Everything is different now. The future is so uncertain - how we are supposed to live and love and just plain survive, is upside down and backward. And it can feel positively overwhelming. But what I realized is that maybe, just maybe, we can turn what we learned about ourselves during these long months of quarantine into something good, something positive.

Maybe we can use this global reset as a way to go forward into individual, personal greater happiness, health, and success.

Study after study shows that optimists, those with a positive, appreciative, forward thinking take on life, thrive. Pessimists do not. Optimism doesn’t mean going around with a "glass is half full" mentality. It's much more. Optimism means making the best of what is. Optimism is an expansive perspective, an opening toward possibilities and opportunity. Optimism means choosing deliberately to see how things could work out, what might be a better way, what resources or help might be available. To see the good in our lives.

Good happens all the time, in every corner of the globe. Whether it’s José Andrés rushing in to feed the world's hungry, front-liners giving their all 24/7, or perfect strangers coming to the aid of someone in need, the more we recognize and appreciate the good in all, the happier we get, the longer we live, and the healthier we are. All it takes is a shift in attitude.

I Survived COVID-19, What Now?! Finding Happiness and Success in a Post COVID World is designed to give you insights and inspiration as to how to accomplish this powerful life-enhancing shift. It provides you with strategies, tips, and techniques for how to find the positives in life despite awful/painful circumstances, along with examples of real people who have done just that. It’s easier than you might think, and the rewards in terms of your happiness and success will truly be remarkable. Welcome to your brave new world post-COVID-19!