Things that change when you are grateful
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★A hit show that was introduced on NBC and CBS and sparked a wave of gratitude across the United States. ★#1 Self-Improvement Book on Amazon ★Amazon Overall Bestseller ★New York Times Bestseller★Published in 30 countries worldwide A twelve-month gratitude journey to discover the value of a life of gratitude. The ordinary daily life becomes more beautiful day by day. Why is my life always so difficult? Gratitude may be the answer. "Things That Change When You're Grateful" is a friendly and engaging account of the positive changes the author experienced while keeping a gratitude journal for a year. In particular, the author's long experience as a journalist is utilized to introduce episodes with various celebrities, adding to the interest. We also seek advice from experts such as psychologists, professors, and physician philosophers to scientifically analyze the impact of 'gratitude' on our lives. Thanks to this, the book was introduced on NBC and CBS in succession when it was published in the United States, and the author was interviewed on 60 radio stations, creating a wave of gratitude across the United States. It will also serve as a guide for domestic readers to discover the value of ‘gratitude.’ |
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Entering
Part 1 Winter
-Marriage, love, and family change with gratitude
Chapter 1: Starting a Gratitude Journal
Chapter 2: Falling in Love with My Husband (Again)
Chapter 3: Grateful Children
Chapter 4: Stop Complaining
Part 2 Spring
-Gratitude changes money, work, and the things we own
Chapter 5: Why Diamond Rings Shrink and Memories Grow
Chapter 6: Is Money Important or Not?
Chapter 7: The Joy of Working with Gratitude
Chapter 8: The Power of Small Acts of Gratitude
Part 3 Summer
-Your body and mind change when you are grateful
Chapter 9: The Power of Vitamin G
Chapter 10: Gratitude Grows When You Change Your Behavior
Chapter 11: Gratitude Diet
Part 4: Fall
-The moment of change through gratitude, overcoming, giving, and reconciliation
Chapter 12: Turning Adversity into Hope
Chapter 13: An Altruistic Approach to Life
Chapter 14: Enjoying Every Moment
Epilogue: New Year's Eve is back again
Acknowledgements
Part 1 Winter
-Marriage, love, and family change with gratitude
Chapter 1: Starting a Gratitude Journal
Chapter 2: Falling in Love with My Husband (Again)
Chapter 3: Grateful Children
Chapter 4: Stop Complaining
Part 2 Spring
-Gratitude changes money, work, and the things we own
Chapter 5: Why Diamond Rings Shrink and Memories Grow
Chapter 6: Is Money Important or Not?
Chapter 7: The Joy of Working with Gratitude
Chapter 8: The Power of Small Acts of Gratitude
Part 3 Summer
-Your body and mind change when you are grateful
Chapter 9: The Power of Vitamin G
Chapter 10: Gratitude Grows When You Change Your Behavior
Chapter 11: Gratitude Diet
Part 4: Fall
-The moment of change through gratitude, overcoming, giving, and reconciliation
Chapter 12: Turning Adversity into Hope
Chapter 13: An Altruistic Approach to Life
Chapter 14: Enjoying Every Moment
Epilogue: New Year's Eve is back again
Acknowledgements
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Into the book
I went to the supermarket late that afternoon.
As I was pushing the cart, the familiar song "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell started playing.
I hummed the sad lyrics, "You always realize what you had after you've lost it."
Music coming from the frozen food aisle is rarely life-changing, but I took it as a sign that I was on the right path.
No matter how you arrange it, the lyrics of this song resonate with the heart, and that's why countless singers, from Bob Dylan to Counting Crows, have covered it.
How often do we realize that something very precious was there only after a loved one has passed away, a moment has passed, or a flower has withered?
--- p.21
We feel satisfied and grateful when the waiter brings us a basket of bread and remembers who ordered the cheeseburger with extra bacon.
But our expectations of our spouses are much greater than this.
We consider it basic for our spouses to bring us bacon.
In addition, you want your spouse to be your best friend, your passionate lover, your weekend playmate, your parent who gives your children equal time, your dinner date night partner, your jogging partner, your constant supporter, your professional advisor, and your travel buddy.
Oh, and did I mention soulmates? Of course we want soulmates, too.
For this reason, we feel grateful to our spouse for some things, but also feel upset when they fail to fulfill our needs.
A wife becomes upset when her husband, who is still her best friend, disappears from her life as a passionate lover.
