Send us a text This solo episode is the most important thing I’ve ever recorded. Most people think gratitude is just writing three things down in a notebook… but that’s level one. And if you stop there, you never unlock the energy, identity, and direction you’re actually searching for. In this episode, I break down the five levels of gratitude that rebuilt my life — from material gratitude, to emotional gratitude, to identity-based gratitude, all the way up to future gratitude (the same techn...
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Send us a text This solo episode is the most important thing I’ve ever recorded. Most people think gratitude is just writing three things down in a notebook… but that’s level one. And if you stop there, you never unlock the energy, identity, and direction you’re actually searching for. In this episode, I break down the five levels of gratitude that rebuilt my life — from material gratitude, to emotional gratitude, to identity-based gratitude, all the way up to future gratitude (the same techn...
Why Your Happiness Always Returns to Baseline (and How to Raise It) | 103
The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
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Why Your Happiness Always Returns to Baseline (and How to Raise It) | 103
Send us a text In 1978, researchers compared two groups you’d never expect: lottery winners and accident victims who had become paraplegic. The results shocked the world. Within a year, both groups had returned to nearly the same level of happiness as before. This is the science of hedonic adaptation — our brain’s tendency to normalize no matter what happens. Winning millions. Losing everything. We always come back to baseline. But here’s the hopeful part: your baseline isn’t fixed. You ca...
The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Send us a text This solo episode is the most important thing I’ve ever recorded. Most people think gratitude is just writing three things down in a notebook… but that’s level one. And if you stop there, you never unlock the energy, identity, and direction you’re actually searching for. In this episode, I break down the five levels of gratitude that rebuilt my life — from material gratitude, to emotional gratitude, to identity-based gratitude, all the way up to future gratitude (the same techn...
