Giving Thanks

<h2>What’s In This Episode:</h2> <p>How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? And how does it apply to business owners? Jill looks forward to the beginning of (vegan) egg-nog season, the Macy's Day Parade, cooking, spending time with family, and on and on.</p> <p>Brad likes the family time and all, but he doesn't think that we'd ever practice gratefulness unless we carved out a day for it.</p> <h3>"It's a moment to remind us all to stop, eat too much food, and be grateful for what we have." - Jill</h3> <p>Jill's got a book coming out on November 24th called <em>The Best Business Book In The World* (*according to my mom). S</em>he'll pretty much be working through the holiday (you can <a href="https://foundingmoms.com/books/">pre-order it here</a>, or buy it on Amazon when it comes out). She's grateful to her team - she sometimes gets told she says "thank you" too much.</p> <p>Brad's impressed with that because he's not as grateful for his crew as he should be. He's very future-oriented and it's hard for him to reflect on the past and the present. As a result, he tends to feel more isolated. He's already moved ahead when everyone else is finishing up the last thing.</p> <h3>"I think it's interesting that Americans have to stop and be forced to be grateful." - Brad</h3> <p>But taking the opportunity to pause and reflect on the fact that he never would have made it as far as he did without his team does soften things a little for him. Jill suggests that maybe they celebrate "giving thanks" one day a month as a way to instill the practice (and they wouldn't even have to eat turkey to do it.</p> <p><strong>What do you think? Would you celebrate "giving thanks" this way? Let us know!</strong></p>