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Our Book of Awesome: A Celebration of the Small Joys That Bring Us Together Kindle Edition

by Neil Pasricha (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 146 ratings
Welcome to Our Book of Awesome, a celebration of the small joys that bring us together.

In a world that is often overwhelming, it’s time to return to the simple things, the AWESOME things, all around us...if only we take a moment to see them:
-Carrying the ice cube tray from the sink to the freezer without spilling
-Finally unsubscribing from that annoying email you’ve been getting forever
-Seeing your parents dance
-Adding a gift note to yourself on your online order
-Sending a private message during the video conference and then seeing your coworker look down and silently smirk
-When your kids don’t hear you opening a bag of potato chips
-When the hand sanitizer isn’t that extra slippery kind that never dries
-Texting your husband to do something when he’s upstairs and you’re downstairs
-When the cake plops flawlessly out of the pan

These are just a few of the hundreds and hundreds of things you’ll find in this new volume. You’ll also find comments, letters, and submissions from the AWESOME community around the world, leading to a final cacophony of awesome, by all of us, for all of us.

Our Book of Awesome is an injection of joy, a heartfelt gift, and a smacking high five for humanity. Read it to be reminded of the endless AWESOME things that give laughter and happiness to our beautiful and brief lives.
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This book is a continuation of Neil's multi-decade writing on living an intentional life.

GRATITUDE
HAPPINESS
HABITS
MINDFULNESS
RESILIENCE
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“Pasricha's light-hearted tone is a perfect match for his upbeat dispatches. . . . Readers will find this a pleasant diversion.”
— Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Neil Pasricha thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living. He is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation, which together have spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists and have sold over a million copies. He hosts the award-winning podcast 3 Books, where he’s on a fifteen-year quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world by interviewing people such as Malcolm Gladwell, Judy Blume, and the world’s top-ranked Uber driver. He gives more than fifty speeches a year, appearing for audiences at places such as Harvard, SXSW, and Shopify. He has degrees from Queen’s University and Harvard Business School, and lives in Toronto with his family. Connect with him on social media @NeilPasricha or get his latest writing for free at Neil.blog/Newsletters.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09WBXGB4Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9.9 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 429 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1982164515
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    4.7 out of 5 stars 146 ratings

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Neil Pasricha thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living.

All his current work focuses under themes of gratitude, happiness, failure, resilience, connection, and trust.

Neil is the the author of nine books and journals including: THE BOOK OF AWESOME, a spinning rolodex of simple pleasures based on his 100-million-hit, award-winning blog 1000 Awesome Things, THE HAPPINESS EQUATION, a research-based series of happiness frameworks originally written as a 300-page love letter to his unborn son, AWESOME IS EVERYWHERE, an interactive introduction to guided meditation for children, TWO-MINUTE MORNINGS, his daily morning practice to cultivate positive mindset, and YOU ARE AWESOME, a nine-step guide to navigating change and building resilience. Neil’s books are New York Times and #1 international bestsellers, have spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists, and have sold over 2,000,000 copies across dozens of languages.

Neil also gives over 50 speeches a year at places like Harvard, SXSW, and Shopify. His first TED talk “The 3 A’s of Awesome” is ranked one of the 10 Most Inspiring of all time and he gave the most attended feature keynote at SXSW 2019 called “Building trust in distrustful times”.

Neil hosts an Apple “Best of” award-winning podcast called 3 Books where he encourages putting away the phones to cultivate a stronger reading habit. 3 Books works to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world and features guests like Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay, George Saunders, and Quentin Tarantino.

Neil shares his writing in a series of newsletters read by over 100,000 people.

Neil has degrees from Queen’s University and Harvard Business School.

Connect with him on socials @neilpasricha, visit him at www.neil.blog, or get his newsletters at www.neil.blog/newsletters

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Customers find this book uplifting, with one mentioning it's a perfect way to foster appreciation. Moreover, the book is highly readable and addictive to read, with one customer noting its many short stories. Additionally, customers describe it as entertaining, and one mentions it brings a smile to their face. They also appreciate its value, with one describing it as filled with little gems.

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Customers appreciate the book's uplifting message, with reviews noting its perfect way to foster appreciation and serve as a lighthearted reminder. One customer describes it as a stellar array of reminders, while another mentions it's full of joy.

"...Pasricha has a gift of appreciating phenomena that many fail to notice, but for those who are perceptive and reflective, provide an endless..." Read more

"...Thought-provoking and entertaining, five minutes with Our Book of Awesome will brighten your mood – open the book at random and you will smile...." Read more

"...Neil has assembled another stellar array of reminders that life is pretty amazing and fun and filled with little gems... if we just slow down and..." Read more

"...poignant feel-good moments is a perfect way to foster appreciation, gratitude and mindfulness. You can dip in and out of it in any order...." Read more

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Customers find the book readable and wonderful, with several mentioning they enjoy rereading it.

