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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativityāthe inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time
āPowerful [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.āāMedium
Happiness is not the belief that we donāt 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, weāll 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.
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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.
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Drawing on original researchāincluding one of the largest studies of happiness ever conductedāand 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:
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ā¢ The Tetris Effect: how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility so we can see and seize opportunities all around us
ā¢ Social Investment: how to earn the dividends of a strong social support network
ā¢ The Ripple Effect: how to spread positive change within our teams, companies, and families
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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.
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Happiness implies a positive mood in the present and a positive outlook for the future.
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IfĀ successĀ causesĀ happiness,Ā thenĀ everyĀ employeeĀ whoĀ getsĀ aĀ promotion,Ā every studentĀ whoĀ receivesĀ anĀ acceptanceĀ letter,Ā everyoneĀ whoĀ hasĀ everĀ accomplishedĀ aĀ goal ofĀ anyĀ kindĀ shouldĀ beĀ happy.Ā ButĀ withĀ eachĀ victory,Ā ourĀ goalpostsĀ ofĀ successĀ keep gettingĀ pushedĀ furtherĀ andĀ furtherĀ out.
TheĀ formulaĀ isĀ brokenĀ becauseĀ itĀ isĀ backward.Ā TheĀ relationshipĀ betweenĀ success andĀ happiness works the other way around;Ā happinessĀ isĀ theĀ precursorĀ toĀ success.Ā Happiness,Ā optimismĀ and a positive mindset makesĀ usĀ moreĀ motivated,Ā efficient,Ā resilient,Ā creative,Ā andĀ productive, whichĀ drivesĀ performanceĀ upward.
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The most successful people, the ones with the competitive edge, donāt look to happiness as some distant reward for their achievements; they are the ones who capitalize on the positive and reap the rewards at every turn.
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"Happiness Advantage" by Shawn Achor posits that happiness leads to success, not the other way around. It provides strategies for maintaining positivity and increasing happiness to enhance performance and achieve success.
Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it is the realization that we can.
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We think the happiness equation looks like this
Work Hard -> Success -> Happiness
But in reality:
Happiness + Positive Mindset -> Success
'Waiting to be happy limits our brain potential for success, whereas cultivating positive positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative & productive which drives performance upward. '
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Most people think that if they simply work harder, then they'll be more successful. And if they're more successful, then they'll also be happier.Ā
The problem is that this logic is scientifically broken and backward.Ā
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What we found is that only 25% of job successes are predicted by IQ, 75% of job successes are predicted by your optimism levels, your social support, and your ability to see stress as a challenge instead of as a threat.
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Every time your brain has a success, you change the goalpost of what success looked like. You got 50 followers, now you want 100. You got 100, now you want 200.
So, if success is a prerequisite to happiness and the goalpost of success keeps moving, then your brain will never get there.
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Shawn Achor, happiness researcher and author of "The Happines Advantage", says the practice of gratitude at all ages can increase energy and sleep quality. Happiness doesn't have to depend on our genes or environment because being happy is a choice.
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Achor advises us to take two minutes a day to think about three new things we are grateful for and why. Better yet, we just write it all down so we can look back at it at the end of the week. "This will train your brain to be more optimistic," says Achor.
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Achor advises us to write an email or message of praise and thanks to a different person every day. However, write in the form of a short message without too much ado. According to him, this way can change the level of happiness and our social relationships that have a good impact on health.
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Success does not bring happiness but Happiness brings Success š
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