Chip Franks believes the world has enough people grinding through their days without joy. What it needs more of are Joyful Savages — people who’ve done the work to genuinely love being alive, even in hard seasons. After a stroke at 45 left him broken and depressed, Chip rebuilt his brain through a gratitude practice so systematic and neurologically grounded that it became something others could replicate. He’s now on a mission to help high performers transform from success without satisfaction to lives fully savored. Through The Joyful Savage Movement and the A-OK a Day Foundation, Chip is building a cultural shift — one where gratitude isn’t fluffy, it’s fierce. Chip has been endorsed by Hal Elrod (author of The Miracle Morning), James Altucher (author of Choose Yourself), and Emily Fletcher (founder of Ziva Meditation). He lives in Texas with his family.
❤️👍 Quick Blessings! October 9, 2023
Howdy again Reader!
It's Monday, Columbus Day, and I worked today to get the school all ready. I'm home, I still have a few things to prepare for the week...
So here are some QUICK BLESSINGS!
- I'm grateful for the ability to read and learn from other people's stories. Biographies can be so powerful...we get to see some of ourselves in them and can see the magic of possibility laid a little more bare for us.
I'm currently listening to and reading "Elon Musk," by Walter Isaacson...and I'm entranced.
As a side note, I love the "Whispersync" where I get the Audible version and the Kindle version, and I can listen in the car and pick up reading where it left off on my Kindle. Tech is so cool.
- Plastic/rubber coatings for our electronics and wires. They keep us safer and non-shocked when we use them.
- The end to vacations and having to come back to work. I'm so thankful for a business and profession, and that I get the honor to work. I appreciate having the means and circumstances to even be able to take the vacation. I love being able to make a difference in the lives of the people we serve, and even a new perspective that we get to be outside of our day-to-day life. It's also so cool.
- My wife cuddles me sometimes from behind when I'm sleeping. I'm pretty sure she loves me. That makes me really happy and grateful.
- Being able to plan on paper. It's a blessing and a great exercise for the mind. I love to see it form from an ambiguous idea and formalize it into a real tangible thought. It's just awesome. Thank you for this blessing!
Have a wonderful night/day/week!
You are worthy of all of the work you do on yourself. You're worthy of the great ambitions. Go for it, okay?
With love,
❤️👍 Chip
P.S. Tell me if you decide to get the Elon biography. I'd love to compare notes.
Love * Life * More
Chip Franks believes the world has enough people grinding through their days without joy. What it needs more of are Joyful Savages — people who’ve done the work to genuinely love being alive, even in hard seasons. After a stroke at 45 left him broken and depressed, Chip rebuilt his brain through a gratitude practice so systematic and neurologically grounded that it became something others could replicate. He’s now on a mission to help high performers transform from success without satisfaction to lives fully savored. Through The Joyful Savage Movement and the A-OK a Day Foundation, Chip is building a cultural shift — one where gratitude isn’t fluffy, it’s fierce. Chip has been endorsed by Hal Elrod (author of The Miracle Morning), James Altucher (author of Choose Yourself), and Emily Fletcher (founder of Ziva Meditation). He lives in Texas with his family.
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