“We don’t even need to talk about the new book,” Neil said as we started our Skype call, while I thumbed through the dog-eared, underlined, and marked-up pages of the You Are Awesome galley.
Ooh, fun!
Knowing I have a tendency to focus too much on the paper artifact in front of me while interviewing authors, rather than what’s True and present in the moment, I decided to chuck all my potential questions and just shoot the breeze with a longtime blog-friend (February marks our ten year friendiversary!).
Neil was on the Pivot Podcast in the early days (check out 44: Want Nothing, Have Everything: The Happiness Equation with Neil Pasricha), and that episode has been a long-time listener favorite. I think you’re going to love this unfiltered, unplanned conversation every bit as much!
Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at PivotMethod.com/143.
More About Neil Pasricha
Neil Pasricha thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living. He is the New York Times bestselling author of five books, including The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation, which together have spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists and have sold over 1,000,000 copies.
Neil hosts the award-winning podcast 3 Books where he’s on a fifteen-year-long quest to uncover the thousand most formative books in the world. He gives over fifty speeches a year, appearing for audiences at TED, SXSW, and Google. He has degrees from Queen’s University and Harvard Business School. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three sons. Connect with him on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook @neilpasricha. You can visit him at GlobalHappiness.org, Neil.blog, 3books.co, and 1000awesomethings.com.
Topics We Cover
Word of the Day
Transmogrify — transforming in a surprising or magical manner
Delphinestrian - A dolphin rider
Why Neil doesn’t even feel the need to talk about this new book on our show
Nei’ls new book “Book of Awesome” is about resilience, gratitude, and happiness
Having a failure budget
3 Books with Neil Pasricha podcast
Rantings about reading ratings and reviews
What happens when you read 20 minutes of fiction in a REAL book
“A reader lives 1,000 lives, a man or woman who doesn’t read lives only one.” —George R.R. Martin
“Do it for free for ten years” via Todd Hanson, former head writer of The Onion
The End of History Illusion by Daniel Gilbert - a psychological illusion in which individuals of all ages believe that they have experienced significant personal growth and changes in tastes up to the present moment, but will not substantially grow or mature in the future
A 500-year-old invention we can use today
Resources Mentioned
Guest on the web: Neil Pasricha
Twitter: @neilpasricha
Instagram: @neirpasricha
You Are Awesome: How to Navigate Change, Wrestle with Failure, and Live an Intentional Life (Book of Awesome Series, The) by Neil Pasricha
Neil’s podcast: 3 Books with Neil Pasricha
Want to share your thoughts on the podcast or your 3 most formative books with Neil? Call 1-833-READ-A-LOT
How will you measure your life — article and video
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