Grateful in the macro and the micro

When you ask someone what they’re grateful for, you often get the same kinds of things — health, family, friends, etc. Those are all wonderful things, and we should all be grateful for them, but being grateful for smaller things can sometimes have a bigger impact.

In a recent episode of “My First Million”, the hosts (Sam Parr and Shaan Puri) interviewed Gary Vaynerchuk and it was a fascinating conversation. I encourage you to listen/watch the entire thing when you have a chance. You can view it here (or listen on the “My First Million” podcast):

One piece stood out to me, though, and it revolved around gratefulness. It started with Sam saying:

“I’m like, dude, I did not work any harder than anyone else who else, like who have done some of things, but failed. This is 100% luck. And I’m so grateful that I like it just has worked in my way in many ways.”

He’s absolutely right. I’ve worked hard to get where I am, but it took a tremendous amount of luck along the way. If you’re reading these words, you’ve been lucky enough to be born in a time with…