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Speaker: Here's why we need to be grateful for the pottery that we're making and for the sales that we make for a pottery as well. What is up, shipping nation? This is Nick Torres here and for those that don't know me, it's my mission to help potters like yourself to serve your own unique voice with your pottery and to not only find your unique voice but also be able to sell your pottery as well. So I recently just had my very first pottery sale and while
Speaker: I wanted more sales. I only ended up getting three sales. But I'm truly grateful to what those three sales provided me. I'm truly grateful that I got those three sales because these three sales are going to really help me grow as a person, grow as a potter. And I'm truly grateful for those three sales because if I didn't have those three sales, I would still be kind of stuck
Speaker: wondering if I could sell my pottery at all or if I can actually do these things and I'm truly truly grateful and I think it's so important for us to try to practice gratitude with our with our Pottery, right? We may be doing something right now and we let's say you are throwing on the wheel and you are you keep failing and failing and failing and failing and failing and all of a sudden I
Speaker: you just kind of want to stop. You stop for a little bit and then you get back onto the wheel and this time you're able to make something that you had in your mind. You had the vision in your mind but you weren't able to make that because of the failure if you didn't have the failures.
Speaker: And that's why it's important to be grateful for those moments, whether you're failing, whether you're not failing, whether you're winning, whether you're getting on three sales, you're getting 15 sales. If you could be grateful for those things that you are happening to yourself into your pottery, it's gonna be, you're gonna have that much joy for what you are doing.
Speaker: I learned this from Tony Robbins from one of his courses that he put out. Basically, he said, gratitude leads to a happier life. I think it's so, so true with our pottery as well. If you are failing, be grateful for that failure and try to learn something. If you only got a couple of sales and you're expecting to sell out all of your pottery, be grateful for the sales that you got because
Speaker: Before you couldn't have even picture that you were getting sales be grateful for things that happen to you To your pottery because who knows that may lead to something new down the road
Speaker: And not only that, just being grateful just kind of makes you an overall happier person. You're not so down in the dumps. Try it right now. I challenge you to be grateful for any random thing and you're not going to feel any hate toward it. You're actually going to feel happy toward it. Maybe you're grateful for coffee. Maybe you're grateful for a pottery tool. Maybe you're grateful for eggs. Whatever it is you're grateful for.
Speaker: Be grateful about it and say it. I try to say it often. This is just something I do. You don't have to do it, obviously, because it's a free world, but this is just something I try to do. Sometimes I forget, but this is what I try to do. I try to write down three things every morning or at least throughout the day or throughout the week. Three things that I am truly grateful for. Maybe it's my mom. Maybe it's the friends that I've made. Maybe it's the pottery progress that I've made. Maybe it's the three sales that I've made. I try to write down these
Speaker: at least three things to be grateful for. And that should kind of boost my overall mood about making pottery about just life in general. So go out there and try to be grateful to whatever it is that is happening to your party to whatever it is your life because things happen for you, not to you. I hope you guys enjoy this episode. See you guys in the next one.
Speaker: Thanks for listening to this episode of Shaping Your Pottery. If you are struggling with finding your own theme for your pottery so that, you know, you are known for something, I put together 53 themes that you can use and you can take. All you have to do is go to shapingyourpottery .com or slash 53 themes. That's five, three themes to get these 53 themes.
Speaker: It's really important for you to find a theme for your pottery so that you're not going to get burnt out. You can have multiple styles with your pottery and you can be known for something. So again, go to shapingyourpottery .com forward slash 53 themes. That's five, three themes to get these 53 themes. Thanks guys. I'll see you guys next time.
