Living Lucky: Transform Your Life Through Gratitude, Appreciation, and Service

Good morning and welcome to Living Lucky! As your host, Jana, let me share a life-changing experience I had: being nominated for Woman of the Year. The kind words in my nomination letter made me feel incredibly worthy and valuable. Discover how gratitude and appreciation can turn a negative doom loop into an upward success cycle and transform not only my life, but also yours.

Join us as we explore the idea of serving others while trying to figure out what we want in life, and how giving to others leads to personal growth and appreciation. When we give to life, we receive back in return, and that's what living lucky is all about. So listen in and let's learn how to transform our lives through gratitude, appreciation, and service, and start living lucky today!

Keep Living Lucky. 
Jana & Jason Shelfer

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Transcript

Speaker 1 0:00

Are you ready to create a life you crave? Let's spin that doom loop of negativity into an upward success cycle and start living lucky. Good morning, i'm Gianna and we are living lucky.

Speaker 3 0:20

We're gonna show you how to, because it's really about creating your luck, and it starts with gratitude.

Speaker 2 0:28

I'm so grateful for that.

Speaker 3 0:31

We talk about gratitude a lot and I can't emphasize enough how much gratitude has changed my life, and specifically appreciation, because what you appreciate appreciates, and the word appreciation is not only being grateful, but it means grow in value. Right Yeah, and yesterday you know how we told you about the woman of the year, which was so fun. It was so fun.

Speaker 2 1:04

I feel like the room there could have been a thousand more people in the room. It just was awesome It was awesome.

Speaker 3 1:11

Well, it all started with a seed of someone writing a letter to Orlando magazine and nominating me, and along with other women, and it just when I read some of the things that that person said, it just made me feel.

Speaker 2 1:32

I teared up.

Speaker 3 1:33

Worthy and valuable, and I just can't express enough when we tell people how grateful we are for them or how meaningful they've been in our lives. It is so impactful. So I guess where I'm trying to go with this, because I'm kind of rambling this morning I just write goosebumps, did you? Yeah, i think we should write a gratitude letter.

Speaker 2 1:59

Well, I think also that sometimes we were trying to figure out what to do in life.

Speaker 3 2:04

Yes, and.

Speaker 2 2:05

I was in a youth group last night and one of the youth group leaders was talking about how her fiance was trying to find a job.

Speaker 3 2:14

Oh.

Speaker 2 2:15

And my thought is that we can always serve when we're trying to figure out what we want, how we can be a value in life. We can always serve because if we're not receiving income at the time or we're not receiving financial gain value when you serve. That reciprocation is adding value to you and employment is really providing value for someone and getting compensated for it. But just whenever we give to life, you're gonna get back So it's not about being like trying to give.

Speaker 3 2:58

Are you kind of saying he should be grateful for the job that he doesn't have yet? He should write a letter and be grateful for the job that he doesn't even have yet, and then he will attract it. Is that what you're saying?

Speaker 2 3:10

Yeah, and now he's got time to, because now he has time to just increase his value in other ways, so he can appreciate the time and the gifts that he has and cultivate.

Speaker 3 3:22

So it's almost a gift that he doesn't have a job, is what you're saying.

Speaker 2 3:25

Yeah, because oftentimes when we are looking at what we don't have, if you're focused on what you don't have, you start getting what it's a needy, the desperate yes, and desperation is a deterrent.

Speaker 3 3:42

People can smell desperation. If you don't believe me, I always use this analogy, but in Money smells desperation. College, in college, whenever you needed a date for a mixer, you're like oh my God, I need a date, Somebody get me a date.

Speaker 2 3:58

And the more desperate you came, will you take me Will?

Speaker 3 4:01

you take me? Yeah, It's like people could smell it and not even your girlfriends could get you a date.

Speaker 2 4:08

They're like no, i don't know anybody. I don't have any friends.

Speaker 3 4:12

I am no friends, i know, no classmates. Not even anyone in my science class could go to the mixer.

