Shawn Achor

Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.

— Shawn Achor

Happiness is the precursor to success.

— Shawn Achor

The absence of disease is not health.

— Shawn Achor

You can study gravity forever without learning how to fly.

— Shawn Achor

We not only need to work happy, we need to work at being happy.

— Shawn Achor

“happiness is not just a mood—it’s a work ethic.”

— Shawn Achor

Happiness inspires productivity.

— Shawn Achor

“Luckily, I was in a unique position to conduct this research.”

— Shawn Achor

Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can.

— Shawn Achor

Positive vacations have a significant effect upon energy and stress.

— Shawn Achor

I'd love it if every company could give raises to the average worker for doing good work.

— Shawn Achor

One of the most powerful forces in human nature is our belief that change is possible.

— Shawn Achor

Study after study shows that happiness precedes important outcomes and indicators of thriving.

— Shawn Achor

To be truly engaged at work, your brain needs periodic breaks to gain fresh perspective and energy.

— Shawn Achor

The fastest way to disengage an employee is to tell him his work is meaningful only because of the paycheck.

— Shawn Achor

Traveling the world can be an amazing - and even better - a happy experience. You just have to do it the…

— Shawn Achor

“Researcher Richard Wiseman, in his article “The Luck Factor,” says that if you are an apple picker and you keep coming back…

— Shawn Achor

When we encounter an unexpected challenge of threat the only way to save ourselves is to hold on tight to the people…

— Shawn Achor

Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful,…

— Shawn Achor

Most people keep waiting on happiness, putting off happiness until they're successful or until they achieve some goal, which means we limit…

— Shawn Achor

Too many people limit their happiness and success by assuming that taking time off from work will send a negative message to…

— Shawn Achor

Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you…

— Shawn Achor

“simply introducing two employees who don’t know each other is probably the easiest and fastest way to invest in social dividends.”

— Shawn Achor

Positive and engaged brains are a company's greatest assets. More than time and even more than productivity, people must be happy.

— Shawn Achor

“students who were told to think about the happiest day of their lives right before taking a standardized math test outperformed their…

— Shawn Achor

Happiness is a social creature. If you try to pursue it in a vacuum, it's very difficult to sustain it. But as…

— Shawn Achor

“Coercing employees into awkward icebreakers or forced bonding activities, like making everyone at a meeting share something about their private lives, only…

— Shawn Achor

“The Tetris Effect—When our brains get stuck in a pattern that focuses on stress, negativity, and failure, we set ourselves up to…

— Shawn Achor

I once stayed at a Ritz in D.C., paid for by a client, and when I asked to change rooms because mine…

— Shawn Achor

For two minutes a day, think of one positive experience that's occurred during the past 24 hours. Bullet point each detail you…

— Shawn Achor

For me, meditation's hard because I feel like I have developed 'cultural attention-deficit disorder,' where, because we have so much stimulation, I…

— Shawn Achor

The decision to use recognition as an on-the-spot bonus instead of merely pay increases is a fascinating one, because pay increases can…

— Shawn Achor

“We’ve all heard the usual examples: Michael Jordan cut from his high school basketball team, Walt Disney fired by a newspaper editor…

— Shawn Achor

“Mike Morrison, vice president and dean of the University of Toyota, likes to ask employees: “What’s on the other side of your…

— Shawn Achor

I've worked with farmers in Zimbabwe who've lost their lands. I've worked with people in Venezuela, under threat of kidnappings, whose external…

— Shawn Achor

Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential.

— Shawn Achor

The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists.

— Shawn Achor

You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.

— Shawn Achor

..the more you believe in your own ability to success the more likely it is that you will.

— Shawn Achor

The best leaders are the ones who show their true colors not during the banner years but during times of struggle.

— Shawn Achor