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POSITIVE THOUGHTS FOR POSITIVE
RESULTS.
THAT'S A MONTRE I LIKE TO LIVE
BY.
AND NEXT GUEST BELIEVES IN THE
PULL OF POSITIVITY CULTIVATE
GRATITUDE FOR THE GOOD THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE AND RECOGNIZE THAT
EVERY INTERACTION CAN YIELD
GREAT RESULTS.
HERE TO TELL US WHY BEING
GRATEFUL MAKES YOU MORE
SUCCESSFUL IS POSITIVITY
CHAMPION JASON HARRIS.
JASON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING.
HOW DOES BEING GRATEFUL MAKE
YOU MORE SUCCESSFUL?
WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT POSITIVITY IT'S REALLY
ABOUT PERSUASION AND PERSUASION
FALLS INTO TWO CAMPS.
IT'S REALLY BINARY.
IT'S EITHER NEGATIVE OR
POSITIVE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE POSITIVE IT'S
ABOUT BEING UPBEAT, FEELING
GOOD, INSPIRING OTHERS WHEN YOU
FOCUS ON NEGATIVE PERSUASION,
IT'S ABOUT FEAR, HATRED,
DIVISIVENESS.
A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE GOING ON
TODAY IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE
PULL OF POSITIVITY WHEN YOU
CULTIVATE GRATITUDE FOR THE
GOOD THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.
AND YOU RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY
INTERACTION CAN YIELD GREAT
RESULTS.
IT STARTS TO CHANGE YOUR
MINDSET OVER TIME.
AND THAT'S REALLY A FIRM BELIEF
THAT I HAD TO LEARN THROUGH MY
LIFE AND IN BUSINESS TO BE MORE
SUCCESSFUL.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT POSITIVE
PEOPLE AROUND THEM.
THEY'RE MORE LIKABLE AND THEY
ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL OVERALL.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE TENANTS
THAT I PRACTICE IN ORDER TO
ACHIEVE THAT.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THOSE.
I HEAR YOUR POSITIVE MESSAGE.
A LOT OF US NEED THAT.
SO HOW DO YOU GET STARTED?
WHAT ARE THE FIVE TENETS?
YEAH.
SO THERE'S KIND OF THREE CORE
ONES.
IF YOU HAVE A POSITIVE MINDSET
YOU'LL REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU CAN FIND THE GOOD OR GREAT
IN ANY SITUATION EVEN IN THE
SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN
TODAY.
AND AS BUDDHA SAID, THE MIND IS
EVERYTHING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU BECOME?
SO THE THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE
EVERY DAY OVER TIME BECOME WHO
YOU ACTUALLY ARE.
AND SO THE FIRST TENANT THAT I
LOVE TO FOCUS ON IS THIS IDEA
OF BEING GRATEFUL IT'S NOT
ANYTHING NEW.
YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE BUT I
HAVE A PRACTICE TONIGHT THAT I
USE TO BRING GRATEFULNESS AND
GRATITUDE OUT.
AND IT'S ABOUT KEEPING A
POSITIVE OUTLOOK BY PRACTICING
THAT.
AND SO THE WAY TO PRACTICE THAT
IS TO KEEP A GRATITUDE JOURNAL.
AND IT MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE
KUMBAYA BUT IT IS ACTUALLY
EFFECTIVE.
AND SO A JOURNAL WITH MY KIDS
YOU KNOW MY KIDS.
WE LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY AND
DURING THE PANDEMIC IT GOT
REALLY, REALLY PRETTY GNARLY
HERE AND I JOURNALED WITH MY
KIDS ABOUT A HALF HOUR EVERY
DAY WRITING DOWN THREE THINGS A
DAY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE CAN BE
MACRO THINGS ABOUT BEING ALIVE
AND CAN BE MINOR THINGS LIKE
YOU KNOW, THE LUNCH THEY HAD OR
THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PLAY
SOME VIDEO GAME THAT DAY.
