The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor
The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor
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The Happiness Advantage
The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance atWork

Author: Shawn Achor

Narrator: Shawn Achor

Unabridged: 7 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2010


Synopsis

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativity—the inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time

“Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—Medium

Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it is the realization that we can.

Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we’ll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this formula to be backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around.
 
Research shows that happy employees are more productive, more creative, and better problem solvers than their unhappy peers. And positive people are significantly healthier and less stressed and enjoy deeper social interaction than the less positive people around them.
 
Drawing on original research—including one of the largest studies of happiness ever conducted—and work in boardrooms and classrooms across forty-two countries, Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health. His strategies include:
 
• The Tetris Effect: how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility so we can see and seize opportunities all around us
• Social Investment: how to earn the dividends of a strong social support network
• The Ripple Effect: how to spread positive change within our teams, companies, and families
 
By turns fascinating, hopeful, and timely, The Happiness Advantage reveals how small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere.

About The Author

Shawn Achor is one of the world’s leading experts on happiness, success, and potential. His research has graced the cover of Harvard Business Review, and his TED Talk is one of the most popular of all time, with more than 15 million views. Shawn spent twelve years at Harvard before bringing this research to nearly half the Fortune 100, as well as places like the Pentagon, impoverished schools in Africa, and the White House. His research has also been published in top psychology journals and featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fortune. His interview with Oprah Winfrey and his PBS program have been seen by millions. He now serves on the World Happiness Council and continues his research.


Reviews

Goodreads review by YW Low 劉耀詠 on August 25, 2011

In summary, the book has 7 points: 1. Happy people has advantage; happier at workplace etc. 2. You can't change reality, but you can change how you process the world. 3. If one has a negative outlook on things that is a habit. A pattern that can be broken. 4. When facing crisis, one has to find a pa......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on July 03, 2021

There are huge loads of books that tell one how to be happy, mindful, but not why and don´t show in such immense detail the unbelievable impact of becoming the Buddha. Such a cool God, tells one to search for errors in his ideas he calls not perfect, that´s a rare occasion. Buddhism, neuroscience, ps......more

Goodreads review by Bill on May 06, 2012

My goodness. What a polarizing experience! Good - The material in The Happiness Advantage is good. I personally believe in most of the stuff the author ascribes. Hey, if you wake up, look yourself in the mirror and smile, then you're probably on your way to a pretty good day. Positivity! Bad - The au......more

Goodreads review by abigailscupoftea on September 20, 2022

Perhaps the most accurate term for happiness is the one Aristotle used: eudaimonia, which translates not directly to “happiness” but to “human flourishing.” ☁️🦋🌞 In the Happiness Advantage, Shawn talks about how happiness is the center around which success orbits. We often think happiness will come a......more

Goodreads review by Hamad on April 12, 2021

This Review ✍️ Blog 📖 Twitter 🐦 Instagram 📷 Support me ☕ “The best leaders are the ones who show their true colors not during the banner years but during times of struggle.” The full name of this book along with the subtitle is The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psyc......more


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Praise for Shawn Achor and The Happiness Advantage
 
“Achor transports us to his virtual classroom, a journey along which we glean the seven secrets of happiness. The Happiness Advantage reveals the most important discoveries coming out of modern psychology.”—Rom Brafman, bestselling co-author of Sway and Click

“Thoughtfully lays out the steps to increasing workplace positivity.”Forbes
 
“Powerful . . . A supremely important book for anyone in management . . . accessible [and] easy to read.”Medium
 
“A big star . . . a world-famous expert.”New York Times

“Shawn Achor is funny, self-deprecating, and devastating to my notions of what his field is all about. . . . I’m butter to his knife.”Boston Globe

“Achor bases his training on a burgeoning body of research on the positive psychology movement, which emphasizes instilling resiliency and positive attitudes.”The Wall Street Journal