Shawn Achor is an American educator, author, and speaker known for his advocacy of positive psychology.
Born: Waco, Texas, United States
Books: Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change
You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.
Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come.
We not only need to work happy, we need to work at being happy.
Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it’s the realization that we can.
Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.
Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.
If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.
The best leaders are the ones who show their true colors not during the banner years but during times of struggle.
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 not let go.
Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.
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.
We’ve all heard the usual examples: Michael Jordan cut from his high school basketball team, Walt Disney fired by a newspaper editor for not being creative enough, the Beatles turned away by a record executive who told them that “guitar groups are on their way out.” In fact, many of their winning mantras essentially describe the notion of falling up: “I’ve failed over and over again in my life,” Jordan once said, “and that is why I succeed.” Robert F. Kennedy said much the same: “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” And Thomas Edison, too, once claimed that he had failed his way to success.
