The happiness advantage : the seven principles of positive psychology that fuel success and performance at work by Achor, Shawn. Publication date 2010 Topics Happiness, Work, Positive psychology Publisher New York : Broadway Books Collection internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; americana; printdisabled Contributor
Based on the largest study ever conducted on happiness and human potential (a survey conducted by the author of more than 1,600 students), Harvard lecturer Shawn Achor shares seven core principles of positive psychology that each one of us can use to improve our performance, grow our careers, and gain a competitive edge at work.
The first of the 7 principles introduced in The Happiness Advantage covers how to reap the benefits of happiness. The benefits of being happy are deeper than feeling good—happiness has measurable, lasting effects on your mind and body: Positive emotions release dopamine and serotonin, which make you feel good while also activating your brain ...
The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work. In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor describes how happiness represents an advantage in every major aspect of our lives. According to psychology studies, positive brains have a biological advantage over brains that are neutral or negative. ...
Seven Principles: These principles include the power of positive psychology, the fulcrum and the lever (changing your experience of reality through mindset), the Tetris Effect (training your brain to spot patterns of possibility), falling up (finding the path out of failure), the Zorro Circle (focusing on small, manageable goals to gain control ...
The happiness advantage : the seven principles of positive psychology that fuel success and performance at work by Achor, Shawn. Publication date 2010 Topics Happiness, Work -- Psychological aspects, Positive psychology Publisher New York : Broadway Books Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive
In the book, Shawn identifies seven specific principles of positive psychology, backed by extensive research, that can help you improve your happiness and potentially your life.
Shawn does an amazing job of distilling the research and findings of positive psychology that predict happiness and success into seven key principles: 1. The happiness advantage--the way we can retrain our brains to maximize positivity and provide our the biological advantage needed to optimize our productivity and performance.
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work. Shawn Achor. Random House - 256 pages Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can ...
“In 1998, Martin Seligman, then the president of the American Psychological Association, announced that it was finally time to shift the traditional approach to psychology and start to focus more on the positive side of the curve. That we needed to study what works, not just what is broken. Thus, 'positive psychology' was born.”
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 ...
- Seven Principles: These principles include the power of positive psychology, the fulcrum and the lever (changing your experience of reality through mindset), the Tetris Effect (training your brain to spot patterns of possibility), falling up (finding the path out of failure), the Zorro Circle (focusing on small, manageable goals to gain ...
Success does not beget happiness.Based on the largest study ever conducted on happiness and human potential (a survey conducted by the author of more than 1,600 students), Harvard lecturer Shawn Achor shares seven core principles of positive psychology that each one of us can use to improve our performance, grow our careers, and gain a ...
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success and Performance at Work: Author: Shawn Achor: Publisher: Crown Business, 2010: ISBN: 0307591549, 9780307591548: Length: 236 pages: Subjects: Self-Help › Personal Growth › Success.