Turning Mountains into Mole Hills

“The attitude that every day is a gift helps to turn the mountains into mole hills that this old boy can climb!

– Doug Haussler

Giving thanks and expressing gratitude is the best way I know to turn mountains into mole hills.

My friend Doug said the attitude that every day is a gift helps to turn the mountains into mole hills that this old boy can climb!

Every day is a gift! But so often we forget to say ‘Thank You!’ Thank you for the day and thank you to each other for things that are done for us. A couple of years ago, Harvard Gazette published an article about The Power of Thanks. The article describes an experiment done at Harvard Business School. The experiment was conducted by Professor Francesca Gino of Harvard Business School and Professor Adam Grant of The Wharton School of Business.

“Receiving expressions of gratitude makes us feel a heightened sense of self-worth, and that in turn triggers other helpful behaviors toward both the person we are helping and other people, too,” Gino said. She described the scope of the “gratitude effect” as “the most surprising part” of her research.”

The work behind her book, she said, “really makes me think more carefully every time I am the one expressing gratitude to others. I don’t want to miss opportunities. … I learned from my own research and now try to say ‘thank you’ much more often.”

So not only keeping an attitude of gratitude, but also expression gratitude makes a difference. So Doug, let me say Thank You to you right now, for your wonderful line about ‘making mountains into mole hills’, but much more importantly, Thank You for being a good friend for all these years.

I’ll close with a lovely short video clip about the power of saying thank you.

Please let me know who you’ve thanked today.

And as always thank you for taking the time to visit, I appreciate it.

12 thoughts on “Turning Mountains into Mole Hills”

Patti, this is delightful! Thank you for this great post reminding me of such a simple and yet profound act that I can do every day. :-)!

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Patti Clark

October 25, 2015 at 1:12 am

Thanks Lisa. And thanks for taking the time to comment, I appreciate it.

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This is a great topic. So simple to do and so well received by most people. W ether it’s the guys on my crew at work, the mechanic who fixes my truck or the dental hygienist cleaning my teeth, I always give them a sincere” thank you” or a “I really appreciate your hard work” It’s in my nature and it feels right- a bit of the golden rule if you will. I know the recognition feels good (like you thanking me in your blog!) You know how to bring a smile to this old boy’s face. Love Ya

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