Jason Hartman talks with Diana Butler Bass, Ph.D. in religious studies and award-winning author of 10 books including her newest, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks. The two dive in to why being grateful is important, both for the community and the individual. Diana explains the 4 dispositions of gratitude and the health benefits that come from being grateful.
Key Takeaways:
[2:37] Gratitude actually makes you healthier
[7:56] Gratitude functions out of our higher brain, whereas fear functions out of our primal brain. It also helps things in you physically like blood pressure
[11:00] The world has changed and we need to stop acting solely from our fear instincts
[11:59 The 4 dispositions of gratitude
[16:28] Play isn’t just about competition, it’s about appreciation, movement, and celebration. Ritual celebrations of thanksgiving are important parts of our culture
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Continuing our series on the wisdom of the ages in proverb form. Some aren’t taken directly from the Bible but have been motivated by those writings. We’ll leave it up to you to decide if they are worthy of inclusion. Here are business proverbs for letters D through F.
