Introduction: What Does It Mean to See Bright      xi
Side Up?
    When You're Not Feeling Like Your Fantastic
    SELF...
      Look, your life is art                       1  (2)
      Ask your one-hundred-year-old self           3  (2)
      Flip-flop it                                 5  (2)
      Steer life like a motorcycle                 7  (3)
      Take pride in persistence                    10 (3)
      Live ten minutes in the life of "the         13 (2)
      ideal you."
      Always spring for your limo                  15 (2)
      Take the microphone                          17 (2)
      Rephrase to reframe                          19 (2)
      Do the can-can                               21 (3)
      Keep your eyes on your own paper             24 (2)
      Yes, go for a walk!                          26 (2)
      Fill in the easiest answer first             28 (2)
      See plans as just blueprints                 30 (2)
      Grab the color wheel                         32 (2)
      Cover your blank canvas                      34 (1)
      It's more than it's not                      35 (3)
      Practice self-compassion                     38 (2)
      Don't take your "blah" personally            40 (3)
    When Life's Little Annoyances Happen...
      Love the line                                43 (3)
      Thank the lemons                             46 (1)
      Re-appreciate the redo                       47 (2)
      At least you're not...                       49 (2)
      Recognize your new route is better           51 (3)
      Ask, where doesn't it hurt?                  54 (2)
      Create calm in your storm                    56 (3)
      See life like a seesaw                       59 (2)
      High-five your failures                      61 (1)
      Rally in the rain delay!                     62 (3)
      Put a bow on it for your future self         65 (2)
      Save the laugh for later                     67 (4)
    When Your Career Isn't Going Your Way...
      Rest for a minute... maybe two               71 (2)
      Find your sweet spot                         73 (2)
      Lower your standards. Sort of                75 (3)
      Don't aim for a winner every time            78 (2)
      What's your why?                             80 (2)
      Park the car or drive away                   82 (2)
      Use your underdog as an upper hand           84 (3)
      Let it go like a Chinese lantern             87 (2)
      Get the ball in the basket                   89 (2)
      Break the un-rules!                          91 (2)
      Elbow fear out of the way                    93 (2)
      Keep going, keep gunning                     95 (2)
      Appreciate your abundance                    97 (2)
      Walk a positive tightrope                    99 (3)
      Take back control                            102(2)
      Focus on the horizon                         104(3)
    When Your Relationships Could Use a
    Reboot...
      Enjoy the cusp!                              107(2)
      Feel warmth within the quills                109(3)
      Be your own gift-with-purchase               112(1)
      Just do you                                  113(2)
      Celebrate the life in loss                   115(2)
      Follow in Joan's footsteps                   117(3)
      Don't waste worries on the "what-ifs."       120(1)
      Force the run of excitement                  121(2)
      Take the tourist's point of view             123(2)
      Tune into your "real-ometer."                125(2)
      Don't salt it before you try it              127(3)
      Hope to it!                                  130(3)
    When Your Social Life Goes a Little Awry...
      Dress with your attitude                     133(2)
      Seek out a "smiler."                         135(1)
      Give a gratitude shout-out                   136(3)
      Gaffe in all your glory!                     139(2)
      Ask, WWMRMD?                                 141(2)
      Be friendly first                            143(2)
      Listen for the gems                          145(2)
      Elevate the throwaways                       147(2)
      Gift someone their own name                  149(2)
      Climb into the boat of great company         151(2)
      Set your own sound track                     153(2)
      Make the worst the best                      155(2)
      Why can't "someday" be now?                  157(4)
    When Family And Friends Are Stressing You
    Out...
      See "help" is not a four-letter word         161(2)
      Give an unconditional gift                   163(3)
      Make the most of your middle                 166(2)
      Out your oughts!                             168(2)
      Zoom out                                     170(2)
      Write them a letter                          172(2)
      Call it a credit in the school of life       174(3)
      Peek in your picnic basket                   177(1)
      Remedy the rash of regret                    178(3)
      Channel someone else's strength              181(4)
    When Technology is Breaking Down...
      Reveal thyself to tech support               185(2)
      See the grass is digitally greener, too      187(2)
      Delightfully disengage                       189(1)
      Choose backward                              190(2)
      Think about the postman                      192(2)
      Take a mental photograph                     194(3)
    When You Hit a Bump in Your Travels...
      Put yourself in another driver's moccasins   197(2)
      Ask, what didn't you lose?                   199(3)
      Plan your party story                        202(2)
      Make a good scar out of it                   204(2)
      See it through a "look-up-to" lens           206(2)
      Float with the current... then kick to       208(2)
      shore
      There is beauty. Take it in                  210(2)
      Let them pass                                212(2)
      Find your pina colada                        214(2)
      Enjoy the right-this-second now              216(1)
      Leave the "should haves" at the door         217(2)
      The good news is...                          219(4)
Epilogue: Look on the BRIGHT SIDE...               223(4)
Acknowledgments                                    227