Taking Note of Things You are Grateful For

Last week, I interviewed Teresa Easler on Facebook Live about the article she wrote for my magazine, Moments Matter.

I’ve known Teresa for over three years. She is a serial entrepreneur. With her and my other coach’s assistance, they have helped me 2x my business on the say to 10xing it.

I had five questions prepared about her article that I wanted her to expand upon. But as she was answering the first question, two recent incidents in her life came out. I was in Toronto when these incidents happened and knew about them but not the details she shared.

As she shared one of the incident details, I started thinking about something similar that happened to her. It was like a moment that happened to me on the Miracle on the Hudson.

Teresa survived a horrific auto accident. Fortunately, no one was fatally injured, but when you go through something like that, sometimes it takes a few days for things to hit.

As she described the incident, she noted that she was conscious the entire time, but details were fuzzy for a few days. The same thing happened to me after the plane crash. I know what I was involved in, but the details took a couple of days to appear. Some things had to transpire to trigger them.

She told me she was on her way to say goodbye to her mother as she was in her final days. She didn’t get there in time to tell her mom goodbye. I shared what happened when my mother passed away. I saw her the day before she passed, but she was in good health, and no one would have thought she was in her final 24 hours.

Teresa then said something that was eerily similar to what happened to me on January 15, 2009 and I speak about in every talk that I give.

She told me she began to realize how grateful she was for her life and what her mother gave her.

That is precisely what happened to me, and it is one of the reasons I wrote my book From Turmoil to Triumph. I suddenly realized how grateful I was to be above ground, and I didn’t understand everything my mother taught me until another person came into my life, taught me the same things, and the lessons my mother was teaching me were revealed.

When you go into a state of gratitude, you have no fear because when you take note of things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

Last week, in my blog, ” You’ll Never Know the Value of a Moment Until it Becomes a Memory, ” I wrote about how your memory is a resource you can call upon, just like resiliency is a resource you can call upon when you need to be resourceful.

Gratitude is another resource you can call upon when you something traumatic happens or you are fearful.

Off camera, Teresa was sharing how difficult it was for her to deliver the eulogy for her mother’s memorial service. I understand how difficult it must have been, even for a professional such as Teresa, who’s business is crafting and packaging her clients’ go-to-market message and teaching them how to communicate it powerfully.

But she told me that is when she had to employ the resource of gratitude, as when you speak from the heart, the grace you receive to power you through a difficult time is fueled by gratitude.

I am so grateful to Teresa for investing her time in speaking from the heart and sharing how everyone has a central organizing story and why it is so essential to recognize and share it. Please take a moment and read her article in Moments Matter Magazine then watch our interview.

There is always a reason you meet someone.

They will change your life for the better, or you will change their life.

If both happen, then it will be a blessing. Meeting Teresa is a blessing.

I have been blessed by this happening throughout my life.

One of the first things Dan Sullivan teaches in his seminars is about the four freedoms that motivate successful entrepreneurs:

Freedom of Time, Freedom of Money, Freedom of Purpose, and Freedom of Relationship.

When you enter a meeting with gratitude, they will change your life, and you will change their life. Then you are approaching having the freedom of relationship- (” certain people you love working with—both inside and outside your business—and you want to spend more and more of your time surrounded just by these people you click with, whom you appreciate and who appreciate you.”)

One way to start living a limitless life is to have the freedom of relationships and work with the people you truly want to, not have to. Take note of the things you are grateful for in these relationships, and you will begin to lose sight of the things you lack in your life and you will begin your journey to experiencing

A Limitless Life.

There is always a reason you meet someone. They will change your life for the better, or you will change their life, or both.

Create your own flight plan for your future, starting with gratitude. This will open up the opportunity to have the freedom of time, money, purpose, and relationships and your limitless life.