<pre class="ql-syntax" spellcheck="false">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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4 Ways to Get Happiness by Practicing Gratitude

<pre>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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Think of three good things

<pre class="ql-syntax" spellcheck="false">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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Send a thank you note

<pre>Whenever something good happens, write it down on a piece of paper and store it in a special container.
When the container we use to store it starts to fill up, we will realize how many good things have happened in our lives.
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Record all the good things

<pre>Think of one positive experience each day. Remember details about the experience, such as what we wore and what we said.
"Your brain in that moment relives the experience," says Achor.
In this way, we can "double" that memory. Do this for 21 days straight and you will begin to see the meaning of your life.
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Double memory

A Harvard lecturer identifies seven core principles of positive psychology to counsel readers on how to achieve greater effectiveness and fulfillment in the workplace, explaining the role of happiness in enabling success and productivity.

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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.

Shawn Achor is an American educator, author, and speaker known for his advocacy of positive psychology. He is best known for his research reversing the formula of success leading to happiness—his research shows that happiness in fact leads to success. Achor spent 12 years studying what makes people happy at Harvard University. He later authored The Happiness Advantage and founded the Institute of Positive Research and GoodThinkInc. His TEDx talk "The Happy Secret to Better Work" is one of the 20-most viewed TED talks.

The Happiness Advantage

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