In 1 year, or less, Neil Pasricha has managed to create a successful blog and now a popular book, on the idea of finding awesomeness in our daily, simple lives. BTW, isn't it really surprissing how some people can focus on a topic and make their blog big in 1 year's span?
The book even has a Wikipedia entry, which says,

"The author says that at the time of starting the site "if you flipped open the newspaper it was filled with the same stuff every day. The polar ice caps were melting, there were pirates storming the seas, the economy was on the verge of collapse, and there were wars going on all over the world." As a result, he created a website discussing "popping bubble wrap, or snow days, or the smell of a bakery."

[From the 100 Ways To Be Being Remarkable Series, a special project that brings you business and self-development advice from The Success Manual. ]

Quotes from Neil Pasricha
The Book Of Awesome focuses on the every day and special moments that we might not regularly think about / take for granted and/or secretly love.

Each page reminds us that these are what make up the awesomeness of life.

My five awesome things of the moment are:
1. When cashiers open up new lanes at the grocery store
2. A long hug when you really need it
3. Getting called up to the dinner buffet first at a wedding
4. The smell of gasoline
5. The last day of school

My Two Favorite quotes

The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating — in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation.

To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life. - Anne Morriss (from a Starbucks coffee cup)

It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worth cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat. -Theodore Roosevelt

3 A’s of Awesome
1. Attitude. Life’s not always pretty:  Being awesome means you’ve got that moving forward and moving on attitude.

2. Awareness: I love hanging out with three-year-olds. Honestly, I just love the way they see the world — whether it’s staring slack-jawed at their first baseball game, leaning over a baby robin on the sidewalk, or grabbing a handful of milk thistles for the centerpiece at the family dinner.

3. Authenticity: Being you and being cool with it....We go where we want, say what we want, and are comfortable being ourselves — and by doing that we meet folks we find interesting, have great conversations with, and form great connections with.

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