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His recently released book the happiness advantage, based on research at harvard and in companies around the globe, lays out the seven steps to leveraging happiness to career success. Im part of a movement dedicated to finding happiness at work, so i happen to think that becoming happier at work is pretty important. The seven principles of positive psychology that fuel success and performance at work 2010 is a bestselling book by shawn achor which posits that happiness is a precursor to success. The happiness advantage being happy gives you an edge or an advantage in terms of achieving success so happiness should be our focus, not success. In fact, anchor says, the science of positive psychology has shown that things really work the other way around. Tedxbloomington shawn achor the happiness advantage. The happiness advantage is an attempt to lay out the we believe that when were successful or buy a new iphone, take our next vacation, or get a promotion, then well be happy. Martin seligman, the pioneer in positive psychology, has broken happiness down into three, measurable components. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. The whole goal of the chapter on principle 1 is to show you how people capitalize on happiness, why this works to bring success, and how we can also profit from this focus on happiness. The happiness advantage pdf summary shawn achor 12min.
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