Neil Pasricha (IG: @neilpasricha) helps people live happy lives.

He is a top-rated leadership keynote speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and positive psychology researcher.

Neil is one of the most popular TED speakers with his first TED Talk “The 3 A’s of Awesome” (2010) ranked as one of the ten most inspiring of all time.

Neil has written five New York Times and #1 International Bestsellers including: The Book of Awesome, a catalog of simple pleasures based on his 50-million hit, award-winning blog and The Happiness Equation, a nine step guidebook to happiness based on new research.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Action leads to motivation
• The lesson Neil learned at Harvard
• Hide, apologize, accept
• Working at Walmart
• The events that inspired Neil’s blog
• Winning best blog in the world award
• How to be happy
• Focus on your strengths
• Researching positive psychology
• Be happy first
• Neil’s obsession with the number 1000
• Prime your brain for positivity
• Three ways to increase your happiness
• The happiness equation
• 168 hours a week theory
• Creating space for passion
• Untouchable days
• What is decision fatigue?
• Intrinsic motivators matter more than extrinsic ones
• You can only compare yourself to yourself
• Find your authentic self
• Living in modern society with old brains

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Related links:

Neil Pasricha - The Happiness Equation (book)

The Institute for Global Happiness (Neil's website)

3 Books with Neil Pasricha (Neil's podcast)

Follow Neil Pasricha on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Neil Pasricha - The Book of Awesome (book)

Neil Pasricha - The Book of (Even More) Awesome (book)

Neil Pasricha - Awesome is Everywhere (book)

1000 Awesome Things (Neil's blog)

Neil Pasricha - Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week (article)

Steven Pinker - Enlightenment Now (book)

Related episodes:

321: Neil Pasricha – You Are Awesome, Intentional Living, Becoming Anti-Fragile

211: Meik Wiking – What Is Happiness (Lykke)? • The Lost Wallet Experiment • Helper’s High

123: Jonathan Fields – How To Live A Good Life • Breakthroughs Require Uncertainty • Money And Happiness Are Byproducts, Not The Goal

114: Sean Croxton – The Pursuit Of An Authentic Life

037: Gretchen Rubin – The Foundation For Happiness | Simplicity vs. Abundance Lovers | The One Minute Rule

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