Everything Works
Everything Works by Mike McCardell, published by Harbour Pub in 2010, is a 312-page exploration of the uplifting stories that can be found in everyday life. McCardell, a well-known figure in BC television, shares his unique perspective on the small treasures that bring joy and inspiration. This edition invites readers to rediscover the thrill of storytelling, emphasizing the importance of finding and sharing moments of positivity amidst life’s challenges.
In Everything Works, McCardell encourages readers to seek out the extraordinary in the ordinary, highlighting the simple adventures that can spark happiness. The book blends elements of biography and humor, presenting anecdotes that resonate with the themes of resilience and community. Through his engaging narrative, McCardell illustrates how everyday experiences can transform into meaningful stories, urging readers to embrace the whimsical and heartwarming aspects of life.
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Mike McCardell is an institution in BC television with his anti-news stories of oddball inspiration that close the News Hour on Global BC. Lately he has become a publishing institution as well with his series of heartwarming books full of stories about the ways in which ordinary people cope with extraordinary challenges. Fresh
from 2009’s bestselling The Expanded Reilly Method, he is back with another winner in Everything Works.
In his new book, McCardell reveals how to rekindle the thrill and pride we once felt as children when carrying, under one arm, that small treasure of good books from the library. Everything Works finds the storybook tales of real life–the simple adventures that bring happiness to those who discover them. For McCardell, it’s looking for that something good; that something you can talk
about, share, or even remember and tell someone a week later. A good story does not grow old.
From the moment he rediscovered the magic of picture books,
television changed for McCardell. He began looking for a pink alligator or someone planting daffodils in February. His rules for television became applicable to his daily life:
1) Everything works.
2) Continuity (very big in television) is for wimps.
3) Any kid who stands in front of the camera gets on television.
4) Good people make good stories.
5) And the most important rule: Repeat number one.
Everything Works seeks out the pink alligators and winter daffodils of our everyday lives. It searches for the grimy, mean-looking kid who holds the door open for a man with a walker, or the little girl who puts mittens on the stick arms of a snowman. Everything Works encourages readers to find one good, oddball, sweet, funny, neat, friendly, positive, pretty or mind-blowing thing each day, and
to share that story with someone else. What a storybook world we could create
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