Attitude of Gratitude

"Of all the "attitudes" we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing".

I just returned from Washington D.C. from our MMA millionaire mastermind meeting. Lloyd was brilliant as always and I couldn't help but feel extremely thankful to be given the opportunity to be involved in everything team Lloyd Irvin has done culminating to a mastermind meeting where other people outside of our inner circle where brought in.

I was asked the other day what I thought was the most important thing when it came to being successful. Let me first say that when I'm asked this kind of question I always ask what kind of success they're talking about because my idea of success in life is different than most. The easiest path to both, in my opinion, starts with passion which is directly tied to appreciation which if successful should eventually mold into gratitude for others

There's a lot more to success than just passion and gratitude but I thought it was interesting how the two things were so close together. I don't think you can be truly successful without showing REAL gratitude. Most unnsuccesful people do the opposite of show gratitude and hate on success and furthermore hate on anyone doing better than them. Instead of focusing on their passion and staying positive they focus on the negative and are jealous. I've lost a lot of so called friends to this.

If you're reading this right now sit back and think about anyone you're jealous of. Picture them in your mind and then replace it with something your grateful for. Gratitude naturally combats jealousy, you just have to train your mind to think that way. When I ask someone what they are grateful for I see a lot of times people don't even realize all that they have. And by doing this excercise I can't tell you the last time I was actually jealous of someone.

When I ask myself that question and look at my life and my success I quickly realize that theirs a lot to be gratful for. I'm grateful for my parents who have supported me all of these years through the ups and downs, Lloyd who has motivated me and made me believe that I am actually capable of achieving anything, my best friends Byron Schneider, Adam Jones, Shawn Hammonds, Josh Schockman, Eddie Bravo, and Scott Nelson, all my other friends who are really friends, my team here at Nashville MMA, team Lloyd Irvin and the list can go on and on when I think about it.

Most importantly I'm grateful to God for letting me be alive right now. (I'm very fortunate)

I hope that you all find your passion and can understand the attitude of gratitude and why it's so important in being happy and succesful. If you read this I am grateful:)

Peace!!
EC