Shawn Achor
Shawn Achor
Shawn Achor is an American happiness researcher, author, and speaker known for his advocacy of positive psychology. He authored The Happiness Advantage and founded GoodThink,Inc. His TEDxBloomington talk "The Happy Secret to Better Work" is one of the 20-most viewed TED talks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
individual-choice giving choices
Happiness is actually an individual choice, even in the midst of negative circumstances. It's not something our employers can give to us, though they can limit and influence that choice.
loss thinking world
As we got more interested in time management and productivity, we lost the individual, and with that individual loss, we lost happiness as well. So I think the world has actually been malnourished as we've focused so much on productivity and ignored happiness and meaning to our own detriment.
joy strive feels
Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential.
finding-happiness ifs hard
It's hard to find happiness after success if the goalposts of success keep changing.
forever study gravity
You can study gravity forever without learning how to fly.
meaningful way paychecks
The fastest way to disengage an employee is to tell him his work is meaningful only because of the paycheck.
inspire productivity
Happiness inspires productivity.
positivity ideas priorities
The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists.
important outcomes study
Study after study shows that happiness precedes important outcomes and indicators of thriving.
precursor
Happiness is the precursor to success.
choices brain world
Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world.
brain why-not fuel
You spend money on Internet connection for your employees. Why not spend money on the energy that fuels their brains?
needs realization belief
Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can.
leadership motivation skills
When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of succeeding.