An Awesome WordPress.com Success Story
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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Dude, that’s awesome! Congrats!
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Congratulations, Neil. It’s amazing what miracles occur when we lift our thinking. Every life is filled with ‘awesome’ stuff if we look around. And thanks WordPress for letting us know about this 🙂
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well done man, really shows what can be done on this thing. Now that you have the book published, you’re going to have plenty of inspiration for a sequel 🙂
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Congratulations! Totally awesome Neil! love the awesomeness of it all 🙂
Just gave me a post idea for this week danke! 🙂
Cheers,
Eliz
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That’s some great news and very inspiring. Congratulations Neil!
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Brilliant! How inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
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Full of awe. Well done!
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Well done, I hope to create the same thing with my blog, offering the world a heap of information.
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amazing. what a brilliant concept. good job 🙂
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I LOVE this news, congratulations Neil! Heading over to your blog to find some awesome things to dream about…
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congrats….i love such stories and it happening in reality is just awesome
🙂
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Congrats Neil…life is filled with wonderful days, if we take the right path…!!
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I am firmly convinced that my blog helped significantly in my efforts towards finding a publisher for my novel If I Never and my future work. A wonderful service!
Congratulations, Neil!
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That’s fantastic! Congratulations Neil!!!
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WordPress and Joy, thanks for sharing this success story. This is wonderful to read about, that someone built a blog so well that he achieved a book out of it. Thanks for letting us know about Neil and his story of awesomeness!
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that’s a story that motivates me to continue with ‘a pleasant view’ -a big congrats to the man!
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Fantastic! Congratulations Neil! I’m glad your head is spinning with such great Success. I’m sure it is well earned, Keep up the Great work!
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Absolutely inspirational!! No limits, wonderful real life story. What is next? Maybe a movie? Great job, Neil!!!
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Congrats Neil!
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Awesome stuff hard work really does pay off. So keep focused and positive folks.
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Excellent stuff! Success for being truly positive – awesome!
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Very inspiring! Congratulations and well done to you. I’m fairly new to the blogging game, but am getting excited by the potential it offers to my life coaching practice, so this is welcome news.
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Nice work, interesting to see how people are managing to make the most of wordpress.com and make use of customisation
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Congratulations, much sucess with the book. Now if my garden blog would take off like that.
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wow, amazing.. great achievement
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Excellent and inspiring news!!!Congratulations to you, and continued success…
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wow!!That`s awesome!
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Congrats Neil! Your hard work paid off…..Keep going
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Nice.. WordPress is a nice platform that brings trustworthiness to new bloggers and it helps a lot to gain traffic just like my blog which i started just a month back 🙂
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interesting and awesome, keep that up!
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I think rav is right the awesomeness must not stop stop at 1000; 1001 symbolizes not a number but represents continuity.
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That’s an amazing idea! We need to read one awesome thing a day especially because we live in such a depressing world. Congratulations!! =)
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Your success story is very encouraging and what a wonderful choice for starting a blog!
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I just checked out Neil’s blog … what a terrific writer he is! My “grin muscles” are still hurting.
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AWESOME! congratulations 🙂
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Congratulations!! I love it when people spread positivity, we need more of it in our lives. I will definitely get a copy of this book : )
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What a cool story! Way to go Neil! I’ll be the next one you write about.
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Something we all dream about I’m sure!
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Thanks for the reference, it’s a great post as always!
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The smaller you are, the easier it is to fly! I like reading success stories!
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Congratulations on your book. You have a great blog and you deserve it. Keep up the good work!
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Yaye! That is Totally Cool, Fabulous and Awesome too!
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Congratulations on your success! Best Wishes!
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this is the miracles of internet, from nothing to something.
Congratulations Neil.
you are my inspiration.
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By inspiring people, you are incredibly deserving of your ongoing achievements.
Thanks to you, awesome has re-surfaced as a regular part of my vocabulary.
Thank you for helping me rediscover this word, and making me nod in agreement to myself about the little things that you find awesome.
NJ
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Very well done Neil. A true inspiration to avid bloggers everywhere!
