Neil Pasricha

Founder and Director, The Institute for Global Happiness · 3 appearances on the record.

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Neil Pasricha is an author and speaker known for his work on gratitude, happiness, and resilience, including The Book of Awesome. He previously spent a decade at Walmart as Director of Leadership Development and hosts the 3 Books podcast.

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12 supported 4 partly supported 8 contradicted 2 not checkable as stated how the 26 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

26 assertions · 17 insights · 8 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 26 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 24 are resolved, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Neil argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Pasricha: CDC reports US suicide rates are highest since WWII

“The CDC says they have not seen murder, not murder rates, suicide rates this high since World War II.”

Neil Pasricha Oct 18, 2022 ▶ 5:01 Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted

Pasricha: Decision-making energy is replenished only by sleep and glucose

“Decision-making energy is a finite resource, and you know, there's that great book called Willpower by John Tierney, and it's a finite resource. When it's gone, and there's only two ways to replenish it, which is sleep and glucose”

Neil Pasricha Oct 18, 2022 ▶ 34:10 Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Neil Pasricha on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

What they said51 Episodes3

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Assertion Partly supported

Pasricha: Only six percent of global population has post-secondary education

“If you happen to have a post-secondary education of any kind, you're one of six percent of people in the world who does.”

Neil Pasricha Oct 18, 2022 ▶ 1:49:43 Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness

Disclosure

Pasricha: I surrender my phone to my wife from Friday until Monday

“I give Leslie, my wife, my phone on Friday night, and I say, do not give this back to me until Monday, and don't tell me where you put it.”

Neil Pasricha Dec 24, 2019 ▶ 16:55 #72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits

Assertion Supported

Pasricha: Wired Founder Kevin Kelly Keeps Desktop Lifespan Countdown Clock in Days

“Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired Magazine keeps a clock on his desktop that has expected lifespan, subtracts his current age, measured in days.”

Neil Pasricha Dec 24, 2019 ▶ 44:37 #72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits

Appearances (3)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
TKP Insights: Philosophy	Jul 4, 2023	6m
Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness	Oct 18, 2022	1h 17m
#72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits	Dec 24, 2019	1h 9m