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"...Light, short reads, funny , uplifting and all around positive and AWESOME!!..." Read more

"...I love how easy to read the book is and it makes you think of the awesome things in your own life. The book is a ray of sunshine in a cloudy world!..." Read more

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Customers appreciate the short stories in the book, with one customer noting that each chapter is concise and relatable.

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"...books in the series, OUR book of awesome is written as many, many short stories. I love that I can pick up the book and eat just a few or a dozen...." Read more

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FABULOUS book for eating in tiny bites.
Like other books in the series, OUR book of awesome is written as many, many short stories. I love that I can pick up the book and eat just a few or a dozen. I've had it for a week and am jumping around, probably 33% complete, taking time each day to savor the tiny bits of gratitude and awe that appear on every page. Neil has assembled another stellar array of reminders that life is pretty amazing and fun and filled with little gems... if we just slow down and take notice. I also love that he has intermixed some great stories submitted by his community of other awesome readers and writers. READ THIS BOOK -- YOU WILL FEEL BETTER every time you pick it up and spend a few minutes with it, I promise!
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  • Freddo
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a great way to share smiles and happiness!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Diving into this book like was wrapping yourself in a warm blanket! I’ve been a long time reader of the Awesome series dating back to the early blog days - and it was like the feeling of returning home getting to open the front cover of this one and start flipping through the Awesome things, one by one.

    There is something both satisfying and addictive reading these - they are all so relatable (remembering the attachment right before sending the e-mail! Flipping over your grilled cheese to see it’s perfectly cooked on the other side!), but also addictive… there have been so many times I was ready to stop reading and told myself “ok, just one more…” at least a dozen times in row!

    And a fun new addition to this Awesome book is the community aspect - some entries include hilarious comments from readers of the Awesome community adding in their own anecdotes or funny asides. It really makes it feel like you’re reading along with a bunch of friends.

    A must buy for anyone looking for a reason to smile, or wants to share those smiles and warm wishes with the people they love in their life!
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  • Henry Hobson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    When I first heard about Neil Pasricha’s "Our Book of Awesome," I thought, isn’t “awesome” an overused word? After reading the book, I concluded that repeated use of “awesome” can be justified by its vast range of applicability. Pasricha has a gift of appreciating phenomena that many fail to notice, but for those who are perceptive and reflective, provide an endless succession of uplifts to their days. Why is this book — his effort to spread the word — titled “Our” Book of Awesome? For me, it’s because of the uncanny similarity of so many things that Pasricha finds awesome that I do too.
    The great virtue of Our Book of Awesome is that reading it attunes you to countless wondrous things that many people are oblivious to. You can appreciate life better, and feel better, when you’re receptive to the little delights that await you, one of which is the chance to read this book.
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  • J Harriman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Smiles in your hand! This is a book to share and share and share.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Who doesn’t want a little more AWE in their lives? Our Book of Awesome lets you feel a bit better (about the world and yourself) by examples from the author and in delightful, short submissions by persons other than Neil. How great it is to observe, feel and take in the good and to share those feelings with others. Thought-provoking and entertaining, five minutes with Our Book of Awesome will brighten your mood – open the book at random and you will smile. Brilliant examples abound, such as: “Having a great story to go with that horrible bruise” is cause for laughter and remembrance of people, places, and bruises. That’s awesome!

    You might even be inspired to start your own list of the wonderful bits of your life. Thanks, Neil, for helping us be gentler to ourselves and others, and for sharing how awesome this life can be. jj
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  • Jim Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS book for eating in tiny bites.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Like other books in the series, OUR book of awesome is written as many, many short stories. I love that I can pick up the book and eat just a few or a dozen. I've had it for a week and am jumping around, probably 33% complete, taking time each day to savor the tiny bits of gratitude and awe that appear on every page. Neil has assembled another stellar array of reminders that life is pretty amazing and fun and filled with little gems... if we just slow down and take notice. I also love that he has intermixed some great stories submitted by his community of other awesome readers and writers. READ THIS BOOK -- YOU WILL FEEL BETTER every time you pick it up and spend a few minutes with it, I promise!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars
    FABULOUS book for eating in tiny bites.

    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2022
    Like other books in the series, OUR book of awesome is written as many, many short stories. I love that I can pick up the book and eat just a few or a dozen. I've had it for a week and am jumping around, probably 33% complete, taking time each day to savor the tiny bits of gratitude and awe that appear on every page. Neil has assembled another stellar array of reminders that life is pretty amazing and fun and filled with little gems... if we just slow down and take notice. I also love that he has intermixed some great stories submitted by his community of other awesome readers and writers. READ THIS BOOK -- YOU WILL FEEL BETTER every time you pick it up and spend a few minutes with it, I promise!
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  • Toni M
    5.0 out of 5 stars My first-ever review: A+ for this warm, witty, wonderful book!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2023
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I’m a huge fan of Neil’s writing and could not wait to receive my copy of Our Book of Awesome. It is a treasure that I cannot recommend highly enough! This collection of small, poignant feel-good moments is a perfect way to foster appreciation, gratitude and mindfulness. You can dip in and out of it in any order. Also: Neil will become an author you’ll consider a dear friend, because he’s hysterically funny, constantly kind, and generous in fostering inclusion. A perfect book that earns my A+ rating for all readers!
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  • Jennifer S
    4.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should have this Awesome Book
    Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2022
    Format: Hardcover
    This book appeals to me so much. This compilation brought such a smile to my face. It gives a tiny insight into what the person was thinking at that one moment in time. Since the pandemic, I have begun to look for simple things in my life that make me smile. It has helped with my stress levels. It has encouraged me to make note of these awesome things in my life:

