Welcome to GREAT NEWS!
GREAT VISION:
Our vision is to eliminate apathy by spreading good news and showing the world how much progress we’ve actually made. In a world filled with negativity and pessimism, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and helpless. We want to change that by sharing stories of hope, progress, and positive change.
We believe that the news we consume has a significant impact on our overall well-being and outlook on life. Unfortunately, traditional news sources often focus on the negative, sensationalizing stories of tragedy and conflict. While it’s important to be aware of the challenges we face as a society, we also need to celebrate our successes and recognize the progress we’ve made.
GREAT MISSION:
At GREAT NEWS, we are committed to bringing you stories of progress and positivity from around the world. From advances in science and technology to inspiring human-interest stories, we cover it all. Our goal is to help our subscribers stay informed about the positive changes happening in the world and to inspire them to take action in their own lives.
We believe that by sharing good news, we can make a real difference in the world. When we focus on the positive, we are more likely to feel hopeful and optimistic about the future. We are also more likely to take action to create positive change in our own lives and in the world around us.
Thank you for joining us on this journey to eliminate apathy and spread good news. We hope that our podcast and newsletter inspires you and brings a lot of positivity into your life.
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The GREAT NEWS Podcast
Tired of all the Doom & Gloom News from Mainstream Media? You’ll get none of that here!
Instead you’ll find inspiring stories and developments that are making the world a better place.
Tired of all the doom and gloom news from mainstream media? You’ll get none of that here! Instead, you’ll find inspiring stories and developments making the world a better place
The Great News podcast is brought to you by the Daily Quote.
Today, a discovery that could turn our oceans into a source of clean, green fuel. That's our lead story today.
Plus, we’ll look at a ”molecular staple” for hard-to-treat cancers, a way to silence cholesterol without permanently altering your DNA, and a wireless system that’s twice as efficient as Wi-Fi.
Turning Sunlight and Seawater into Hydrogen
How Stapled Peptides Could Change Cancer Treatment
How Laser Tech Is Rewriting the Rules of WirelessAnd don’t forget to stick around for the speed round where we’ll celebrate a historic victory against an ancient disease.Chile Eliminates Leprosy
Revolutionizing Brain Research and Treatment!
How CAR T Therapy Is Learning to Fight Cancer Smarter
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Until next time… and there will be a next time.
Keep looking for the good in the world because no only is it there, its everywhere!
the daily Quote Podcast
A Podcast Designed to Kickstart Your Day in a Positive Way!
Tune in daily to get a short dose of daily inspiration to kick start your day in a positive way.
the Daily Quote brings you inspirational quotes to help motivate and inspire your day with positivity.
Listen to the show for positive quotes from Albert Einstein, Maya Angelo, Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, William Shakespeare, Lao Tzu, Confucius and more…
Every single day you will hear a motivational quote to fire up your day.
Welcome to the Daily Quote, the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host Andrew McGivern and this episode is brought to you by the Great News podcast. Link is in the show notes.
Today's quote has no confirmed original author and it belongs to that quiet category of modern wisdom that travels without a name attached. But as you'll hear, the science behind it is anything but anonymous.
The quote is:
”Remember, being happy doesn't mean you have it all. It simply means you're thankful for all you have.”
Most of us have been operating under a version of happiness that goes something like this: when I have more… more money, more success, more security, more of whatever currently feels out of reach, then I'll be happy.
Happiness as a destination. Something you arrive at once enough conditions have been met. The problem is that the conditions keep moving. You reach one threshold and another appears just beyond it. The house gets bigger, the target gets bigger. The income grows, the lifestyle grows to match it.
The goalposts never stop moving and the happiness that was supposed to arrive when you got there keeps getting deferred to the next milestone. Dr. Robert Emmons, nicknamed the ”father of gratitude” and professor of psychology at UC Davis has spent decades scientifically studying what actually makes people happy.
And what his research consistently shows is that happiness is far less connected to what we have than to how we relate to what we already have. In a landmark series of experiments, Emmons found that when people consciously practiced grateful living, their happiness increased and their ability to withstand negative events improved, as did their immunity to anger, envy, resentment and depression. Participants who kept a weekly gratitude journal simply writing down things they felt thankful for reported higher levels of positive emotion, more energy, and greater optimism than those who recorded neutral events or daily frustrations.
After ten weeks, the gratitude group was 25% happier and exercised 1.5 hours more per week than the control group. Not because their circumstances had changed. Because their attention had. That's the insight at the heart of today's quote.
Emmons puts it plainly: you cannot feel envious and grateful at the same time. They are incompatible feelings. Gratitude and the restless hunger for more cannot occupy the same space simultaneously. When you are genuinely thankful for what you already have, the craving for what you don't have loses its grip. Not because ambition disappears but because the present moment stops feeling like a waiting room for something better. Happiness was never at the next milestone. It was always available right here — in the relationship with what's already in your hands.
So here's the question: What are you currently looking past — in your work, your relationships, your daily life — because you're waiting for something more before you'll allow yourself to feel happy?Because the science is clear and the wisdom is simple. Happiness isn't waiting at the end of the next achievement. It's available right now — in the deliberate decision to notice, and be genuinely thankful for, what's already here.
You don't need it all. You just need to see what you already have. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.
Andrew McGivern
Podcast Host
Hi, I’m Andrew McGivern and I’m the host of the Daily Quote, Great News podcast and editor of the Great News Letter.
If your tired of hearing about how bad the world is and want some reality based GOOD NEWS to cheer you up and inspire you then you’ve come to the right place.
With a diploma in Business Administration and Commerce and a Bachelors Degree in Economics, I’m interested in covering how converging technological advances are about to radically change our society for the better.