Speaker 2 4:19

My 15-year-old younger brother can't even go to the mixer with you. No, all he wants to do is go to a mixer with a college girl, but not with you. Desperate girl.

Speaker 1 4:30

I know Desperate Denise, No really.

Speaker 3 4:36

One time one time. I got set up by a cousin, just like you just said. I know Tater. I don't know what she needs. Maybe she needs to go out. Tater needs to go out right now. I'm so sorry, we're getting distracted. I got set up for our barn dance with a cousin that needed a date And he showed up in these overalls that were too small for him And you could see. Do you know what camel toe is?

Speaker 2 5:09

Mamel toe.

Speaker 3 5:10

Yeah, is that what it's called?

Speaker 2 5:12

I don't know what you call it, moose knuckle.

Speaker 3 5:14

I think you call it a moose knuckle.

Speaker 2 5:16

We've just gone there.

Speaker 3 5:18

It was so embarrassing.

Speaker 2 5:19

So grateful.

Speaker 3 5:21

I was like, yeah, let's go to lurk in the woods. That's what the name of the dance was Lurk in the woods.

Speaker 2 5:28

You don't want to go lurk in the woods without that, with the moose knuckle.

Speaker 3 5:33

Good morning Sheila.

Speaker 1 5:37

Good morning, Mindy.

Speaker 2 5:39

Oh.

Speaker 1 5:39

Pam Patrick, Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 5:42

We met some battle of the bulls.

Speaker 3 5:45

We met some phenomenal phenomenal women and people yesterday, oh, but you won't know it because I wasn't in any of the pictures. You talked a lot.

Speaker 2 5:54

I felt bitter. The thing is you get caught up talking to so many people.

Speaker 3 6:01

Every time they would say we need all of the nominees to go out into the lobby to get a picture. I, for some reason, would either get caught talking or somebody would come over and tell me something that they needed to tell me right then and there, and it was just really, really important. I would come out into the lobby and they would say, oh, we just finished the picture One, two, three break. I was like I missed it. I missed it. Maybe that just means you're on the solo shots.

Speaker 2 6:28

No, I can't do not.

Speaker 3 6:29

I feel like there was an energy yesterday because the minute we started our, even our coffee yesterday morning, you know, facebook came on and said we're going to have to shut you off for nudity And I'm like are we naked? Do I have pants on today? Because I did, i had pants on.

Speaker 2 6:46

They only disputed it, though, and they put it back up. Yeah, then we disputed it. It's like showing up after again.

Speaker 3 6:51

Yeah, then they put it back up and it got two views. I was like, oh great, but anyway, so that's how our day started. So there was kind of like this this blocking energy.

Speaker 3 7:02

It was a blocking energy trying to keep us from showing up. Then we go to the place, okay, and I'm so excited to be there and it's awesome, and they have one of those professional photo things Headshot, but it is, it is staked down to the ground and they can't move it Like they have it taped and it's got the cords already there.

Speaker 1 7:24

We know where the shot is And it's got the background.

Speaker 3 7:26

It's ironed for a five foot six foot And they have, you know, you back up and they're like, okay, smile, and it's for all, for anyone that comes, you can get your professional headshot taken. And I'm like, oh great, i'm going to get my, my headshot taken. And I go to get my headshot and I back up all the way to the, the backdrop that they have, and they take my headshot and all you can see is my forehead, all you see is my forehead, and they're like, well, we're gonna, we're gonna post these to the group photo page.

Speaker 2 7:59

These are just the yearbook pictures.

Speaker 3 8:02

And so we go to the page and you see yeah you see Janna and her forehead. I'm like oh, I wasn't tall enough, Okay, so there's that thing. And then we get in there and Jason brings his professional Canon.

Speaker 2 8:16

Well, that's so disappointing.

Speaker 3 8:19

His professional Canon camera And I'm like okay, we're going to make this into a reel and we're gonna make some postings on Instagram And we're gonna really get some social media, not only for us but for all of the 23 other women and for Orlando Magazine and for all of Orlando And Jason gets.

Speaker 2 8:39

Let Jason shine for a minute.

