This isn’t a rhetorical question.
This is a focused post that invites you to put it into action NOW and immediately benefit from it. Then take a moment and fill us in: What can you appreciate right now?
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Hello, Pete Machalek from Sage Presence here. I want to invite you into a little out-of-the-blue exercise. Before I interrupted you, your mind was somewhere—work, stress, something pleasant, something neutral. Whatever it was, pause for a moment and ask yourself: “What can I appreciate about that right now?”
You’ll know you found the answer because you’ll feel appreciation, not just think it. Appreciation lifts you. If you were stressed, it pulls you upward. If you were already feeling good, it elevates you even further. It works no matter where you start from.
This is a simple, powerful practice: ask yourself what you can appreciate when things are positive or neutral, so you remember to do it when things get difficult—before a presentation, in conflict with a team, in problem-solving mode, or when stress hits.
If you’re struggling to come up with something, give yourself more time. You can get there.
Viktor Frankl, while imprisoned in a concentration camp, discovered that even in the darkest conditions, a person can still find something to appreciate. If he could find a sliver of meaning in that environment, you can find appreciation in whatever you’re facing today.
The more consistently you do this—especially in moments that are neutral or positive—the stronger your “appreciation muscle” becomes. And then, when you truly need it, it’s there for you.
Hello, Pete Machalek from Sage Presence here. I want to invite you into a little out-of-the-blue exercise. Before I interrupted you, your mind was somewhere—work, stress, something pleasant, something neutral. Whatever it was, pause for a moment and ask yourself: “What can I appreciate about that right now?”
You’ll know you found the answer because you’ll feel appreciation, not just think it. Appreciation lifts you. If you were stressed, it pulls you upward. If you were already feeling good, it elevates you even further. It works no matter where you start from.
This is a simple, powerful practice: ask yourself what you can appreciate when things are positive or neutral, so you remember to do it when things get difficult—before a presentation, in conflict with a team, in problem-solving mode, or when stress hits.
If you’re struggling to come up with something, give yourself more time. You can get there.
Viktor Frankl, while imprisoned in a concentration camp, discovered that even in the darkest conditions, a person can still find something to appreciate. If he could find a sliver of meaning in that environment, you can find appreciation in whatever you’re facing today.
The more consistently you do this—especially in moments that are neutral or positive—the stronger your “appreciation muscle” becomes. And then, when you truly need it, it’s there for you.
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