“The Happiness Advantage” written by Shawn Achor explains how happiness and positivity can lead to success in various aspects of life. The book highlights how happiness is not a result of success, but it actually leads to success. It provides practical strategies for individuals to increase their happiness levels, such as focusing on gratitude, positive thinking, and building strong relationships. The book also discusses the importance of a growth mindset, finding meaning in work, and creating a positive environment. Overall, the book emphasizes the importance of prioritizing happiness as a means to achieve success and fulfillment in life.
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The Happiness Advantage
- The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
- Narrated by: Shawn Achor
Our most popular success formula has been broken.
Conventional wisdom says that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful we will be happy. If we can find that great job, get the next promotion, lose 5 pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is really out of date: Happiness drives success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and more efficient at work. This is not just an empty spell. This discovery has been proven time and time again by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management research and the bottom line of organizations around the globe.
In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor, who has spent more than a decade living, researching, and teaching at Harvard University, draws on his own research—including one of the largest studies on happiness and potential. at Harvard and others at companies like UBS and KPMG – to fix this broken formula. Using stories and case studies from his work with thousands of Fortune 500 executives in 42 countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more actively to gain a competitive advantage at work.
Isolating seven practical, actionable principles that have been tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms, stretching from Argentina to Zimbabwe, he shows us how we can take advantage of our Behavioral Advantage. happiness to improve performance and maximize its potential.
I found this book interesting and reassuring. The fact that happier people are more successful is not surprising to me, but the fact that we can all be happier than ourselves is extremely encouraging! Before this book ends, I have used that information in my own life and I feel great. A great combination of research and tools for success.
