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What is going on?
Welcome back to another episode.
of the Real and Raw show.
Hopefully everybody's having an incredible week.
It's been crazy busy here at the Maroon household.
I spoke in Phoenix last week.
So went, we did a conversion day where we broke down the skill set and mindset to create a 33% conversion rate.
We'd be doing this for about seven years, trained and coach over 14,000 agents and duplicated it once again.
Then, unfortunately, we got some news of things that went on in our,
family that we had to make sure that we had some time for. And so when we came back,
things were a little bit out of sorts. We were healing over once again, some things that,
you know, our family had had been going through. And then we had, well, the day before I left was
was my son's birthday, right? So he turned two. And then my dog turned 15 just yesterday. So a lot
of things have been going on. And I just want to kind of put this show out today, this episode out
today just to bring some perspective to gratitude and and being there. I think a lot of us are always
trying to, you know, get better at, you know, our business and grow our business and, you know,
get ourselves into a financial position where we could explore more, we could experience more,
we could invest more. And absolutely 100% that is what we want to do. But this last week really
it made me take a step back and realize, yeah, I mean, look, we need finances to go ahead and
create those types of things. And obviously, it's a lower stress a bit too. But are we taking real,
real audits in what we could be grateful for? Are we truly taking an audit in what we could be
grateful for? Because in a moment, just like that, things can be taken from us, right? Whether that's
a job or whether that's, you know, something that is,
a materialistic thing or opportunity or a loved one.
And a matter of seconds, it can be taken away.
And we don't know when it's going to be taken away most of the time.
And so I just want everybody to take some time out this week and just really audit.
What can you be grateful for?
Not just talk about the big things.
I'm not talking about just the boats and the cars and the houses maybe you have.
But I'm talking about the little things.
Right.
The little things you could be grateful for from your heart beating without you thinking
about it, to the blood flowing without you even knowing, right? To the hot water, because
maybe you used to take showers or cold water because you couldn't pay your bill, or the home
that has the extra bedrooms because you used to live in a small apartment. To just the voice
of your kids, to be able to hear that, right? Or to see them be able to do these things for the
first time or have these experiences.
Don't let those things slip by.
In a world of what's next, take a moment and ask what's in front of me.
What's here right now?
In a busy, loud, noisy world of the what's next, be the person that also understands
the power of what's in front of them, the beauty of what's.
in front of them.
And maybe you're not where you need to be, so you think, or where you want to be.
But where you're at has beauty within it.
Where you're at has absolutely 100% things to be grateful for.
And so take an audit and ask yourself, what are the small things that can be grateful
for, from the heart beating to the blood flowing, to being able to see my kids experience,
experience things, to be able to hear my kids because a lot of times we take for granted the little
things that are normal to us, that are business as usual.
And so just take a moment this week and identify.
What are you grateful for?
I didn't live in that.
Yeah, I've been really trying this last, you know, several weeks as we've gone to the new
year to be more present, right?
And it's hard.
It's definitely difficult as, as, you know, we navigate our companies.
we navigate the daily stresses and the things that are in front of us and all these different
decisions we have to make.
I get it.
It's hard to navigate all that while still being amazingly present with ourselves, with our family,
with our clients.
And so it's not a task that's easy because there is so much noise out there.
There is so much sometimes anxiety on if you're going to make the right decision.
But if you could stay in that present, staying in that piece of saying, okay, I know.
you know, there's some big decisions ahead of me. I know, you know, I want to make more money. I know
I have a lot more action I need to be taken. But at the same time, I am grateful for what I have.
Right. It's that healthy balance of like grateful for what you have, but wanting more. And it's
definitely a hard situation to navigate of how do I stay in gratitude, right, for what we have,
but also earn and really want to go get more.
But I think it's just giving yourself the grace of saying,
hey, look, it's okay to want more than what you have right now.
But don't want more than what you have right now
without truly being grateful for everything you have right now.
Because most of us, we prayed for the things we have right now.
We begged God in the universe to provide us these things that we have.
have right now. And now we're asking for more. So don't take those blessings that have been given to you.
