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The 3 A s
The 3 A’s of Awesome
By: Neil Pasricha

Name: Bedour Ali Abdullah
Section: 15

Neil Pasricha

Niel Pasricha was born in September 17, 1979.
He is an author and speaker characterized by his advocacy of positivity and simple pleasures. He is best known for his book, The Book of Awesome, which is a New York Times best seller and been a best seller from 2010 to 2014. He is also an established speaker and his TED talk, The 3 A's of Awesome, is ranked as the "9th Most Inspiring" TED talk with over 2 million views to date. The book and TED talk are based on Pasricha's popular blog, 1000 Awesome Things. The blog has won three Webby Awards and ranked in PC Magazine's list of top blogs and websites in 2009 and 2010.

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Neil Pasricha, a blogger and the author of “The Book of Awesomeness” talked about the 3 A’s of awesomeness, briefly. Where he reveals the 3 main secrets that leads us to an awesome life. The awesome story began 40 years ago, when his parents moved to Canada in 1960. He grew up with his sister in Canada with a happy childhood. He basically experienced a lot in his life, with those experiences he came up with a sudden idea that changed his life completely.

Neil got married in 2006, he also graduated and went on a road trip with two of his closest friends in the year of 2007. In both years of 2008-2009 news were heavy; everything was collapsing, falling apart, people lost everything. The same exact year where Neil had the most heartbreaking news ever in his life, when his marriage didn’t end well, and a month later his close friend Chris past away. In addition, after facing these tough events in his life, he started to become depressed, surrounded by negative-grey clouds. However, Neil started focusing on the positive by starting a tiny website related to the name of his lecture, to remind him of the simple pleasures that we all love. After starting his website, he started to feel better about himself. His blog got millions of hits, he then won

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