365 Thank Yous

John Kralik was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended college and law school at the University of Michigan. He was a partner in the law firms Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Miller Tokuyama Kralik & Sur, and Kralik & Jacobs for 30 years. He was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court as a judge in 2009.

One recent December, at the age of 53, John Kralik's life was at a terrible, frightening low: his small law firm was failing; he was going through a painful second divorce; he had grown distant from his two older children and was afraid he would lose contact with his young daughter; he was living in a tiny apartment where he froze in the winter and baked in the summer; he was 40 pounds overweight; his girlfriend had just broken up with him; and overall,

Then, on New Year's Day, during a desperate walk in the hills, John was struck by the realization that if he could find a way to be grateful for what he did have, his life might become at least tolerable.

Inspired by a beautiful, simple note his ex-girlfriend had sent to thank him for his Christmas gift, John imagined that writing thank-you notes would help him feel grateful. To keep himself going, he set a goal of writing 365 thank-you notes in the coming year, come what may.

He began to handwrite thank you notes for gifts or kindnesses he'd received from loved ones and coworkers, past business associates and current foes, college friends and doctors and store clerks and handymen and neighbors, and anyone, really, absolutely anyone, who'd done him a good turn, however large or small. Almost immediately after sending his first notes, John began to reap significant and unexpected benefits, ranging from financial gain to true friendship, weight loss to inner peace. The economy collapsed while John was writing his notes, and the bank across the street from his office failed, but thank-you note by thank-you note, John's life began to turn around.

365 Thank Yous is a unique memoir in that its heartfelt, immediately accessible message—and benefits—come to readers through the straightforward storytelling of an ordinary man. Kralik demonstrates how to live a miraculously good life in a believable and doable way. Reading 365 Thank Yous will change your life.

Author: John Kralik

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