🦃 Hello you grateful beast, I hope you’re ready to embrace Thanksgiving wherever you are. I won’t take no for an answer. What are you grateful for, Bob? 

This week I’m inspiring you to rethink gratitude and giving you a sneak peek into this Thursday’s On Connection episode—a special one to mark the holidays.

Thank you to Verónica Faccini from Host for joining me in last week’s episode. As my sister said after listening, “I felt like I was in the room with you two”. Care to join?

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Dare to connect,

Andy

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THE GRATITUDE FALLACY

Gratitude. Largely crowned one of the secrets to happiness, it’s a practice instilled in many of us since childhood—primarily through religion—and, therefore, one we seldom question. There are a few of those, but more on that later…

I vaguely recall being told as a kid, “Be grateful for the food on your plate; there are many children in Africa who have nothing to eat.” I clearly remember thinking, This makes no sense. Since, I’ve embarked on an exploration of gratitude that began with dissecting its biggest fallacy: