Happy Monday Mindset!
Fifteen years ago, I spent Thanksgiving in Brazil, my first year living there.
No turkey. No football. No familiar traditions. Just humid air, broken Portuguese, and a dinner lovingly prepared by my now-wife Tatiana and her family.
That night, everything felt different.
I didn’t know it then, but it was the day I met my future mother-in-law, a day that would mark the beginning of a new life chapter.
And yet, despite the discomfort, the language barriers, and the unfamiliarity, something else showed up.
Gratitude.
Not the surface-level stuff. But the real kind, the kind that hits when you’re far from home, out of your comfort zone, and realize how blessed you still are.
Here’s the truth: adversity doesn’t take holidays.
Challenges, setbacks, and curveballs, they’re always on the menu. Especially for leaders.
But gratitude? That’s your armor. Your advantage.
When you train your mindset to see the blessings in the middle of the burden, everything changes.
No, it’s not about ignoring the hard.
It’s about refusing to let it blind you to the good.
So this week, amidst the family gatherings or the solo grind, pause.
Take inventory.
If you’ve got breath in your lungs and a fight still in you, you’ve got plenty to be thankful for.
Gratitude won’t erase adversity.
But it will build the resilience to rise above it.
After all, adversity is your advantage.
Make it a GREAT week!
Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body
