100 Gratitude Prompts & Why a Gratitude Practice is So Important

While a post about gratitude may not seem like it belongs on a business blog, I felt strongly that it’s place here was warranted. Spending time in gratitude every day has a significant impact on our mood, our productivity, and our motivation. This can’t help but impact our business as much as it impacts our personal lives. I’m sharing a series of prompts here to help you get started if it’s been a while since you’ve had a regular practice of gratitude. You can create your own or pull from the prompts here to get you started.

I recommend starting with 25 things you are grateful for and then work to consistently write down 3 things every day that you are grateful for. Watch how things begin to shift for you…most likely much faster than you could have imagined.

1. Who is the person you are most thankful for today?

2. What challenge in your life became something you are grateful for now that you overcame it?

3. What’s one thing about the period you live in that you are grateful for?

4. What’s one thing about the country you live in that you are grateful for?

5. What object do you own that makes you grateful?

6. What are you thankful for this current year?

7. Who is a person outside of your family you are grateful for today?

8. What makes you grateful when you think about yourself?

9. What is something you accomplished today that you are grateful for?

10. What is something that recently happened that you are thankful for?

11. What are you grateful for in your life?

12. What characteristic of each person in your family are you grateful for?

13. Not-so-obvious things make a huge impact in our everyday lives such as the sun, water, oxygen, and waking up, what is a not-so-obvious thing you are thankful for that you can think of?

14. What person has made your life better that you are thankful for? Have you told them that you are?

15. Which ability of yours makes you thankful?

16. What is one thing you love about yourself that you are grateful for? Why?

17. Which family/friends’ traditions are you grateful for?

18. What is that one specific moment in your daily life that you are thankful for?

19. What quote makes you remember that you should be thankful for the life you have?

20. What are you thankful for in your job?

21. What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about how grateful you are?

22. What things can you do that you are thankful for?

23. What advice have you been given that you are thankful for?

24. What is one unique quality that you have that are you grateful for?

25. What are you grateful for about your parents?

26. What are you grateful for today that you didn’t have in the past?

27. Who is the mentor in your life whom you are grateful?

28. What mistake did you do that you ended up being thankful for?

29. What are you grateful for when you look around you?

30. What are you grateful for in the current season?

31. What is something that you are excited to happen soon and why?

32. What thing from your past are you grateful for that you don’t have today?

33. What is the happiest memory you are grateful for having?

34. Have you had any opportunities that make you feel incredibly grateful?

35. What skills are you thankful for having and why?

36. What is something unexpected that became fortunate and you are grateful for?

37. Which personality traits have you improved during the past year that you are thankful for?

38. What is the biggest blessing in your life at the moment?

39. What’s the person you go to when seeking advice that you are thankful for?

40. What is the greatest life lesson you are grateful for knowing so far?

41. What have you manifested and become a reality that you are grateful for?

42. Is there a current opportunity in the works for you that you are thankful for?

43. Did you connect with someone or something today that made you feel grateful?

44. What is something you are thankful for happening soon?

45. What is that one thing you do perfectly that you are grateful for?

46. What type of music or song are you grateful for listening to?

47. What is something you have accomplished in your life that are grateful for?

48. Take a moment today to be grateful for what you have in your life.

49. What is something relaxing that you do that you are thankful for?

50. What are the sources of inspiration you have that you are thankful for?

51. What is one activity that you are grateful for doing every day?

52. What can you do to be more grateful today?

53. When did you get out of your comfort zone and felt grateful for doing so?

54. What have you learned about yourself this past year that you are thankful for?

55. What is one experience that you are grateful for?

56. What makes you feel most loved in your life?

57. What makes the habit of gratitude important for you?

58. What are some of the things that make you happy and you feel grateful for?

59. What makes you grateful for the life you are living?

60. What new thing did you learn today that made you feel thankful?

61. What makes you feel grateful for your job?

62. Which loved one have you told that you are grateful for them?

63. What makes you feel thankful for the country you live in?

64. What is the new step in your life that you are grateful for?

65. What is one thing about yesterday you are thankful for experiencing?

66. What is the best thing that has happened to you recently that you are grateful for?

67. What goals are you most proud of and thankful for accomplishing?

68. Who are the 3 people you are most grateful for having in your life?

69. What is something surprising that happened to you that you are thankful for?

70. What makes you conscious of how grateful you are?

71. What are some simple things today that you are thankful for?

72. What did your parents give you that you are thankful for?

73. If you have or had any pets, what makes you grateful for them?

74. What is one thing that makes you feel grateful today?

75. What is one thing about your well-being you are really grateful for?

76. Why are you grateful for water? Think about the wonders it does to you and the planet!

77. What friend are you grateful for?

78. What are you thankful for experiencing during a trip?

79. What opportunities has your job brought you that you are thankful for?

80. What things do you do that make you grateful?

81. What about your health make you feel grateful?

82. If you take daily walks, what makes you grateful that you can do it?

83. Who are you most grateful for in your life that has supported you achieving all you’ve achieved so far?

84. What are you most grateful for about the life you have built for yourself?

85. What is something that many people consider small and not a big deal that you are actually grateful for?

86. What people have met throughout the years that make you thankful?

87. What are the 3 most constant things that happen in your life that make you feel grateful?

88. What strength do you have that you are thankful for?

89. What food from your childhood brings memories that you are grateful for?

90. After a long day of work, what makes you feel grateful for?

91. What is one thing about yourself you have discovered by taking the time to be grateful?

92. What is one thing you created this week that you are thankful for?

93. What negative situation could you turn into a positive one and for that you are thankful?

94. Which book changed your life and made you thankful?

95. What is one bill you can afford to pay that you are grateful for?

96. What is one thing you felt grateful for at any moment today?

97. When was the last time you found yourself overcome with gratitude?

98. What makes you grateful for your heritage?

99. What is something that reminds you to believe in yourself that you are thankful for?

100. What are some gratitude prompts that you are thankful for having read and done?