Shawn Achor
We’ve been taught that if we work hard, we will be successful, and then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, get a raise, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: happiness fuels success, not the other way around.
Isolating seven practical, actionable principles that have been tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms, Shawn Anchor shows us how we can capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve our performance and maximize our potential.