Or, if the husband is a good parent, but other husbands in the neighborhood seem to make more money, the wife can't help but be conscious of that.
--- p.39~40
Our inability to recognize our own existence is what makes us so ungrateful for what we already have.
I happened to pass by a fancy Apple store on the day the iPhone 6 first went on sale.
Long lines of people trying to replace the machines they already had with the machines they wanted snaked around the corner.
Apple sold 10 million iPhones in just three days after its launch.
When the next new model comes out, at least that many people will be lining up again (if they can afford it, they might even be lining up right now).
Whether it's an iPhone or a cereal bowl, the constant pursuit of the new thing you believe will make you happy can be frustrating.
--- p.130
We are more likely to feel gratitude when things go well, but we can make things go well ourselves.
For example, imagine you've lost your job and go to a coffee shop to get advice from a former colleague.
When you arrive in front of the coffee shop, you find a twenty dollar bill lying on the ground.
Since there is no way to know who owns the money, he happily puts the bills in his wallet.
Well, that was good.
You feel like you're a little lucky.
Since my colleague hasn't arrived yet, I sit alone and chat with the man at the next table, who is also alone.
The man smiles when you tell him you're looking for a job, gives you his business card, and tells you to call him if you need help.
It turns out that the man is the CEO of the company you want to work for.
You wait a little longer for your old colleague, then rise from your seat, feeling good that the world is on your side.
Thinking about calling the guy tomorrow.
--- p.163~614
To find out, Curdy and two of her colleagues invited dozens of men and women into their lab and randomly assigned them to either a "high-impact posture" (taking up a lot of space) or a "low-impact posture" (with their arms and legs together and atrophied).
The researchers then tested various hormones, including testosterone, which is closely linked to dominance.
The results were astonishing.
Testosterone levels increased by 20 percent in people who held high-intensity poses for two minutes.
And levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, were reduced by about 25 percent.
The results were astonishing! The neuroendocrine system could be altered depending on the position of the arm! And that wasn't all.
People who took a high-influence stance said they felt more powerful.
Also, there was a strong tendency to take risks in simple games like having $2, rolling the dice and betting $2 to double or lose everything.
As I was pushing the cart, the familiar song "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell started playing.
I hummed the sad lyrics, "You always realize what you had after you've lost it."
Music coming from the frozen food aisle is rarely life-changing, but I took it as a sign that I was on the right path.
No matter how you arrange it, the lyrics of this song resonate with the heart, and that's why countless singers, from Bob Dylan to Counting Crows, have covered it.
How often do we realize that something very precious was there only after a loved one has passed away, a moment has passed, or a flower has withered?
--- p.21
We feel satisfied and grateful when the waiter brings us a basket of bread and remembers who ordered the cheeseburger with extra bacon.
But our expectations of our spouses are much greater than this.
We consider it basic for our spouses to bring us bacon.
In addition, you want your spouse to be your best friend, your passionate lover, your weekend playmate, your parent who gives your children equal time, your dinner date night partner, your jogging partner, your constant supporter, your professional advisor, and your travel buddy.
Oh, and did I mention soulmates? Of course we want soulmates, too.
For this reason, we feel grateful to our spouse for some things, but also feel upset when they fail to fulfill our needs.
A wife becomes upset when her husband, who is still her best friend, disappears from her life as a passionate lover.
Or, if the husband is a good parent, but other husbands in the neighborhood seem to make more money, the wife can't help but be conscious of that.
--- p.39~40
Our inability to recognize our own existence is what makes us so ungrateful for what we already have.
I happened to pass by a fancy Apple store on the day the iPhone 6 first went on sale.
Long lines of people trying to replace the machines they already had with the machines they wanted snaked around the corner.
Apple sold 10 million iPhones in just three days after its launch.
When the next new model comes out, at least that many people will be lining up again (if they can afford it, they might even be lining up right now).
Whether it's an iPhone or a cereal bowl, the constant pursuit of the new thing you believe will make you happy can be frustrating.
--- p.130
We are more likely to feel gratitude when things go well, but we can make things go well ourselves.
For example, imagine you've lost your job and go to a coffee shop to get advice from a former colleague.
When you arrive in front of the coffee shop, you find a twenty dollar bill lying on the ground.
Since there is no way to know who owns the money, he happily puts the bills in his wallet.
Well, that was good.
You feel like you're a little lucky.
Since my colleague hasn't arrived yet, I sit alone and chat with the man at the next table, who is also alone.
