What Happened After My Happiness Book Got Published

This post shares what happened in the fall of 2015, which became the story that inspired my new “book of love“. After traveling and working on my Happiness book all summer, release day was finally there. With the help from many amazing people on my team, I worked hard to make the release a successful one. Our combined efforts paid off, and the book ended its first day as a number one “hot release”. I celebrated the success on my patio with a glass of good wine and a cigar, one of my guilty pleasures, while dinner was simmering over the stove. But literally as I was soaking up the rays of sunshine on a warm Calgary afternoon something hit me. I had been completely obsessed with my book. I had once again forgotten about some of the things, and people, that truly mattered to me. I had worked long days, neglecting my girlfriend at that time in the process. Even if you do what you love, it’s possible to “over-live” your passion. I had left behind the nine-to-five corporate workforce and pu…