Model Gratitude

First thing I do when I wake up in the morning is drink water. I drink about 25 to 30 ounces of water—high-quality spring water. Maybe a little pinch of high-quality salt in there.

Then I do some reading. So I usually read for maybe somewhere around 20 minutes, and then we do meditation, and then have my mushroom coffee, get some superfoods in my body.

Probably about an hour after that, I get a workout in. But in between that time, I do some work for about an hour. I really like to write during that time.

I love Lewis. I could talk about him all day, but I’m going to go with Prince, since his name just happened to be the second one here on the list.

Prince and I went to the same university in St. Louis. Lewis also went to school in St. Louis too, low-key.

Certain people just have this thing. They’ve got this energy about them. They’ve got this energy like they’re up to something. They’re doing something.

And I would see him at the school. Some camera guy would be with him, little rinky-dink camera, and I’m just like, “What is this guy doing?”

But he came to an event that I was speaking at. That’s where I first met him. He just had this vibe like, “Man, he’s on to something.”

And then, obviously, putting his art and his intelligence and perspective into his work has been incredibly transformative. It’s a voice for so many people that come from the same kind of circumstance and perspective that I come from.

So, I love that dude.

Low-key, one of the greatest gifts that Jim has taught me was the power of bringing people together.

So many things in my life have transpired because of being in groups of people that Jim has got together, whether it’s mastermind groups or dinner parties, these kinds of things.

My agent—my literary agent—came from that. My podcast, the first podcast that I started for another company, came from my connection and relationship with Jim.

So he’s taught me the power of bringing people together. When good people get together, really amazing, world-changing things can happen.

Oh, that is so—how could you ask me this question? Oh my God. Wow.

I don’t think I could even answer this. Oh man. Wow. You know, that’s tough, man. That is really tough.

I’m just going to tell you what comes up for me.

What comes up is the interview I did with Michael Beckwith recently—or even the first one—but the one that I just did with Michael Beckwith is so poignant, so timely, so important, so powerful.

That’s what I would say.

And he’s been a big inspiration in my life. That’s the one I would say. Obviously, it’s a mental-health kind of perspective on it, but, man, there are so many. I’m thinking about nutrition and fitness, but that’s the one I would say.

Over 90% of the time, it’s been people who’ve had an impact in my life.

I started off with that premise that I wanted to bring the very best people in the world in their respective space to teach. Because I don’t want, like—let’s not get the 17th-best health psychologist. Let’s get the best person.

Because it tends to be, it’s not just the fact that they are great at their job. For them to get into that position, they’re also great communicators. You know what I mean?

So that’s what it’s been. People who have had a big impact in my life. That’s been the majority.

And many of these people who I brought forward to my audience, a lot of people had never heard before. Like Dr. Bruce Lipton, Dr. Daniel Goleman, Dan Millman—which, again, once you know about them, you’re like, “How do people not know about them?”

But those are just a few.

So, people who’ve had a big impact in my life are the people that I really want to bring forward for my audience.

How do you know that? That’s awesome.

The Model Health Show has created a container and an atmosphere for me to share my gift.

I am ravenous about research and learning and finding pieces of truth, finding pieces of transformative information that I can communicate for people that can make an instant impact in their life.

The container of this show, the sphere that it has created around me, has created this thrust to be driven to do that. And that’s the greatest gift.

How has it transformed my life? The impact is absolutely—I’ve reached millions and millions of people. We’ve had a listener in every country in the world, and it’s just crazy. It’s beyond crazy.

I’ll be walking down the street and people literally have run across four-lane traffic to try to talk to me and get a picture. I’m not Will Smith. I’m not, you know, Ron Burgundy.

It’s crazy to me, that impact.

And what am I most excited about in 2020? My book comes out at the end of the year—my next book—and I’ve been working on that for the past year.

It’s really, again, very audience-driven, and it’s the message that needs to get out there right now. That’s what I’m really excited about: laying the groundwork that we’ve been laying and sharing that with everybody.

And also, of course, expanding The Model Health Show and reaching millions more hearts and minds.

I’ll just tell you what jumps to mind.

Ed Mylett. Ed Mylett is definitely big on gratitude, and you’ve seen it play out in his life like a rock star.

He’s got all the things that somebody could assume success looks like. My man has a freaking private plane. It’s crazy stuff.

But so many people, unfortunately—to be real with you, and all the people I’ve talked to—some people have this status, but they’re not happy.

He’s happy because gratitude is a practice in his life.

So, Ed Mylett. I think his show is called Max Out. He might have changed it to The Ed Mylett Show.

The other person coming up for me is Bob Proctor, who’s also had a big impact on my life. Bob Proctor, one of the serious OGs in personal development, absolute superstar, and understands the science of gratitude.

One suggestion that I can give readers to incorporate gratitude into their daily lives is to literally just make it a practice.

Make it a specific practice.

At minimum, just start your day. This can be when you first open your eyes. Just think about: What are three things that you’re grateful for in your life right now?

Start your day like that.

I do it to start my meditation after just kind of doing some breathing exercises. You can incorporate it that way, but literally make it a daily practice so it gets ingrained, so you start to see through the lens of gratitude.

And the best place for people to connect with me is The Model Health Show and themodelhealthshow.com.