3 secrets - all starting with A - to leading a life that's truly awesome (TED talk)

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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome. Neil Pasricha's blog 1000 Awesome Things savors life's simple pleasures, from free refills to clean sheets. In this heartfelt talk from TEDxToronto, he reveals the 3 secrets (all starting with A) to leading a life that's truly awesome.

The talk is great but the blog posts are of uneven quality.

Happy Planet Index tracks national well-being against resource use - TED Talks

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Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn't have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.

Zappos CEO: My tweets fall into 1 of 4 categories: Inspire, Connect, Entertain, or Educate (ICEE)

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From Mashable:

"Some studies suggest people are becoming increasingly lonely in our networked age — they may have more connections, but they are generally more shallow ones. You recently tweeted a quote from the Dalai Lama, “World peace begins with inner peace.”

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of the book 'Delivering Happiness: "I tweet at least once a day and my goal is to have each of my tweets fall into one or more of these 4 categories (ICEE): Inspire, Connect, Entertain, or Educate — all of which I believe are somehow related to happiness."


Video: Delivering Happiness.

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Zappos CEO on How To Deliver Happiness with Social Media

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has a book: Delivering Happiness

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From Amazon:

"Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Sound crazy? It's all standard operating procedure at Zappos.com, the online retailer that's doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales every year.

In 1999, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as an adviser and investor, and eventually became CEO.

In his first book, Tony shares the different business lessons he learned in life, from a lemonade stand and pizza business through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Ultimately, he shows how using happiness as a framework can produce profits, passion, and purpose both in business and in life."

I follow Tony on Twitter, many of his tweets are funny and insightful at the same time.