Neil Pasricha helps people live happy lives.

Neil has written ten bestselling books and journals including: The Book of Awesome, a catalog of simple pleasures based on his 100-million hit, award-winning blog, Awesome is Everywhere, an interactive introduction to meditation for children, The Happiness Equation, a nine step guidebook to happiness based on new research, Two-Minute Mornings, his research-based morning journaling routine, and You Are Awesome, a research and story-based guide to resilience. His books are New York Times and #1 international bestsellers and sold over two million copies.

Neil is one of the most popular TED speakers in the world with his first TED Talk “The 3 A’s of Awesome” (2010) ranked as one of the ten most inspiring of all time and his second “How will you maximize your tiny, short life?” (2016) the world’s first ever TED Listen, composed entirely of questions. Neil gives over fifty keynote speeches a year at places like Shopify, Harvard, and SXSW.

Before hosting 3 Books, Neil spent a decade running Leadership Development and working directly for two CEOs managing CEO onboarding, executive development, and talent management inside Walmart, the world’s largest organization.  

Neil writes for outlets including Harvard Business Review and Fast Company and his work has been featured in The Today Show, CNN, BBC, and The Oprah Winfrey Network.

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

Neil lives in Toronto with his family.