Practicing Gratitude with Brian Moran

Grab some tissues for this episode! Brian Moran and Gary Scott Thomas went way off course from what they had planned on talking about, and the result was spectacular.

In this episode:

The illusion of securityHow Gary has double first cousinsHow coming from a big family helps you cut through the BSForgivenessBeing courageous in faithViktor Frankl’s The Meaning of LifeThe lens of gratitudePracticing gratitudeRunning the NY City MarathonHis upcoming book My 5 Conversations with GodThe importance of paying attentionThriving after bankruptcyHow mental health is like trying to explain a TV to a cavemanHelping his son with his mental health battlesHow the mountaintop and valley moments are all part of our purposeTaping into your courageHis advice for parents who are helping their child through a mental health struggleThe importance of no electronics daysNot always offering advice to your childrenThe gift his daughter reluctantly gave him“Buddy Days”The thing that made Gary cryWriting down what you’re worried about and seeing if it actually happenedTreating everyone with loveHow a homeless person affected BrianAn amazing Hindu proverbThe one thing Brian wants people to take away from this episode

Brian is the founder and CEO of Small Business Edge, a global community platform for business owners and entrepreneurs to find answers to their most pressing questions and obstacles that keep them up at night. 

Brian's goal with Small Business Edge is to measurably increase the success rate of small businesses both in the United States and around the world!

Before launching Small Business Edge, he spent 20+ years helping America's entrepreneurs realize their dreams. Prior to starting his 3rd company in 2012, he was the Executive Director of Sales Development at the Wall Street Journal overseeing the financial and small business markets across the WSJ franchise.

From 2002-2010, he ran Veracle Media & Moran Media Group--both content companies utilized various media channels to help entrepreneurs manage & grow their companies. Prior to launching these two companies, he was the Associate Publisher at Inc. Magazine, a Publisher and Associate Publisher at Entrepreneur Media, and held management positions at Success Magazine and Medical Economics Magazine.

His specialties include all areas, divisions, and channels within the small to midsize business market.

You can learn more about Brian on his site. https://smallbusinessedge.com

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