A Big Happy Life... and how you can have one too! - Paperback

by Oriana Green (Author), Mike L. Fry (Author)

Do you want to live a happy life? If you answered NO to this question, stop reading. This is NOT the book for you. If you answered YES, then I can't wait to share some tips, tricks and tools to live a happier life, today, and every day. We promise we'll even have some fun along the way. What's in this book? In an increasingly challenging world, many people are reevaluating their lives, looking for meaning and fulfillment beyond tangible rewards. Perhaps you, too, have paused to see how you can improve your mood, health and wellness and find more satisfaction in your job. If so, we believe you'll find lots of ideas here to color your life in brighter shades of joy. In fact, we offer 187 ways to experience more fun and delight- we did the math so you don't have to. Why You Should Take Happiness Advice From A Clown. Because clowns know happy. Their whole job description is to make people smile and laugh, to transform sadness. Clowns are in the joy business. Most of his life people have laughed at Mike Fry. First as a class clown, then while attending Clown College and performing in Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. That lead to eight years as the star and writer of his own nationally syndicated children's TV show, Happy's Place. (Anyone who truly enjoys entertaining a hundred rowdy kids for several hours every day must develop a joyful soul.) Producing his TV show, Mike also learned managerial and business skills, which allowed him to branch out into inventing toys and fantastically fun food products. Donning his silly entrepreneur's hat, Mike figured out how to integrate humor into his business life and how to create and sustain joy in his workplace. After founding several successful businesses, Mike hit the road to share what he had learned and teach others how to bring more happiness into their lives. Take a joyful leap with us-for as long as you're reading this book, suspend disbelief and accept happiness as your choice-all day, every day.

Author Biography

Mike Fry had only one main goal in life, and he achieved it every day of his life: He wanted to make people laugh. He attended Ringling Brothers Clown College, where he had the honor of being trained by three of the world's top four Master Clowns. He left the circus, and spent the next 8 wonderful years portraying Happy The Hobo on the wildly popular TV show, Happy's Place, (syndicated in 207 cities) from 1982-1990. After leaving the show, Mike turned his attention to another passion: inventing. He had his Big Light Bulb Moment when he asked himself: Why do fortune cookies have to be beige, bland and boring? That was the beginning of FancyFortuneCookies.com, which is still going strong in Indianapolis, IN. True to form, Mike had this to say about his company: "I don't bake cookies-I sell smiles-I think of myself as being in the joy business." A lifelong learner and student of positive thinking, Mike began to share his hard earned wisdom and happiness secrets with others, giving workshops and doing speaking engagements all across Asia as well as across the US. "In 1992 I lost every penny I had. How? In a word: embezzlement. I had to beg, borrow and beg again to keep my fortune cookie business alive, but it turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life. Why? Because I made it so. I learned so many lessons from the experience that it helped me expand and start my own manufacturing bakery. I firmly believe there's valuable truth in every life experience-as long as you make the effort to find it." Mike Fry Mike never lost sight of his main mission: to deliver information that inspires motivates others to achieve their lifelong dreams.