Yes, hard work was in in between it all. And forget about the moments that we prayed and we begged
for God in the universe to provide us these opportunities to be able to live the life we have now.
But still earn and want more. Right. So find that healthy balance of like, yes, I am super grateful for all
these things big and little. But hell yeah, I want more. I'm going to go after more. I'm going to
achieve more, but I'm going to stay grounded in my gratitude through the entire process. And if you do
that, you'll find more peace. You'll find more love. You'll find yourself being more present.
And when you do that, you actually see more opportunities, a lot more clear and really being able to
collapse the time from where you're at to where you want to go. But don't.
being gratitude because it's what you're supposed to do.
I think there's a lot of us at one point of our life and maybe you're there right now where
you know gratitude is needed, right? Like we've heard all the stories, we understand it.
And so we sit there and we're like, okay, we have to be grateful because if I'm not grateful,
God, the universe aren't going to give me more things, right? They're not going to give me more
opportunities. And it's hard to admit that, but I've been there. I've done it to check,
the box off.
And it just felt unauthentic.
So don't do it to check the box off.
Do it because you believe in it.
Do it because it makes you feel different.
It changes your entire mindset on how you start today when you truly step into gratitude
intentionally because then when shit happens to you and something goes bad that
day because, you know, something's going to happen.
You're like, man, I wish it didn't happen.
Oh, that's bad news throughout the week.
But when you start today or the day with gratitude,
you find yourself being able to tackle that a lot better.
Right.
So intentionally starting your day with gratitude,
not to check the box off,
but to do it because you know being grounded in gratitude
is the most powerful way to live.
And doing it intentionally in the morning with deep detail
will help you attack the problems that you are going to face this week,
help attack you with a lot more clarity, right?
A lot less stress, a lot more poise,
being able to get through that challenge or that problem a lot quicker, right,
and creating even a better solution when you first intentionally grounded yourself
with the gratitude of the big and small things.
So as we, the Morone family, navigate this tough season of our life with,
the challenge that we had this past weekend. And mind you, it wasn't me personally. It wasn't my
wife personally. This is just a family members that were going through some things that were very
unexpected. I just want you sitting there right now to know that like no matter what season
you're in, gratitude is always the way to to begin with it. And it could sometimes feel like a
burden because like, oh, I have to say what I'm grateful for. You don't need to create a laundry
list. I used to think, create 25 things and write them down every day.
Okay, cool, that's good.
Understand what those 25 things are just to help you with this process.
But every day when we're speaking in gratitude and we're visualizing it, it doesn't need to be 25 things.
Then it becomes a burden of, oh, I have to do this versus whatever you feel in a morning when you speak in that gratitude, allow it to be whatever you feel.
Right.
I mean, like today, my water pressure was very low.
But when I spoke in gratitude, I spoke about the hot.
water. Man, I'm, you know, super grateful that we got some hot water because we've had days where
we didn't. We didn't have showers, right? We didn't have a home to, you know, go ahead and sleep
in. So water pressure being low, man, that's nothing. I'm super grateful to even have water coming
out, right, the shower. And so just being super strategic with it. And once again, that carries on
throughout the day. You know, your kids are driving you up a wall, right? Step into gratitude.
And it's something we're trying to teach our kids as well.
Like, you know, if Aria is losing her mind and something's happening, you know, we want to change her mindset of like, hey, what's wrong to like, hey, okay, I get it.
I understand you're frustrated with X, Y, and Z.
But let me ask you, right now, what could you be grateful for?
Right.
What could you be grateful for?
Look around.
Maybe it's that toy.
Maybe it's that Santa brought this.
Maybe it's that you have two parents that are here with you right now helping you.
Maybe it's your little brother.
Maybe it's the car that we're in.
What can you be grateful?
for right now because once you start to do that you start to like really change the framework of how
people think so it's a challenge to you you could do it for yourself right in a moment of frustration
in a moment of anger in a moments of doubt stop yourself and ask yourself what can i be grateful for
right now because to attack a problem with from a place of anger or to attack a problem from a place of
stress will take you much longer to actually complete that challenge, right?
