Gratitude is the one daily habit nearly everyone agrees on
Bob Proctor's gratitude practice, Rhonda Byrne's gratitude as a power tool, Jim Doty's link between gratitude and optimism and Gary Vaynerchuk's gratitude and humility show the habit crossing very different worldviews. When manifesters, a neurosurgeon and an entrepreneur all land on it, gratitude is a low-cost habit worth starting.
What habit do Proctor, Byrne, Doty and Vaynerchuk all recommend? Show answer
A daily gratitude practice: deliberately noticing what you already have and writing it down or saying it.
What was Bob Proctor's gratitude routine? Show answer
Writing ten things he was grateful for every morning, and writing a list whenever he felt troubled.
Why did Proctor treat gratitude as an opposite habit? Show answer
His rule was to replace a bad habit, such as dwelling on negative news, with something that is essentially its opposite.
What does Rhonda Byrne say about gratitude in The Secret? Show answer
If you do only one thing with the book's knowledge, use gratitude until it becomes your way of life.
How is Byrne's explanation regarded? Show answer
Scientists reject her claims about the universe responding, though critics and reviewers still found value in the gratitude habit.
What does Jim Doty recommend, and why? Show answer
Writing three things you are grateful for, because it changes how you view the world, shifting attention from what you lack.
How does Doty explain gratitude's effect? Show answer
Through attention and physiology. It trains what the brain notices and supports a calm state in which brain and body work best.
How does Gary Vaynerchuk use gratitude? Show answer
As the answer to envy and blame, paired with humility and a wider comparison with the rest of the world.
What perspective argument do Doty and Vaynerchuk share? Show answer
Most of the world has far less. Half lives on under $2.50 a day, and hundreds of millions lack clean water.
Where do the four disagree most? Show answer
On why it works: vibration, a responsive universe, brain and body, or simple perspective.
What is the split between gratitude for what you want and for what you have? Show answer
Proctor and Byrne give thanks in advance for goals. Doty and Vaynerchuk mainly use gratitude to need less.
What should gratitude not be used for? Show answer
As a promise of material results, a way to blame people for hardship, forced cheerfulness, or a substitute for action or health care.