If you’re like me, you’re seen the memes and cute phrases that talk about having an “attitude of gratitude” but I don’t think it ever really landed until today. I have a friend that texts me the three things that she’s grateful for every day. If I’m being totally honest, I don’t always read them.

On more than one occasion I have been encouraged to focus on the things that I am grateful for instead of the things I don’t have and I am not ashamed to say that the struggle has been real!  I’ll be grateful for a while, writing down the things I am grateful for in a journal before bed, first thing in the morning, in the middle of the day, but like most habits in creation, I easily fall off the wagon.

At a retreat that I went to a few weeks ago, a friend of mine told me about how she has retrained herself to think about money. Money is one of those things that I never seem to have enough of. She told me that every time she receives money, of any kind, she thinks, “Thank you! More, please!”

I decided to try it.

The first time I got an order for my products after hearing this gratitude trick, it was a $50 order.  So I thought “Thank you! More, please!” The next day, I got a $100 order! “Thank you! More, please!” That week I sold $1500 in products! I haven’t had a week where I sold that much product in I don’t remember how long. “Thank you! More, please!”  

That wasn’t all I received that week either. I had $150 come in the mail that I was not expecting!  But more than that, I had so much fun that week in my business that even when I had appointments where I didn’t sell anything, I still said “Thank you! More, please!” to the other things I got out of the appointment. I enjoyed the company of the women at my appointments, I appreciated the referrals they gave me and I enjoyed the time we spent together.

This morning I was talking to another friend of mine and she was telling me about how disappointed she was at how her vacation is turning out. She’s getting less free time than she wanted and things just aren’t turning out as she planned.  I have interviewed about a dozen women over the last week and this is a common complaint. “I don’t have enough of…”

I said to my friend, “What if you didn’t complain about the free time you didn’t get and be grateful for the free time you do get? It could always be worse.”  I told her about the “Thank you! More, please!” and I thought why couldn’t we apply that to all areas in our life?

And that’s when I truly started to grasp the concept of attitude of gratitude.  Yesterday I wrote a scene in the book I am writing and it flowed effortlessly. “Thank you! More, please!”  Last week, for the first time in my life, I got out of a ticket that I probably deserved. “Thank you! More, please!”  Yesterday, I spent the day hanging out with my son, Zander. “Thank you! More, please!”

For me, the best part of “Thank you! More, please!” is seeing what comes next. It’s turning this game called life into a real game and making it so much more fun. What are areas of your life that you would be happy to have more of? Try saying “Thank you! More, please!” when you do get the things you’re wanting and see what happens.  I’d love to see what more things you have to be grateful for after being grateful for the things that you have.