Gratitude: The ten best Books, TED-talks and Apps
I am doing research at the moment for my new book Thriving On Change with Gratitude and Generosity (new working title.) Research is a tedious process, but it has to be done, 
even if only to avoid saying the same thing in the same way for the 30th time. I watch a lot of TED-talks and I am very grateful to my friend Tia for introducing me to these talks. I have subscribed to the Ted.com website and now they send me regular e-mails with recommendations. Whenever I do research for a book, this is where I start.
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The 10 Best Gratitude Ted-talks
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey
Below you will find the 10 Ted-talks I found most informative while writing the Gratitude Journal chapter of my new book.
Hailey Bartholomew: 365 Grateful Project
Mike Robbins: The power of appreciation
Jane Ransom: Discover the Three Keys of Gratitude to Unlock Your Happiest Life
David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful
Shawn Achor: The secret of being happier at work
Dr. Kerry Howells: How thanking awakens our thinking
Robert Biswas-Diener: Your Happiest days are behind you
Louie Schwartzberg: Nature – Beauty – Gratitude
Katia Sol: The transformative power of gratitude
Brian Doyle: 365 Days of Thank You
The 10 Best Gratitude YouTube Videos
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
I also look at YouTube video’s in general, and I have found the 10 below the most inspiring and illuminating.
Get Grateful
Janice Kaplan: The Gratitude Diaries
How and Why to Start a Gratitude Journal
Gratitude Is Good For You
The Four A’s for Expressing Gratitude
Gratitude Works!: The Science and Practice of Saying Thanks by Robert Emmons
The Gratitude Experiment
The Science of Gratitude
An Experiment in Gratitude: The Science of Happiness
Oprah’s Gratitude Journal
The 10 Best Gratitude Books
“Happiness, the sheer joy of being alive, is within our reach. All we need is an attitude of gratitude. Gratitude creates happiness because it makes us feel full, complete; gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.”
MJ Ryan
I read loads of articles, mostly online, and I add them to the Bibliography Section of each book I write. I also read books and I have found the 10 below very useful.
- MJ Ryan and Daphne Rose Kingma’s Attitudes of Gratitude in Love: Creating More Joy in Your Relationship
- Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons’ Living Life as a Thank You
- Br. David Steindl-Rast’s May Cause Happiness: A Gratitude Journal
- Gary Fiedel and Karie Jacobson’s Stop-Look-Go: A Grateful Practice Workbook and Gratitude Journal
- Julie Saffrin’s BlessBack: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life
- Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts
- Robert A. Emmons’ The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a Life of Happiness and Wellbeing by Giving Thanks
- John Kralik’s 365 Thank You Notes
- MJ Ryan’s Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life
- Charles M. Shelton’s The Gratitude Factor: Enhancing Your Life through Grateful Living
The 10 Best Gratitude Apps
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie
I do not have many apps on my phone and I certainly have not tried all the apps below, but I chose the ones with the best reviews. The ones I have tried did not disappoint.
- The Gratitude Journal
- Thankful for
- Live Happy
- Grateful
- 365 Gratitude
- Zest
- GratitudeStream
- Thankful for
- DailyGift
- Attitudes of Gratitude
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Dr Margaretha Montagu 
Gratitude is so important. My husband and I keep a gratitude jar where we just write little notes of things we’re grateful for. At the end of the year, on New Year’s Eve, we read them. It’s interesting to see how we’re both grateful for those big moments like successful surgeries and physical therapy but we’re also grateful for those small moments like looking at a beautiful sunset or the purr of a cat. (And I love Ted Talks and will need to check these out!)