We've been tracking Sangram Vajre's "Becoming Intentional" newsletter across 143 consecutive weekly issues. Issue 143 isn't about growth tactics or product pivots. It's about what he does before he opens his laptop, and the structure underneath it is more deliberate than it first appears.
Sangram's "walk of blessings" is a structured morning practice built around a 5-3-1 framework: five things you're grateful for, three things you get to do today, and one thing that would make the day a win if it got finished. The practice is designed to interrupt the default problem-first orientation that most operators start their mornings with, and replace it with something more durable than a to-do list.
The default morning is a problem list
Most operators start the day the same way. Before coffee finishes brewing, they're scanning the inbox for fires, reviewing what slipped yesterday, and building a mental stack of everything wrong. The to-do list becomes the to-fix list. By 8am, the day already feels like a deficit.
Sangram names this directly in Issue 143. "So many mornings, I start with a problem list. A list of to-dos. A list of issues. A list of complaints." He's run a business past $6 million in annual revenue over four years, and he still catches himself doing it.
The problem-list morning is an attention problem, not a negativity problem. What you scan for first shapes what you notice all day. If the first thing you do is catalog everything broken, your brain runs that filter through every conversation, every metric, every update.
The 5-3-1 framework
The walk of blessings isn't a journaling prompt or a vibe check. It has a specific structure:
- Five things you're blessed with. Sangram's examples: God, family, work, finances, friends. These aren't abstract. They're categories that hold real specific content when you actually sit with them.
- Three things you get to do today. Not "have to." Get to. The reframe matters. Sales calls, product work, writing. Activities that would fill someone else's wish list, treated as burdens instead.
- One thing that, if done, makes the day a win. Write it down. Finish it. Single-point accountability that doesn't depend on clearing the whole list.
The 5-3-1 doesn't replace execution. It recontextualizes it. The to-do list still exists at the end of this practice. But you start from a different orientation toward it.
The blessings walk as a shared practice
What made Issue 143 worth writing about isn't the 5-3-1 alone. It's the second half: Sangram and his wife took a 40-minute walk where they traded blessings one at a time.
He noted his daughter's tennis team winning finals. She noted health. He named his cofounder. She named a year of her own work completed. Back and forth, no agenda, for 40 minutes.
The underlying move is the same as the solo morning practice: you're deciding what to scan for, and speaking it out loud makes it stickier than a thought you had alone.
For operators who run businesses with a partner, there's something here worth trying.
What this has to do with building pipeline
Presence requires internal resource that depletes fast when the morning starts in deficit mode. The people who build consistent presence on LinkedIn over years are almost always people who found a way to keep finding the work meaningful. The 5-3-1 is one way to protect that.
Sangram's framing at the end of Issue 143 is worth quoting directly: "In business and in life, you get what you choose to see. Problems or blessings."
It's an observation about what you see first, most often, and most readily. An operator who starts each day cataloging what's broken will write content that reads defensive, list-heavy, and transactional. An operator who starts from genuine appreciation for the work tends to write from a different place. The content reflects the internal state more than most people expect.
What to take from this
Sangram isn't prescribing a spiritual framework. He's describing what he actually does on weekday mornings before he touches work. The practice works for him because it interrupts a pattern he can see in himself: defaulting to problems before he's chosen to see the fuller picture.
You don't have to replicate his exact categories. The structure is the thing: a few blessings to set the orientation, a few activities framed as choices not obligations, and one concrete win that anchors the day. Write it down. Finish it.
Issue 143 is one of the better ones, not because the insight is new. It's a simple practice, described plainly, by someone who's been building long enough to know that simple practices compound.
For operators thinking about what shapes their own LinkedIn presence over time, our breakdown of how consistent engagement compounds and our analysis of patterns across LinkedIn's top creators cover the execution side in more detail.
FAQ
What is Sangram Vajre's 5-3-1 morning practice?
Sangram's 5-3-1 is a structured morning framework where you write down five things you're grateful for, three things you get to do that day (framed as choices, not obligations), and one specific thing that would make the day a win if completed. He uses it before touching any work to interrupt the default problem-scanning orientation most operators start the day with.
What is the 'walk of blessings' Sangram Vajre writes about in week 143?
The walk of blessings is a practice Sangram and his wife do together: they take a walk and take turns sharing one blessing at a time. Their session in Issue 143 lasted 40 minutes with no agenda beyond trading what they're grateful for. The solo version of the same idea is his 5-3-1 morning list.
How does a gratitude morning practice connect to LinkedIn or business visibility?
The connection is less about LinkedIn tactics and more about internal resource. Operators who start the day in problem-scanning mode tend to produce content that reads defensive or transactional. Starting from genuine appreciation for the work tends to produce more grounded, consistent output. Sustained LinkedIn presence over years almost always comes from people who kept finding the work meaningful, and a structured morning practice is one way to protect that.
How long has Sangram Vajre been writing 'Becoming Intentional'?
As of the issue referenced here, 143 consecutive weeks. The newsletter covers business building, leadership mindset, and personal practice. Sangram's business crossed past $6 million in annual revenue over four years.
This article was first published on the Chime blog. For more on LinkedIn pipeline tactics, visit the Chime blog.
