher your
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self-esteem becomes the more popular and
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liked you will be by all the people
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around you before we wrap up I’d like to
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leave you with a thought to share with
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your friends and followers here it is
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even in the midst of the greatest
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difficulties you will experience in life
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you can always find things for which you
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are truly grateful those are just a few
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things you can do to begin developing an
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attitude of gratitude if you haven’t
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seen my other videos about increasing
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your happiness and satisfaction in life
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take a look now I’d love to hear from
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all of you so my question to you today
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is how do you make it a point to express
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gratitude on a daily basis leave a
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comment below and I’ll be sure to follow
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up with you thanks for watching and
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remember if you want to change your
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future take action and take action now
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if you enjoy this video and feel it was
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valuable for teaching you how to express
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gratitude subscribe to my channel and
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