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In today’s episode of The Startup Chat, Steli and Hiten talk about 100 ways to count your blessings. Being grateful for the things in your life is key to being happy in your life. The life of an entrepreneur can be super stressful sometimes and we tend to dwell on the things we don’t, which tends to increase our stress levels, versus being grateful for the things we do have.  So in this episode, Steli and Hiten talk about why you should be thankful for what you’ve got, why you should appreciate the people around you, the importance of counting your small blessings and much more. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 About the topic of today’s episode 00:13 Why this topic was chosen. 02:18 Why you should be thankful for what you’ve got. 02:47 Why you should appreciate the people around you. 04:23 When to have a moment of gratitude. 04:53 Why you should write down what you’re grateful for.  05:49 The importance of being grateful with somebody else. 06:05 Why you need to find something to be grateful for when you’re feeling down. 07:08 The importance of counting your small blessings. 08:31 The need to be grateful for your health. 3 Key Points: No matter what the experience is, be thankful for what you’ve got.Tell people that you’re grateful for them.I think it’s good practice to have a moment of gratitude everyday. [0:00:01] Steli Efti : Hey everybody, this is Steli Efti. [0:00:03] Hiten Shah: And this is Hiten Shah. [0:00:04] Steli Efti : And today on The Startup Chat we're going to talk about all the ways in which you can count your blessings and why you want to become an expert and really good at doing that. So any of you that have been listening to us for a long time, and a lot of you do and we really appreciate your attention and we really appreciate all the feedback and you sticking with us through all these years. We've been doing this podcast for a while now. For those of you that know us well, you know how much the power of gratitude and the power of appreciation means to both Hiten and me and how much we think about it and how much we try to practice it. We did a really popular episode awhile back, episode 161, The Power of Gratitude. You can just search it on thestartupchat.com or if you just put it into Google, Startup Chat, and then episode 161 you'll find it and you can check it out. But today I don't want to talk that much about why being grateful is of benefit to you in the world and why using the power of appreciation is really impactful. We'll just assume you already know. What I'd like to do is just do a quick episode where we share all the ways we have practiced and counted our blessings and just to stimulate people maybe with new ideas or to push them to pick up some old habits that they had accumulated. Because I really think that if we can increase, if we can even just get a handful of listeners to start counting their blessings a bit more every day, the impact is impossible to measure, but it'd be very exciting to me. So I want to just ping pong, go back and forth between you and I. I'm going to share a way I have counted my blessings or practice gratitude or have seen others or heard from others. And then you go and I go and we'll do this for a couple of minutes and we'll wrap it up and hopefully people won't be able to help but to start using some of these ideas to increase the level of appreciation in their daily life. [0:02:04] Hiten Shah: That sounds good. [0:02:05] Steli Efti : All right. You go first. [0:02:08] Hiten Shah: I think one thing to practice is, no matter what the experience is, being thankful for whatever experience you got. You're next. [0:02:19] Steli Efti : No. All right. I love it. I was like, "This is a negotiation tactic." I'm like, "Silence, maybe he'll say more." I was like ...