The Daily Gratitudes
This is the place to hone your Habitual Ritual.
Here you can practice the two key habits in the Habitual Ritual:
Make a list of what you’re grateful for - by posting your gratitudes as a comment below
Consume other people’s gratitudes - by reading a few posts of what others are grateful for. Feel free to respond to any gratitude with a comment.
We encourage you to bookmark this page and visit it each day to maintain a thriving mindset. Our dream is one billion happier people and one thing is for certain - we need a movement to make this happen and hope you’ll invite your network to join us here. As a community, we will master grateful leadership and together we will help populate our workplaces and the world with one billion happier people.
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Guest Contributor for week of September 14 - Shannon Talbot
Shannon Talbot Consulting
I help leaders and teams close the gap between what they’re capable of and how they’re actually working together. Drawing on 17 years of corporate leadership experience and the lessons I learned mentoring men in a medium-security prison, I help organizations strengthen communication, trust, courage and connection so people speak up, have the conversations that matter and move forward together. Through keynotes, facilitation, consulting, executive coaching and CEO peer groups, I bring real stories, practical tools and a very human approach to helping leaders and teams do their best work.
Why gratitude is important to me
I grew up in a town of about 8,000 people on the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, and since then I’ve been fortunate to live and work in different parts of the world, including two years in Peru. Most recently, I spent a month travelling through Africa with my 13-year-old son. Experiences like these keep reminding me that gratitude rarely comes from the big milestones. It’s often the small things: a conversation with someone you just met, a shared meal, a beautiful view, a good laugh, or simply having time with the people you love. For me, gratitude is about noticing those moments while they’re happening instead of only appreciating them once they’re gone.
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Thursday September 17, 2026
Steve’s Gratitudes
Conversations
The phone has been a bit more active than normal this week - and it leads to stronger conversations than just an outreach email. It makes me remember the lessons The Phone Lady taught me !
Today I’m grateful for:
a dinner planned for this evening with a partner - I'm looking forward to a very lively conversation with a great group of people
having a partner like ProServe IT who is handling the logistics of the dinner
when people answer their phone or return their calls - but if they don't, no big deal
What are you grateful for today ?
Shannon’s Gratitudes
Fun
Today I'm grateful for:
Dancing to a Depeche Mode song in my kitchen
Playing cards with my husband and two boys called poophead (or another word my kids probably shouldn't be saying)
Volunteering in Zimbabwe with my 13-year-old for 2 weeks this summer and actually having fun shovelling animal poop
