047 Gratitude Through Hard Times: Finding Positive Benefits through our DARKEST Hours | Chris Schembra

📣This week on The Time Management Podcast I am joined by Chris Schembra, a celebrated keynote speaker, best-selling author, and expert in human connection. USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru", he’s the Founder of the 7:47 Gratitude Experience™ a 2-time Emmy Award winner and Pasta sauce inventor.

This Episode is for you if:

→ You’re deep in the trenches of hard times

→ You’re struggling to find the bright side of something that’s happened to you

→ You’re looking to learn from someone who vulnerably shares the Process (The Positive Benefits Checklist) they’ve used to find the silver lining in their darkest hour. Post-concussive syndrome, sustained from a head-on collision on their scooter in September 2023.

“Gratitude saves time by speeding up the process of acquiring wisdom” Chris Schembra

In this episode we also covered:

• About Chris Schembra
• Time & New Perspective post Accident
• How can Gratitude save us Time?
• Gratitude as a powerful tool: Enhancing relationships & emotional well-being
• “Gratitude saves time by speeding up the process of acquiring wisdom”
• Philip Watkins, Eastern Washington University Research Study: Grateful Processing
• Life changing Accident: What happened?
• Processing negative experiences through gratitude to gain wisdom
• Post-concussive syndrome & Life changing Lessons
• The Positive Benefits Checklist
• Gratitude Through Hard Times
• Finding Positive Benefits through our Darkest Hours
• What’s next?
• Proactive mental well-being programs
• Human Connection & Mental Health
• 7:47 Gratitude Experience™
• Inquisitive Empathy Workshops
• Kindness Levels & Ingratitude meets Appreciation
• The negativity bias
• Yoga Nidra Meditation (non sleep deep rest)
• Transcendental Meditation
• “I read in order to understand what I know inside already”
• Trusting your intuition
• The Artist's Way - Morning Pages
• Is it all worth it - Is this it?
• The Serenity Prayer - ‘The Courage to know the difference’
• And so much more

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⏰ It’s your Time!

About Chris Schembra:

Chris Schembra is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Gratitude Through Hard Times and Gratitude and Pasta. USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru", he's a Founding Member of Rolling Stone Magazine's Culture Council, and he sits on the Executive Board at Fast Company Magazine.

He is the Founder and Chief Question Asker of the 7:47 Gratitude Experience™ — an evidence-based framework used to strengthen client and team relationships in profound ways. He's used the principles of gratitude to spark thousands of relationships within the workplace.

As a Viral Marketer, his gratitude campaign giving tribute and thanks to Veterans earned over 40 million views, 1.2 million shares, and 2 Emmy Awards.

His direct work has been talked about in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur, Bravo TV, Fox News Channel, Variety, and hundreds of other media outlets. He regularly lectures at top-tier companies and institutions like Microsoft, Google, IBM, Dell, Citi, the US Navy, Air Force, and Harvard University.

Links for Chris Schembra:

Website: https://www.chrisschembra.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schembra/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chris.schembra/

Rolling Stone Column: https://www.rollingstone.com/author/chris-schembra/

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