Oct 23, 2019

We interviewed Neil Pasricha, a New York Times Bestselling author and award-winning blogger of 1000 Awesome Things. If you need a boost of positivity or a reminder to look for all the awesome in your life, this is the episode for you. 

He was an absolute delight to chat with and you're gonna love this one!

IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:

• We learned all about “baby Neil”
• How a hamburger determined his parents getting married (in fact if his mom was vegan he wouldn’t be here)
• Born in Oshawa, Ontario and the only brown kid in his whole school and how he navigated it 
• How the death of his best friend and divorce spurred his world-renowned blog 1000 Awesome Things
• How a small sense of appreciation can transform your life 
• His blog later turned into a best-selling book: The Book of Awesome which he wrote from a very dark place yet it transformed his perspective 
• Neil’s wise words “Don’t take advice”
• Listen to the pilot light inside you
• YOU ARE VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE and why
• How he overcame his sense of shame about something that made his body different
• The power of communicating love to those you love
• Rose Rose Thorn Bud game Neil plays with his 3 boys and wife to normalize things that aren’t going awesome
• The strategy Neil uses to get his kids to be more resilient 
• The biggest atrophied muscle in society today
• Only 10% of our happiness is circumstances, 50% is genetics
• 40% of your happiness is your intentional activities!! You can control 40% of your happiness by specific behaviours
• Happiness behaviours we can teach our children
• How to be more conscious of your free time
• Why you need to read more
• The epic quest he’s on with his podcast
• Our connection to the moon
• His best ideas have come from untethering himself from all technology and wandering
• Nature deficit disorder

RESOURCES:

• More about Neil - https://www.neil.blog/about-neil
• 1000 Awesome things blog - 1000 Awesome Things - A time-ticking countdown of 1000 awesome things by Neil Pasricha
• Neil’s NEW BOOK -  https://amzn.to/2MEU8Mj
• All of Neil’s Books -  https://amzn.to/32HAqVy
• Michael Harris: Solitude  - https://amzn.to/2MFYenj
• Ted Talk: The 3 A’s of Awesome - https://www.ted.com/talks/neil_pasricha_the_3_a_s_of_awesome
• 3 Books Podcast - https://www.3books.co/
• The How of Happiness, by Sonja Lyubomirsky - https://amzn.to/2BFR2RD
• HBR Article: 8 Ways to Read (a lot) More Books This Year - https://hbr.org/2017/02/8-ways-to-read-a-lot-more-books-this-year