Thoughts on Gratitude - CareerEnlightenment.com

After reading this passage in Tonys book, I got this email from a client who recently purchased a profile picture retouch, lets call him Bob:Joshua’s book was so helpful, I have been very busy putting away all my job searching materials and preparing to start my new job tomorrow.   He can add me to his growing list of success stories! I solely followed the advice in his book and some from LinkedIn Premium.   My new job is a dream job for me in so many aspects, I just don’t know where to begin to tell you about it.I am very pleased with my new profile picture that you retouched or perhaps more importantly, the sheer good fortune to have taken Joshua’s book out of our public library six weeks ago.   My story is even more bizarre because the library didn’t have the book I wanted and I took out the Dummies book, just to start someplace. I figured it was better than nothing. I will never forget Joshua Waldman and how he changed my family’s life.When people ask me why I do what I do, its for this reasonto help people like Bob  find meaningful work. And Im grateful everyday to have the opportunity to do this.Bob went to his library, didnt find the book he wanted, and picked up my book  instead. He gratefully followed my instructions. When he found success, he shared his gratitude with me. Here is someone who cant be kept down. Hes got the right attitude to weather any storm in life.So with humility, I say this, it wasnt my advice as much as his perseverance that helped him get hired. It allowed him to take advantage of not just my advice, but my profile picture retouching service.FYI, all new members of Career Enlightenment can get their profile photo retouched for a ridiculously low price.So my challenge to you is this: find ways to apply gratitude to your life. Will it be a daily practice, like I do? Or will you just guide yourself to thoughts of gratitude when life throws you a curve ball?