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Awesome indeed. 🙂
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wow! this is indeed AWESOME! i’m happy to hear about this.
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congratulations Neil, Its my very first day at wordpress.com, and u show me the example, grt!!!
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Super! Way to go! and all that Jazz.
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Awesome! Congratulations and best of luck for lots of book sales!!!
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Congrats! Great story 🙂 good luck to all
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I wish I’d end up the same or at least have a lot of readers and subscribers.
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Wowser!
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Well done Neil. Gotta love that innovation!
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Wow! That’s really awesome!!!
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Hi
Congratulation,
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Waiting for you at http://www.nkgktg.wordpress.com
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Love to hear such wonderful stories! Congrats!!
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Wowsers. Congratulations from yet another fellow blogger and fan 🙂
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Very cool.
miau.
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Good stuff! Congrats!!
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So awesome! It’s amazing the kind of unexpected success people from all over the net have had. Congrats.
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Great concept.
Congratulations on your success
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Cheers! To an inspiring outlook and an inspiring outcome!
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awesome and positive.. love it 🙂
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Congratulations Neil!
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That is one awesome site.
Something for us all to aspire to.
Thanks for raising the bar!
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Wow, congratulations. That just show that anyone can make a success of a blog don’t where or who they are. This is a great inspiration for all those out there in the blog-sphere.
Keep it up!
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Marvelous results! I really admire Neil’s tenacity and how just sticking to his guns and enjoying what he does, he’s scooping his rightful success! Go boy!
Jack
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Good on him, it’s always good to hear of a fellow WPer finding their way up in the world.
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congratulations. its quite inspiring and interesting too.
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Hurrah for success, especially in sharing the positive! Congrats!
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What a fantastic story! Congratulations Neil and I wish you continued success. It just proves that if you set out to give great service and value to people all parties benefit.
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Can’t complain about success. Keep up the good work and diligence Neil!
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Big small ideas keep this almost round world spinning around.
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That is just … awesome. Best of luck with this new success. Truly happy for you.
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Love hearing stories like this one…we should all be happy for a fellow blogger who is moving forward!
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Really well done Neil. Excellent! Many congrats on the book, I hope it does really well for you.
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Whoa! Inspiration and encouragement – we can use some of that!
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Bravo! this is what I call inspiration & motivation 😀
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Amazing – I love that you started it for you and it spread out to inspired others! Congrats!
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This is a lot like the woman who wrote “Julie & Julia”: she had an idea for a blog and she kept at it and it became something really great and launched her career. It’s really inspiring!
I hope my blog can do the same. I want to roll an agent and a publisher like a gambler wants to roll a four and a three.
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That is a wonderful way to see how blogging helped Neil out. Congrats on your success! Its nice to read about the good things that have happened to others and how they have been blessed!
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That’s really great. So glad to know someone has made a difference. Keep up the good work.
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I’m so inspired by this man’s blog. I empathise with his attitude to life and reading his posts lifts my spirits. Will be buying the book as soon as it’s in Waterstone’s and giving it to friends too!
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Congrats on the great success! I hope to have similar success one day!
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Congrats Neil!
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Now, that’s something! Well done, Neil!
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Oh man, that’s really the dream, isn’t it? Nice work, Neil.
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Congrats! I can’t wait to check it out!
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Congrats! That’s amazing news and so encouraging for those of us just starting out.
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Lovely! Congrats on the book and a great blog.
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Cool. Congratulations. Hope you sell thousands of books….:)
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Congratulations!! Best wishes for beautiful success!
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I’m a pretty negative guy, but that’s pretty damned cool. Congrats.
W
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Nunitak lkes Awesome #496 You can always find worse weather somewhere else! Sinkholes are my most unfavorite awesome. Siberian tigers are awesome. Everyone who contributes is awesome. But people who are both students and teachers are the most awesome.
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What an inspiration, that’s great news!
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Not to mention all the other things he probably did, but certainly an awesome wordpress.com success story. I guess I’ll just have to keep blogging for 3 years, then…
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Very cool. Awesome.
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One word: AWESOME!
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