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Almost every morning for nine months, he set his alarm for 5 a.m.

The morning after Neil learned he was going to be a father, he began to write a letter to his unborn child, describing what he had learned about being happy. In addition to this "happy" work, Neil was also the director of leadership development for Walmart Canada in Mississauga, Ont., a position he left earlier this year in order to focus more on his family and his work as an author and a speaker. Later, in 2015, he founded The Institute for Global Happiness, an organization that offers simple resources for individuals and employers to help them achieve contentment. The Book of Awesome, a continuation of his blog that celebrated the simple delights in life. Then, in 2010, he released the bestseller

Neil started writing his award-winning blog,ġ,000 Awesome Things, when he needed to boost his spirits in the midst of his crumbling first marriage and hisįriend's struggle with mental illness and eventual suicide.

The pursuit of happiness is a topic Neil is familiar with. "I thought, How am I going to be a good dad? How do I impart a value system to my child? What is my value system? All these questions were flying around in a mind-spinning way." Most importantly, he wanted to teach his unborn child how to be happy and live a fulfilled life. "I had the classic 'OMG, I'm going to be a dad' moment," recalls Neil. She took a trip to the airplane washroom, returned to her seat and said excitedly to Neil, "I'm pregnant!" While the plane was on the tarmac, she had taken a pregnancy test. Read it and you’ll remember all the things there are to feel good about.Neil Pasricha's wife, Leslie, began to feel ill before boarding the plane to come home from their 2013 Southeast Asian honeymoon. With laugh-out-loud observations from award-winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, The Book of Awesome is filled with smile-inducing moments on every page that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time. The Book of Awesome reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes, your grandma was right).

Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row.

Watching The Price Is Right when you’re home sick.

Getting called up to the dinner buffet first at a wedding.

Wearing underwear just out of the dryer.

But awesome things are all around us, like: With a 24/7 news cycle reporting that the polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes are swirling in the seas, wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze, it’s tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. Sometimes it’s easy to forget the things that make us smile. Based on the award-winning 10-million-plus-hit blog 1000 Awesome Things, The Book of Awesome is an international bestselling high five for humanity and a big celebration of life’s little moments.