{"id":10330,"date":"2019-09-03T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/?p=10330"},"modified":"2024-08-15T19:14:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T00:14:31","slug":"episode-129-using-gratitude-to-create-powerful-practical-and-achievable-goals-with-may-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/episode-129-using-gratitude-to-create-powerful-practical-and-achievable-goals-with-may-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Gratitude to Create Powerful, Practical and Achievable Goals, with May McCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 1982, May has helped to start and grow six successful companies as large as $100 million in annual revenues. She is a best-selling author, speaker, university lecturer and angel investor. She serves on business, philanthropic, arts and university boards. She is the author of the best-selling book The Path to Wealth and her newest title, The Gratitude Formula: A 7-Step Success System to Create a Life That You Love.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=MPNL2093961701\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Show Notes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><i>\u201cGratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.\u201d \u2014Zig Ziglar<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now is a good time to sing Koffee\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p8HoEvDh70Y\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cToast\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cGratitude is a must! \u201cGratitude is a tool for success\u201d, says May in our conversation. Gratitude puts our Reticular Activating System (RAS) into gear. Ever notice that one you begin to think about something and you see it once then suddenly you begin to see it everywhere?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Being Grateful<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We attract what we think about. The more grateful we are for what we have, the more we attract what we want.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/episode-051-grateful-people-are-happier-healthier-and-nicer-to-be-around-learn-gratitude-strategies-for-employee-engagement-with-lisa-ryan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May has shar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ed the gratitude formula success system as follows:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Daily practice of gratitude<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appropriate wording<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Choose goals that are right for you<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Recognize that your brain loves you and will mute messages to protect you. Believe that what you want is possible and that will take them off mute<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Be patient<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Be disciplined with your daily practice<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Discover your purpose. How to find? 3 questions: What did I love to do as a child 2. What are the things other people told me I am good at? 3. What do I think I am good at?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Hot Point:&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Succ<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ess is a system not a secret!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please share this episode with a friend by <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2OH1jqh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sharing this link<\/a>. 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FUN stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay inspired!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Connect with May McCarthy<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bizzultz.com\/book\"><b>FREE Book Chapters<\/b><\/a><b> &amp; Goal Planning Guide Book (Mention that you heard her on The Entrepreneurial You podcast)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bizzultz.com\/book\"><b>Website<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/May-Mccarthy\/601413533280571\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maymcc\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/2960330\"><b>LinkedIn<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCix8fz8aVtelYnp5AKFmLuw\"><b>YouTube<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/leadercast-women\/\"><b>Get 20% OFF Leadercast Women&nbsp;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Visit our Sponsor:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamstockex.com\/\"><b>Jamaica Stock Exchange<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/henekawatkisporter@gmail.com\/\"><b>Email: Heneka Watkis-Porter<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1982, May has helped to start and grow six successful companies as large as $100 million in annual revenues. 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