>> SO THAT THAT'S A BIG, BIG
PIECE OF IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO
ALL THESE SO LET'S MOVE TO
CRITICISM.
YOU WANT TO CRITICIZE
CONSTRUCTIVELY SOMETIMES THAT
CAN BE KIND OF HARD.
YEAH.
>> SO THAT'S A THAT'S A
PRACTICE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO A
BUSINESS ALL THE TIME WHEN
SOMEONE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH
SOMEONE'S VIEWPOINT AND SO WHEN
YOU CRITICIZE CONSTRUCTIVELY
YOU TRY TO FIND THE GOOD BEHIND
THE IDEA OR THEIR NOTION OR THE
WORK THEY PUT INTO IT AND THEN
YOU TRY TO TELL THEM, YOU KNOW,
HOW TO IMPROVE IT VERSUS JUST
THAT IDEA WON'T WORK OR THAT'S
A BAD IDEA.
SO SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE SIMPLE
WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE GOOD
NUGGET.
FROM THEIR IDEA AND THEN TRY TO
TELL THEM HOW TO IMPROVE UPON
IT.
>> AND WHEN YOU SPEAK OF BAD
YOU'VE GOT TO TURN IT AROUND.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
SO I BELIEVE THIS IDEA OF BAD
CAN TURN GREAT.
AND I DO THIS BY REMINDING THAT
EVERY MEETING COULD POTENTIALLY
TURN INTO SOMETHING GREAT.
SO I'D SAY THE MINDSET I GO
INTO IT WITH AND I USED TO GET
BUMMED OUT ALL THE TIME IF I
HEARD.
NOW I THINK A NO IS JUST NO FOR
NOW.
SO IF YOU'RE ON A JOB IF YOU'RE
PITCHING A NEW CLIENT TRYING TO
LAND A NEW CLIENT, TRY TO LOOK
AT IT AS I BUILT THIS
RELATIONSHIP AND KNOW FOR NOW
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE
RELATIONSHIP DROP TO ZERO TO
PLAY THE LONG GAME WITH IT AND
TRY TO TURN IT INTO GREAT IN
THE FUTURE.
>> YEAH, I DON'T GET TOO DOWN
ON YOURSELF.
OK, WHAT ARE THE FINAL TWO?
WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE NMIGHT
TO GET EXCITED.
IT IS SORT OF MY FAVORITE.
THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS LIKE ANGER
AND POSITIVE EMOTIONS LIKE
EUPHORIA AND THE SAME CAN BE
SAID WITH ANXIETY EXCITEMENT TO
EXTEND FROM THE SAME CORE.
SO THINK ABOUT INSTEAD OF BEING
ANXIOUS TRY THIS TRY TO SORT
OF SHIFT THAT INTO BEING
EXCITED.
SO SOCCER STARTED BACK THIS
THIS THIS WEEKEND IN NEW YORK
CITY.
SO INSTEAD OF MY KIDS GETTING
BUMMED OUT THAT THERE IS NO
PRACTICES, I TRIED TO GET THEM
EXCITED THAT THERE WERE GAMES
AND THE GAMES COUNTED MORE AND
SO INSTEAD OF THEM BEING BUMMED
OUT, I TRIED TO TURN IT INTO
INTO GETTING EXCITED.
AND THE OTHER ONE WE CAN'T
FORGET IS THAT YOU HAVE TO
ADMIT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE
WRONG AND IT'S OK.
YEAH, IT THAT'S THAT'S AN
IMPORT ONE AND I KNOW WE'RE
RUNNING TIME.
YEAH BUT IT MIDWAY A BIT WHEN
YOU'RE WRONG IS REALLY
CRITICAL.
DON'T SORT OF YOU KNOW LIKE DIG
IN YOUR HEELS KNOWING THAT
YOU'RE RIGHT.
ADMIT THAT YOU'RE WRONG.
EXPLAIN TO THE PERSON WHY AND
THEN MOVE ON.
ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELL IF YOU WANT MAUREN