The man smiles when you tell him you're looking for a job, gives you his business card, and tells you to call him if you need help.
It turns out that the man is the CEO of the company you want to work for.
You wait a little longer for your old colleague, then rise from your seat, feeling good that the world is on your side.
Thinking about calling the guy tomorrow.
--- p.163~614
To find out, Curdy and two of her colleagues invited dozens of men and women into their lab and randomly assigned them to either a "high-impact posture" (taking up a lot of space) or a "low-impact posture" (with their arms and legs together and atrophied).
The researchers then tested various hormones, including testosterone, which is closely linked to dominance.
The results were astonishing.
Testosterone levels increased by 20 percent in people who held high-intensity poses for two minutes.
And levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, were reduced by about 25 percent.
The results were astonishing! The neuroendocrine system could be altered depending on the position of the arm! And that wasn't all.
People who took a high-influence stance said they felt more powerful.
Also, there was a strong tendency to take risks in simple games like having $2, rolling the dice and betting $2 to double or lose everything.
--- p.157~158
Publisher's Review
The best gift that heals me...Thank you
Things that change when you are grateful, conveyed in a way that is as approachable as an essay and as captivating as a novel.
There are countless self-help books out there that tell you to keep a gratitude journal, but none of them actually describe in detail the process of how writing a gratitude journal can change your life.
Unlike existing books on gratitude journals, this book shows the author's life changing through a gratitude journal in a detailed and exciting way, like a novel or essay.
The author not only describes the changes in his feelings while keeping a gratitude journal for a year, but also shares anecdotes from various experts and celebrities, all with his own warm and witty sensibility.
How would our lives change if we embraced gratitude? This book, written in a friendly, essay-like manner, helps readers rediscover the value of gratitude.
The book that sparked a craze for gratitude across America!
The Importance of a Gratitude Journal, as Resonated with Celebrities and Experts
The author of this book is the author (or co-author) of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller I'll See You Again, and a former editor-in-chief of the popular magazine Parade.
She uses her long experience as a journalist to introduce episodes with various people.
For example, in an interview with The Martian star Matt Damon, we find that empathy for others' situations has a huge impact on gratitude.
And in an anecdote with Adam Grant, author of [Originals], we realize that expressing gratitude is a huge advantage in social life.
Additionally, by obtaining advice from experts such as psychologists, professors, doctors, and philosophers, we scientifically analyze the impact of 'gratitude' on our lives, from small everyday experiences such as marriage, family, work, and health to the management strategies of CEOs.
Because of these points, "Things That Change When You're Grateful" was introduced on NBC and CBS one after another, sparking a craze for gratitude across the United States.
The author has also appeared on numerous television programs, including Good Morning America and CBS This Morning, and has been interviewed on 60 radio stations, adding fuel to the gratitude craze.
This book, which tells the stories of well-known celebrities and experts from a perspective of gratitude, guides readers to a positive life.
The preciousness of everyday life is too precious to just pass by.
Gratitude changes your life 180 degrees.
More often than we think, we complain about things we can't control.
The most representative example is a complaint about the ‘weather.’
You often find yourself in a bad mood all day, complaining that it's too cold or too hot, or that it's wet because it's raining or that the traffic is too heavy because it's snowing.
But if you think about it, the weather doesn't automatically get better just because we're feeling bad.
In this book, the author tells us what attitude we should have when we are in a situation that we cannot change.
After working on a gratitude project for a year, she learned that 'emotions depend more on the perspective and attitude towards something than on what actually happened.'
Life would be so much richer if the bitterly cold weather allowed you to enjoy a cup of hot, sugary cocoa without guilt.
Recommendation
As you turn the pages, your heart will be filled with gratitude.
It leads readers to a life of gratitude through heartfelt, thoughtful, and engaging content.
This book guides readers on a journey of gratitude based on scientific facts and experiences related to gratitude.
Adam Grant, professor at Wharton School and author of the New York Times bestseller Originals
Just by looking at the title, ‘Things that change when you are grateful,’ you can understand this book at a glance.
Janice Kaplan shares with readers a wealth of anecdotes from her year of living a life of gratitude.
It also includes advice from psychologists, philosophers, artists, top actors, and more.
All of this will make you happy.
-[American Way]
Janice Kaplan writes wonderfully heartwarming books.
And it shows us how our lives change when we focus on gratitude and the blessings we have received.
-Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author of Jemima J.
Zenith's plan to be more grateful is something that everyone can relate to.
Zenith's conversational tone is encouraging, as if she were talking to a close friend who was having a good day and wanted to share it with her… … .
It contains simple and effective methods that can be easily practiced even in very busy lives.
-[Kirkus Review]
Could there be a practical guide to a life of gratitude, written by a sober woman? It can be, and it does exist.
I read Janice Kaplan's book about the changing year and came to believe it!
-Jacqueline Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean
Things that change when you are grateful, conveyed in a way that is as approachable as an essay and as captivating as a novel.
There are countless self-help books out there that tell you to keep a gratitude journal, but none of them actually describe in detail the process of how writing a gratitude journal can change your life.
Unlike existing books on gratitude journals, this book shows the author's life changing through a gratitude journal in a detailed and exciting way, like a novel or essay.
The author not only describes the changes in his feelings while keeping a gratitude journal for a year, but also shares anecdotes from various experts and celebrities, all with his own warm and witty sensibility.
How would our lives change if we embraced gratitude? This book, written in a friendly, essay-like manner, helps readers rediscover the value of gratitude.
The book that sparked a craze for gratitude across America!
The Importance of a Gratitude Journal, as Resonated with Celebrities and Experts
The author of this book is the author (or co-author) of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller I'll See You Again, and a former editor-in-chief of the popular magazine Parade.
She uses her long experience as a journalist to introduce episodes with various people.
For example, in an interview with The Martian star Matt Damon, we find that empathy for others' situations has a huge impact on gratitude.
And in an anecdote with Adam Grant, author of [Originals], we realize that expressing gratitude is a huge advantage in social life.
Additionally, by obtaining advice from experts such as psychologists, professors, doctors, and philosophers, we scientifically analyze the impact of 'gratitude' on our lives, from small everyday experiences such as marriage, family, work, and health to the management strategies of CEOs.
Because of these points, "Things That Change When You're Grateful" was introduced on NBC and CBS one after another, sparking a craze for gratitude across the United States.
The author has also appeared on numerous television programs, including Good Morning America and CBS This Morning, and has been interviewed on 60 radio stations, adding fuel to the gratitude craze.
This book, which tells the stories of well-known celebrities and experts from a perspective of gratitude, guides readers to a positive life.
The preciousness of everyday life is too precious to just pass by.
Gratitude changes your life 180 degrees.
More often than we think, we complain about things we can't control.
The most representative example is a complaint about the ‘weather.’
You often find yourself in a bad mood all day, complaining that it's too cold or too hot, or that it's wet because it's raining or that the traffic is too heavy because it's snowing.
But if you think about it, the weather doesn't automatically get better just because we're feeling bad.
In this book, the author tells us what attitude we should have when we are in a situation that we cannot change.
After working on a gratitude project for a year, she learned that 'emotions depend more on the perspective and attitude towards something than on what actually happened.'
Life would be so much richer if the bitterly cold weather allowed you to enjoy a cup of hot, sugary cocoa without guilt.
Recommendation
As you turn the pages, your heart will be filled with gratitude.
It leads readers to a life of gratitude through heartfelt, thoughtful, and engaging content.
This book guides readers on a journey of gratitude based on scientific facts and experiences related to gratitude.
Adam Grant, professor at Wharton School and author of the New York Times bestseller Originals
Just by looking at the title, ‘Things that change when you are grateful,’ you can understand this book at a glance.
Janice Kaplan shares with readers a wealth of anecdotes from her year of living a life of gratitude.
It also includes advice from psychologists, philosophers, artists, top actors, and more.
All of this will make you happy.
-[American Way]
Janice Kaplan writes wonderfully heartwarming books.
And it shows us how our lives change when we focus on gratitude and the blessings we have received.
-Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author of Jemima J.
Zenith's plan to be more grateful is something that everyone can relate to.
Zenith's conversational tone is encouraging, as if she were talking to a close friend who was having a good day and wanted to share it with her… … .
It contains simple and effective methods that can be easily practiced even in very busy lives.
-[Kirkus Review]
Could there be a practical guide to a life of gratitude, written by a sober woman? It can be, and it does exist.
I read Janice Kaplan's book about the changing year and came to believe it!
-Jacqueline Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: November 25, 2016
- Page count, weight, size: 398 pages | 519g | 140*210*25mm
- ISBN13: 9788994747682
- ISBN10: 8994747680
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