Speaker 3 8:41

Jason gets the greatest footage of V-roll of all of the people, all of the trophies, all of the Look at all the happy people. You know, the speaker that's up there, and I mean all of the food and everything that's going on around us, and then, as soon as they start giving out the awards, he gets the majority of them, and then it comes to me And for some reason the camera quit The camera just quit Black.

Speaker 2 9:14

Battery was fine, memory card was fine, camera went black, just No, and I went back. So I I switched out the battery and went back because the red light was on for a record during the whole thing, turned it, stopped recording And then just went black And afterwards put the battery, changed batteries because I was like, okay, maybe the battery went dead in that short amount of time, and then that's the only clip that did not make it in.

Speaker 3 9:54

Yeah, so for some reason, Unbelievable. We have no pictures of me, but that's okay because I'm like, nothing's gonna ruin this day. This is a great day I was. I had tears, i was joyful, i was dancing. And speaking of dancing, i just saw that Mindy says I've met great people in a ruba this week.

Speaker 1 10:12

Oh, that's fantastic, I'm gonna make up. Ooh, i wanna take it to.

Speaker 2 10:16

Bermuda. Mama come on, pretty mama, you are going to love me. I've lived my life dancing and being me.

Speaker 3 10:25

I've had people tell me they've loved my energy. My cup is full and overflowing from new people. Mindy, yes, yes, yes, i love that, i love that, and we're already at 10 minutes. So my action step for today is I think we all should take just a little time to write a gratitude letter, a gratitude letter to one person, one person, and even if that one person has impacted you so profoundly and you just wanna tell them, or if that one person maybe has caused maybe a little angst or a little hurt or a little, there might be a little betrayal, maybe by writing a gratitude letter of how you've grown or how you've learned or how you've you're just really grateful They have come into your life. It is very healing, not only for you, but if you decide to give it to that person, it will be impactful for them and the universe.

Speaker 2 11:37

If they've hurt, you write it for yourself, because they may not even know they've hurt you. That's true too, and you may want to end, but if you write it to yourself, that will give you the a lot of clarity around it and allow you to open up an unbiased conversation with them about it, because it's hard to open up a conversation about being hurt when you still have the defensive feelings of the hurt holding on to you.

Speaker 1 12:05

True.

Speaker 2 12:05

So. but if someone has really impacted your life or has made you feel better or offered anything of value to you and you know that, there's been that moment of click or aha for you and you're like, wow, that person, i just thought of them and I really am thankful and grateful for that person in my life. Thank you 10 minutes, 20 minutes, and get deep in thought about that and write a letter on paper with your hand and feel the emotions coming out on paper about how grateful you are for that person, and then decide if you have the courage to share it with them. You can call them and read it to them or you can just send it to them. You can take a picture of it and text it to them. however, you get it to them, but share it with them, because sometimes a teacher is waiting for that letter. That is true.

Speaker 3 13:03

A mom is waiting for that letter, a dad's waiting for that letter, because dads don't

Speaker 2 13:07

know how to react to something like that.

Speaker 3 13:09

That is true. That is true. You may get hugged or something.

Speaker 1 13:13

Oh.

Speaker 3 13:14

You may not.

Speaker 2 13:15

You may not. You may say I love you so much, and they may say thanks, i know, and that's okay, but you're saying it, so it's okay, but expressing that gratitude, like Jana said, what you appreciate, appreciates and it's all about you, that's true.

Speaker 3 13:35

And as we're going to end it there, but I do want to say I know you felt, i know you had mixed feelings yesterday about the camera.

Speaker 2 13:45

And.

Speaker 3 13:45

I just want to say that I am so grateful for you because it meant even more. It meant the world to me. I don't care if there's no pictures, because the pictures are all in my mind And the fact that you were there by my side meant everything to me.

Speaker 2 14:05

I was very proud of you.

Speaker 3 14:06

Thank you.

Speaker 2 14:07

All the women and all the people supporting you. Thank you.

Speaker 1 14:10

All right.

Speaker 3 14:11

Love you guys, bye-bye.

Speaker 1 14:14

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