I was listening to a podcast with Shawn Achor, author of the Happiness Advantage, and he said some things that I thought were truly amazing and could be transformative for you…..
During the interview he discusses that researchers in the University of Pennsylvania found that if you have 4 year old children with genes for pessimism around the dinner table, if you have them discuss three new things that they’re grateful for that have occurred over the past 24 hours every day, you can take a child with genes for pessimism and rewire their brain over a period of just 21 to 28 days to actually become a lifelong default optimist if they continue those patterns.
You don’t have to be just a child, you can do this at age 84. Everyone knows that gratitude is good for you, but the reason why this is revolutionary is because it’s saying that a 2 minute positive intervention in your life could actually trump not only your genes but 80 years worth of experience that makes happiness and access to joy a possibility for all of us.
It also allows us to use more of our brain. It turns out that being optimistic or having a human brain that’s positive creates higher levels of intelligence, it triples our creativity and increases your ability to solve complex problems.
It turns out happiness is not something you inherit. Happiness is something you cultivate.
To me this is truly amazing stuff! If you could spend 2 minutes a day practicing gratitude and expressing that to someone else, you can have all types of positive benefits for your brain and your life.
My kids and I do this every night that I tuck them in, and it’s pretty amazing to see what their little minds come up with daily.
I highly recommend you put this into practice!
2-11-16 WOD
Strength:
Make up test or Snatch Balance
Met Con:
KB Swings x 7
Pull ups x 7
Push Ups x 14
5 rounds for time