So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so peeling back.
So if you are somebody who is attacking problems from a place of stress, from a place
of anxiety, from a place of anger, you will not be able to tackle that problem,
create a solution quick, nor more effective or efficient.
So what you need to start doing is attacking problems from standing on the foundation of
gratitude. So in a moment that problem occurs, right, that, that issue comes up into your life,
instead of attacking it with the emotion of anger, with the emotion of pain, take a step back and say,
okay, hold on a minute. First, let me figure out what I'm grateful for, what I'm, you know,
thankful for in my life. Then you identify those things. Then you attack that problem. Then you attack
that issue. And what you'll find is you'll be able to create a solution much quicker. It'll be
more effective and more efficient, and you'll do it with a lot more peace.
So try that next time there's a problem.
And use that same thing for your children.
It's a lot harder.
I get that.
Believe me.
But the moment that they're stressed out and they're trying to do something and they're
angry, stop in a moment and say, hey, look, I understand you're frustrated.
But let me ask you, what can you be grateful for right now?
Then let's talk about this.
Because it starts to change their framework on how they look at a problem.
and are able to look at a problem with a solution-oriented place that starts with gratitude
versus a frustrated place that started with stress.
So I just want you to take this podcast today, this show today, and use these tools.
Do it intentionally when you start your day.
Do it intentionally when you're attacking problems.
But also reach out to somebody, even if it's somebody that you talk to every single day
and just let them know what you're grateful for in their life, right?
So it's not just, hey, I'm grateful to have you.
I'm grateful that you're someone that can always be, you know, an ear to listen to what is going on in my life.
I'm thankful that you're always there to support me.
Really reach out to somebody and give them gratitude with specific things and start this trend.
So if you're navigating a situation in your life right now, that's hard.
Don't attack it.
from your current mindset.
Don't attack it from a place of stress.
Don't attack it from a place of anxiety.
Don't attack it from a place of uncertainty.
Attack it from a place of gratitude.
That will create the strength to see a solution much faster and much more effective.
Gratitude changes your attitude, right?
All these cliche sayings.
Yeah, they're cliche, but they absolutely work.
We used to pray for the things that we have right now.
So let's not forget about those times that we didn't have what we have.
Let's bring it back and say, man, look what we got in front of us right now.
Look what we've already built.
But also, no, you didn't come this far just to come this far and go get more.
So whatever sees you're going through right now, I hope that this helps make this a part of your life.
Right.
This is not just a one and done.
this is like a lifestyle. Gratitude is a lifestyle. Putting yourself on an intentional,
uh, wavelength of what you're grateful for is a lifestyle. Don't be grateful for things the,
I need to hit on this. I was going to end this podcast. I need to hit on this. You know,
there's, there's tragedies that happen. And I've talked about this on the past, but there's
tragedies that happen and all of a sudden now we're grateful. Right. So, you know,
unfortunately, you know, there's mass shootings.
Now people are grateful, right?
Oh my God, we're grateful.
Now people love more, right?
There's these hurricanes or these tornadoes and people lose their things in their lives.
And now people come together and they're grateful, right?
Losing a loved one.
Now people start to be grateful and they come together.
But why is it that tragedy must spark gratitude?
Why can't gratitude be the beginning of it?
Why can't gratitude be business as usual?
stop waiting for a tragedy to spark gratitude in actually being gratitude because to be honest with you,
you and I both know as soon as five days, six days, seven days, ten days go by, that gratitude starts
to diminish because you forgot about that tragedy.
The world needs to stop waiting for a tragedy to live and breathe in gratitude.
It is not something that comes only when there is tragedy, only when there is lost.
It is a part of life.
It is a lifestyle.
And if you right now say, I'm going to live in gratitude, I am going to be in gratitude,
I am going to stand on gratitude.
When that tragedy comes, you'll be the most powerful present person there to truly
authentically be able to help serve these people in whatever capacity it might be.
So stop waiting for tragedy to live in gratitude or spark the gratitude.
That should not be the case.
Gratitude is a lifestyle.
It is not sparked by losing someone, something, or a tragedy.
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