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GA 420 | The Benefits of Gratitude with Rick Foreman

Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
Episode • Apr 21, 2022 • 43m
This week's guest is Rick Foreman. Ron and Rick talked all about the importance of gratitude, both in professional and personal contexts. Listen and learn how being grateful can improve your health and overall happiness. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.
In this episode you'll learn: 

The quote Rick likes (3:36)
Gratitude and hansei (8:17)
Defining gratitude (9:33)
Why it's hard to be grateful at times (11:40)
How gratitude got Rick through a painful situation (15:52)
About Viktor Frankl (22:41)
How to "deliberately practice" gratitude (23:38)
Being grateful in the age of comparison (32:22)
An anecdote about the word "expert" (33:19)
Starting your daily practice of gratitude (40:30)

Podcast Resources

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The Benefits of Gratitude 
Appreciation Thoughts
Atomic Habits
Rick on LinkedIn

What Do You Think?
How has practicing gratitude helped you?

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