Hey, it's Jeff Walker and this week is
Thanksgiving which is - at least in the
United States here -
an amazing holiday, one of my absolute
favorite holidays where it's really
about giving thanks, about gratitude.
And what a perfect time for gratitude.
All times are perfect times for
gratitude... but gratitude is the perfect
 
antidote...
it's the perfect antidote for fear and
right now there is a ton of fear in the
world. I don't know if you notice that,
but a lot of people are scared. They
are really scared. These
videos are all about entrepreneurs and
it's all about moving forward and
building your best , greatest, most amazing
life and lifestyle and
helping others and serving others and
moving forward. And it's tough to do that,
it's tough to be creative from a state of
fear. But the way you get past fear is
gratitude. I woke up this morning and I
sent out an email to a bunch of friends
of mine and I just listed - " I
am grateful for..." and I listed,
I don't know, 30 or 40 things that I was
grateful for. One of the things I'm
grateful for is my business.
I'm grateful for my family. I'm grateful
for amazing teachers and mentors, for my
amazing students and clients and my
Product Launch Formula Owners that have
just changed the world. And I'm grateful
for the ability for you, for the ability
to reach you, for the ability to
publish, to shoot a video and have
thousands of people around the world
watch that. I mean,
I'll never get over this idea of having
an audience. It's amazing, it's just
incredible to be able to have friends
around the world. I've got friends in
every corner of the world. You know, not
too long ago I was
just this stay-at-home
dad taking care of a couple babies and
you couldn't reach out around the world -
but now you can. You can send an email,
you can send a video around the world.
I'm so grateful for that. I'm so grateful
for the time that we live in where
anyone can grow a business and start
from scratch. But I think that
the key here is that gratitude is the
answer to fear. Gratitude is the answer
to uncertainty. Gratitude's the answer to
any time you're in a funk. And
I'll tell you what - right now
there are a lot of people and a lot of
pain and a lot... and much of it is just
because of external events that are
happening out in the world. And, yes, we
are all affected and impacted by events
happening in the world... but the reality is
we're more impacted by what's going on
in our head,
what's going on in between our ears. And
the way that you can always stay on top
of your mental game and stay at a peak
is through gratitude. And so that's why it's such an
amazing week for us, because
I know people are watching
this all over the world, but here in the
United States, this Thursday - as I shoot
this, this coming Thursday - is going to be
Thanksgiving. And I'll
be together with my family. We'll be
celebrating and giving thanks. And I
know this is probably one of
the gifts that America has given to the
world, this idea of a thanksgiving holiday.
Because it's that gratitude and
having gratitude, recognizing what you
have to be grateful for, is an incredible antidote
for the fear, for the funk and to
pull you up into bigger, greater,
more creative state. So what are you
grateful for?
I'm Jeff Walker - and let's go get 'em this
week.
