In 2008 Neil Pasricha’s life was not going well. With “dark clouds” circling him he started a website to force him to think about positive things called 1000awesomethings.com. It quickly became popular with Neil receiving the best blog in the world award and writing a best selling book called The Book of Awesome. This led him to speak at TEDex with one of the most popular talks ever. In it he shared the three A’s of Awesome: attitude, awareness and authenticity.
Attitude – we are all going to have bumps in the road, but we have two choices on how to face them. “one, you can swirl and twirl and gloom and doom forever, or two, you can grieve and then face the future with sober eyes. Having a great attitude is about choosing option number two, and choosing, no matter how difficult it is, no matter what pain hits you, choosing to move forward and move on and take baby steps in the future”.
Awareness – embrace your inner three year old. “that three year old boy is still part of you. That three year old girl is still part of you. They’re in there. And being aware is just about remembering that you saw everything you’ve seen for the first time, too”
Authenticity – be yourself.. “You end up following your heart, and put yourself in places and situations and in conversations that you love and enjoy. You meet people that you like talking to. You go places you’ve dreamt about.”
How Awesome are you going to be today?