Shawn Achor Quotes

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• We become more successful when we are happier and more positive.
• [It's] the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. And if we can change the lens, not only can we…
• 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.
• Focusing on the good isn’t just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. It’s about opening our minds to the ideas…
• You can study gravity forever without learning how to fly.
• When we encounter an unexpected challenge of threat the only way to save ourselves is to hold on tight to the people around us and…
• The fastest way to disengage an employee is to tell him his work is meaningful only because of the paycheck.
• Constantly scanning the world for the negative comes with a great cost. It undercuts our creativity, raises our stress levels, and lowers our motivation and…
• The absence of disease is not health.
• Beliefs are so powerful because they dictate our efforts and actions.
• Study after study shows that happiness precedes important outcomes and indicators of thriving.
• We not only need to work happy, we need to work at being happy.
• Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive, which drives…
• Happiness is a mindset for your journey, not the result of your destination.
• Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.
• Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.
• Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential.
• The way we define happiness is the joy you feel striving toward your potential
• The contents of the glass don’t matter; what’s more important is to realize there’s a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the…
• You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.

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