If asked, could you name the fivebestAcademy Award winners, five people who have won the Nobel Peace prize or five of the wealthiest people in the world? I don't know about you, but I struggle to remember many of the greatest achievements of yesterday. When the fan fare diminishes, the awards being to collect dust, and the moment of achievement has pasted no one seems to think of or care about who won which award.

If I asked you to think about five friends who have helped  you through a major life event, a teacher or a mentor who believe in your talents and encouraged you, five people who have influenced your life in a positive way or a person who made you feel  appreciated you might find the question easier to answer. The people who have made a difference in your life are not typically those who have the most money, achieved the most credentials, or acquired the most awards. The people who have made the most impact are those who genuinely care. If you want to have an important influence in someone's life simply make him or her feel appreciated.

Appreciation is one of the secrets to success. When you practice appreciation, it puts you into a positive emotional state. When you practice appreciation, you express gratitude and experience a feeling of internal abundance. It has been suggested that when you are appreciating what you are doing instead of focusing on or complaining about what you don't have you will receive more of what you desire.

The law of attraction states that like attracts like and the more you are in a state of gratitude the more you will attract to be grateful for. This practice of appreciation and gratitude creates an upward-spiraling synergy of ever-increasing abundance that just keeps getting better and better.

Consider this, aren't you more likely to give gifts to people who are grateful for them? The more grateful and appreciative someone is for something you may have done for him or her the more likely you are to do it again. Practice appreciation, start making it a habit. Try to express appreciation to 10 people a day, discover ways to practice appreciation and make it an unconscious habit.