A question to take into Thanksgiving (and Monday)

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The Power of Language

My friend, welcome back. In recognition that you are stepping into a week that carries both celebration and stress, I wanted to dedicate this brief issue to the following: offering a simple lens that can deepen how you move through it.

The Word Itself 💡

It’s important to remember that before Thanksgiving was a holiday, it was a compound idea.

Thanks comes from the Old English thanc, meaning thought, gratitude, or goodwill.

Giving refers to the act of offering or extending something outward.

So at its core, thanksgiving is not simply a meal. It’s a movement. A way of being. It’s a mindset that becomes an outward expression.

That matters, because mindset always comes before behavior. 👈🏽

Thanksgiving as a Mindset ✨

If you think about thanksgiving only as a day on the calendar, you miss its real power.

Gratitude is a mental posture. A chosen way of seeing. And like any mindset, it shapes how you feel, speak, and lead.

When you practice gratitude, even quietly, your nervous system softens. Your language shifts. You relate to others with more space, more curiosity, and less urgency to defend yourself.

That is self-leadership in real time.

A Leadership Lens for This Week 🔗

My experience has been that holidays have a way of revealing how you lead yourself when the normal structure loosens.

They present an opportunity to observe habits you may not notice in other contexts. But trust me when I say those habits travel with you back into the boardroom.

So, here are two questions I invite you to explore this week:

1. Who benefits when you show up grateful, not hurried?

2. What might change in your leadership if gratitude became a baseline, not a reaction?

In between the turkey, sweet potatoes, and football, I encourage you to sit with those questions rather than rushing to one definitive answer.

Why? Because the learning that is at the root of effective self-leadership lies in the exploration of the question. It lives in the continued insight that comes when you stay curious.

Gratitude is not a feeling you wait for. It’s a frame you choose.

Wishing you and yours a Thanksgiving filled with love, hope, and peace!

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