7 Days of Thanks Conclusion

That’s a wrap!

Over the past 7 business days, we have sent clients, friends, neighbors, associates, and anyone who is somehow connected to Mike Brady or Generosity Wealth Management 7 emails, each of them with a question that was thought-provoking and took only seconds. Those who responded to the question via a short Google form were eligible for a small daily prize.

If they also shared their response on Facebook and tagged Generosity Wealth Management, they received an extra entry for the day. At the end of the 7 Days of Thanks, it was possible to have 14 entries into the big giveaway—a $500 donation in your name to the charity of your choice!

As a bonus for 2023, those of you who participated every day, both via email and at least once during the week on Facebook, were entered into an extra special drawing for another $500 donation in your name to the charity of your choice.

The responses we received all week were insightful, delightful, and an honor to engage with. We hope our recipients enjoyed the daily minutes of mindfulness and experienced the warmth of gratitude.

Daily Winner’s Recap

Day 1: What is one piece of advice that changed your life?
Norris H. was our first winner! He is the lucky recipient of a blue Camelbak water bottle featuring the reminder to Live Generously!

Day 2: What is something you’ve learned recently that has improved your life?
Deb W. was our 2nd day’s winner! She won a set of beautiful gold foil Thank You cards, so she can spread some more gratitude!

Day 3: What movie, book, blog, or article has affected your life for the better recently?
Janelle L. was the daily winner. She will receive a white, handled travel mug with the reminder to Live Generously!

Day 4: What’s one thing that has made you laugh recently?
Barb H. shared a funny story and in turn will be receiving a boxed set of truffles by Godiva.

Day 5: What’s one charity you love and why?
Nick D. shared his favorite charity, the ALS Association, and won a Magical Seed Pencil. Hopefully it will remind him that small actions can have a big impact as he watches his personal Spruce tree grow!

Some of the recipients favorite charities included:

Day 6: What is something you own that is most sentimental to you, though it might not seem valuable to anyone else?
Kathy M. was the daily winner. She will receive a handy smart notebook to take notes on the go, upload to the cloud, wipe, and reuse!

Day 7: A twofold practice of reflection: What positive lesson have you learned in 2023? What are you looking forward to in 2024?

That brings us to our big winners and their chosen charities! We received so much wonderful interaction as a result of this short, 7-day campaign that we added a third prize! And the winners are…

  1. Chris G. : Home | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
  2. Kathy M. :  International Rescue Committee | International Rescue Committee (IRC)
  3. Ruthe G.:  Home – Frontier Horizon  This bonus donation will be rounded up to $596, the total cost to sponsor a child for Winter Camp Say Yes.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated! We hope you will Live Generously with yourself, your loved ones, and your community!

7 Days of Thanks

In the spirit of giving thanks, I’m excited to embark on a 7 Days of Thanks journey. I last did this at the end of 2020, and it’s as relevant today as when we were in the throws of COVID lockdowns. And, I’m including clients, friends, neighbors, associates, and people who are somehow connected to me or my company. This 7 Days of Thanks is for my entire community, and that includes you!

Over the next 7 business days, I will send you 7 emails, each of them with a question that will be thought-provoking and take only seconds. If you respond to the question via a short Google form, you’ll be eligible for a small daily prize.

If you also share your response on Facebook and tag Generosity Wealth Management, you will receive an extra entry for the day. At the end of the 7 Days of Thanks, you could potentially have 14 entries into the big giveaway—a $500 donation in your name to the charity of your choice!

As an added bonus for 2023, those of you who participate every day, both via email and at least once during the week on Facebook, will be entered into an extra special drawing for another $500 donation in your name to any charity.

Watch my 3ish-minute video below for a little more explanation of what to expect.

Transcript

Hi there. Mike Brady. Seven Days of Thanks. I was in Ukraine at the end of August, working with foster children. I’m going back again at the end of January 2024. One of the things that I took away from that experience working with these wonderful kids who really need some help is what a great country we live in. We’re so blessed, and sometimes we forget that. That’s the purpose of Seven Days of Thanks. To proactively remind ourselves how blessed we are in our lives. I hope that you feel that, but it’s a great exercise to go through as well.

That’s the purpose of my company. I’m Generosity Wealth Management to help clients be generous with themselves, their families, and their community. I want to help you as part of my community. My community is friends, clients, Facebook friends, and everybody that I know, so everybody is equal in this particular exercise.

Every day over the next seven days, we’re going to take the weekend off, so for seven days, I’m going to send out a question. You just fill out the Google form with a link that will be attached to it. Your name will have only one entry. I’m going to keep your name secret, and it’s not going out to anybody. You get an entry for that day towards a small prize for the day. If you do any kind of social media post, tag, reforward, et cetera, you get an extra entry for that particular day. I’ll pick a name out of the hat, and someone will win for that day.

After seven business days, everyone will be in a pot. I will pull a name out, and $500 goes to a charity of that person’s choice. If you participate every day, you get seven entries. If you post it every day, you get an extra, so that would be a total of 14 entries towards the grand prize on day eight of $500 to your charity.

If you participate every single day by answering the question and then post at least one, repost, or tag, I’m going to put you in a separate pot. I’m going to pick a name out of that probably small group that will do it every single day. I really want you to do it and I’ll give $500 to the winner’s charity of that pot as well. It’s really a big incentive for you to be reflective, to answer the questions, and to participate every day. Now, you can’t wait until day seven and go back and do numbers one, two, three, four, five, and six. No, you better do it every single day so really watch your inbox, watch your Facebook posts, and pay attention, because I really encourage you to think about it.

Even if you don’t respond and be a part of the winnings of $500 for one charity and $500 for a second charity, look at the questions and answer them for yourself. That’s the whole purpose of it is to be reflective about what a great life hopefully you are living. Or maybe things are going rough for you so maybe those things that you are still very thankful for. We always have something to be thankful for, but also what you aspire to in the coming year of 2024.

Mike Brady, Generosity Wealth Management. This is for my clients, my friends, my Facebook friends, and all my community. Everyone is invited to participate, and I hope you will. Thank you.