    Turning on my Christmas tree lights

    Reading a book in my nook

    Gathering eggs from our chickens

    Walking in the forest

    If you need to sway your pendulum to the positive, don’t hesitate to add this book to your cart. It is cheaper than therapy.
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  • Bev in NC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best book!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I bought three books…one for me and one each for two friends! And YES it is that good. Sometimes I will just open it randomly and get a taste of awesome to lift me up and sometimes I just sit and read it and realize how awesome life really is if you just take a few moments to remember. Sometimes we need little reminders to realize how awesome the little things are. Buy the book. You will not be sorry!
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  • Michelle Leith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely AWESOME just what we need
    Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2022
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    Omg love love love this book. I know Neil started writing this book because it is what he needed at the time but wow so many of us need more books like this. Light, short reads, funny , uplifting and all around positive and AWESOME!! With so much going on in the world everyone needs to gift this book to someone to brighten their day, month, year or just tiny moments. Love 💕 and hugs Neil thank you 💝
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  • Jeremy McCall
    5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing trip through things that make life beautiful
    Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    My daughter (9) and I have faithfully read all of Neil’s previous work together.

    In today’s fast pace 24/7 interconnected world of hot takes, dopamine hits, and opportunities to feel inferior to others everywhere you look; our need for gratitude and perspective and reminders that we are good and enough and valued and strong and beautiful are more needed than ever.

    My daughter at a school full of children of high achievers found it easy to notice all the things she didn’t have. Neil’s work for a kid who loves to read (she has finished the Harry Potter series SIX TIMES) is a perfect way to encapsulate and share with her and many others that the world is pure and awesome at its most simple levels, and that we have so many small moments to savour and so many things to be grateful for every single day.

    The last 2 and 3/4 years have been HARD. Hard for me as a 39 year old dad of 3. But even harder for a 9 year old who does remember vividly life in the before times.

    Being grounded and grateful that every day we wake up is a day for love and beauty and magic has been a blessing that got our family through this period stronger and closer than ever, and we have Neil’s work to thank for supporting us in this journey.

    Read with your kids. Read to your kids. Read alone. Reflect. Write down your own list of awesome. Grab this book and use it as a tool for perspective, insight and more as we continue down the journey of this crazy ride we are all on together in the path of life.

    Thank you Neil for pouring your heart and soul into this important work and providing such a cool way for my tween and I to bond over our shared love of reading.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Neil has done it again.
    Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    The pandemic was a dark time for many people, and yet Neil’s postings of awesome things were a bright note every day. As I read this book, it lifted my spirits to see that I recognized countless awesome things from my own life. What I love about this book is that Neil included contributions from his readers. This book will make a wonderful Christmas gift, so much so that I’ve bought four copies. This is a book that you can read again and again., and makes an awesome contribution to Neil’s works.
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  • Dave Chapin
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must have in today's day and age
    Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Feeling a little down? Need a quick pick me up? This is the book for you!
    Through these short concise reminders of life's little moments, Neil reminds us that it is these little common everyday moments that bring smiles and lift the spirit.
    One or two pages max for each tale, it doesn't take long to change your outlook.
    Pasricha reminds us that it is by stopping to smell the roses every now and then is a must.
    Life is too short not to enjoy the unremarkable moments that get us thru each and every day with a smile. There are not enough smiles in the world these days, and this book will elicit many!
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  • GH from Hampton ON
    5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing
    Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I have read all of Neil's Awesome books and love them. The great thing is that it takes you away from your day to day stress. Some of the items you relate to immediately. I love the fact that the book takes me back years as if it just happened. Things I thought long forgotten!

    Do not expect a serious discussion of how to be awesome. The truth is we have all experienced moments of awesomeness that are small and personal. This book will take you back to those moments!
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  • Brian Sh
    4.0 out of 5 stars In Search of happiness? Appreciate the many small things that make you happy
    Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2024
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    At first, I thought this was a book full of trivialities but while reading it, I realized the premise was this: often, the stuff that makes you most unhappy is difficult to solve, takes time to remedy and can only be partly resolved.
    This book focuses on the smaller good things in your life that we take for granted but that can bring respite and a better mood than being hyper focused on what’s wrong in your life.
    Instead of being a good read that you put on your bookshelf, leave it out to take a holiday from the negatives in your life and have a better day.
    This book can help you stop worrying about the things you can’t do anything about right now and appreciate the good things you’ve got going for you.
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