When Neil Pasricha started his WordPress.com blog, 1,000 Awesome Things, he decided to highlight one awesome thing each weekday to help him keep a positive outlook.
That was three years ago, and now, the awesomeness just keep rolling on in for Neil: He has not only become a successful blogger and earned three Webby awards, he also can consider himself a critically acclaimed author. 
“The Book of Awesome” went on sale last month and was warmly received by reviewers.
“Now I’m writing a page-a-day calendar, meeting with TV producers, and basically trying to catch my completely spinning head,” Neil says of his success.
All this and Neil has still got 505 more awesome things to blog about!
Congrats, Neil, and we wish similarly awesome success to all our WordPress.com bloggers.
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Congratulations! Great idea.
Congratulations! Great idea. Both Neil’s book and your message.
Awesome! This is another grateful day seeing Neil’s blog.
An inspiration to us ALL… and the best thing is it’s ALL about POSITIVITY! (Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change).
Congratulations, Neil!!
That’s great news. Good Job and good luck 🙂
#1001…being featured on WordPress! Awesome!
This is awesome. What an inspiration for an amateur, like me. Thanks for sharing this and more love, life and laughter to the blogging author with a spinning head!
This inspires me.
That is great Neil, What an inspiring story. I am very new to blogging and just figuring things out…my intentions are to encourage as well…so it is great to hear that when you think no one is watching, someone is…*smiles* to you my friend. I liked your response also…thanks.
Heather
Keep it light, keep it simple, keep it happy.
Congrats…. that is awesome!
congrats neil, you are an inspiration!
That is really cool. I wish I will be like that as my hobby.
REALLY awesome feat…..Hats off to you !
That’s super great Neil! We should ALL be more positive. Thanks for being an inspiration
What great inspiration. Congrats and good luck for your bright future!
Nice story…congratulations, Neil!
That’s incredible. I love getting to see what people make of themselves when setting out to do something meager that turns into a phenomenon. Congratulations, Neil!
Really great news. Well done!
Congrat, Neil
How wonderful! What goes around really does come around, huh? The inspiration sent out into the world has come full circle. Congratulations, Neil!
Truly Awesome! Congratulations!!
Fantastic News Neil. Congratulations… “that’s Awesome!”
What a wonderful thing to be hearing about!
Awesome is as Awesome does. And it’s on to the next generation which is “awesome”.
Neil Pasricha, WordPress’s equivalent to Jared from Subway.
Me next! Me next! 🙂
Uh huh, oh, how marketable. Maybe if everyone on WP were producing something as calculatedly simplistic (i.e. aggressively commercial) as our hero du jour, we would all have “awesome” success stories. Or perhaps if the Libertarians who run WP and who decide what to promote vs. what to relegate to obscurity (David Carradine suicide photos, anyone?) then some of the risk-takers among us might also draw a soupcon of above-ground attention. Ponder that, congratulaters.
That was awesome, it’s like the unseen energy that surrounds us in the universe. The more positive energy we generate and give, the more we will receive. I am sure this world needs more positivity than anything else.
This is a great success story, I extend my warmest congratulations.
Good stuff really does happen.
Congrats, Neil!
That is great!! Seeing success stories like this always warms my heart.
Good things happent to those with WordPress Blogs. Brought a new blog to my attention too!
I too am happy that success has found you. It is really nice to know that a pleasureable activity can turn into paid work. Well done.
When I grow up, I wanna be just like Neil. Only awesomer.
That story was really inspiring. Congratulations Neil! 😀
That’s fantastic…congrats! 🙂
Looking foward to becoming another Neil! 🙂 Awesome Neil….
LIVE the dream.
WordPress is awesome.
Congratulations and may you have many more successes. Book on my reading list.
How cool is that?! Congratulations, Neil!
No pun intended but that really is awesome! Success if wonderful. It’s great to see what can happen for people when they follow their hearts and interests. Congrats Neil!
What a great story!
Wow. That is indeed AWESOME!
It’s an ace blog. I am so happy for Neil’s success. He clearly deserves it all and more…
Congratulations on a great idea and the success that is coming with it.
What a great best practice to inspire every beginning blogger. I am so very proud and happy for you. Much continued success.
Wow! That’s awesome. Congrats on your success.
More than AWESOME, simply AMAZING!
Glad to hear of such awesome and positive things. Keep going. Your positive outlook will only expand and inspire many.
Great achievement. Congrats.
A glimmer of hope for bloggers everywhere – way to pave the way!
Wonderful! I guess I’ll buy this book, seems just like what we all need to have sometimes, a positive outlook, things to marvel at
Congratulations, Neil!
I really think this is awesome, great job. Only wish I was that creative.