Thanks A Thousand A Gratitude Journey (TED Books)

I have a new book. It's called Thanks A Thousand. And the idea is I went around the world and thanked a thousand people who had even the smallest role in making my morning cup of coffee possible.

Thankfully though, this isn't just another gratitude episode, far from it.

part of that book was all about connection and that we are in fact connected and the hope was which is a little idealistic that we would treat each other with a little more kindness.

and that like it thousand year ago oh that's not a lot it's a lot that's a lot a lot god it was a lot a hundred people would be a tedious know it it was it was way more than ten times that many

and that we take for granted and just making this mental switch just from a selfish point of view is very good because it really does help you appreciate the hundreds of things that go right every day instead of focusing on the three or four that go wrong.

happiness does not lead to gratitude gratitude leads to happiness so having that mindset really will make you happier

His last experiment was to thank 1,000 people that made his morning cup of coffee possible, from the bean farmers in Colombia to the truckers who get the stuff to the States, to the barista who hands him the cup at the end of the journey.

And that like it thousand year ago oh that's not a lot it's a lot that's a lot a lot god it was a lot a hundred people would be a tedious know it it was it was way more than ten times that many and you know I went wide so I thanked the obvious people like the farmer of the coffee beans and the barista but I also you know I would go out and meet the truck driver who drove the coffee beans are I remember I called the woman who did pest control for the warehouse where my coffee beans are stored and I said I called her up and I said I know this is a little strange but I just want to thank you for keeping the insects out of my coffee and she said yep that is strange but thank you you know I don't get a lot of appreciation yeah and I was one of the themes of the book that we take hundred of the people for granted and everything we do requires hundreds thousands of interconnected people and that we take for granted and just making this mental switch just from a selfish point of view is very good because it really does help you appreciate the hundreds of things that go right every day instead of focusing on the three or four that go wrong so there was really a you know a selfish motivation for this book because I am I talk about it you know we all have our Larry David side and our mr. Roger side and I was born with a very strong Larry David side the grumpy pessimist and this which is why I you know I love Larry watching Larry David but it's not fun to be in that mind yeah it's watching it is different watching it you go look all this guy so grumpy like he's a bit negative side and everything you don't necessarily want to be that exactly it's funny because we go better you than me look at this guy complaining about every little thing yeah but living it being in that mindset which I find myself a lot is not a great way to live so this this was an attempt to bulk up that mr. Roger side get him ripped and because it is so linked to happiness there's so much evidence there's a great quote that happiness does not lead to gratitude gratitude leads to happiness so having that mindset really will make you happier

I'm grateful for Barry

I'm not quite a year but several months going around the world wow thanking people so gratitude leads to happiness and not the other way around and that's kind of the key

Thankfully though, this isn't just another gratitude episode, far from it.

It's a lot, a lot, god, it was a lot. A hundred people would be tedious, no, it was, it was way more than ten times that many.

It was an amazing lesson in, you know, how much goes in.

Happiness does not lead to gratitude, gratitude leads to happiness.

It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting.