Author: Shawn Achor

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Positive vacations have a significant effect upon energy and stress.

Positive vacations have a significant effect upon energy and stress.

- Shawn Achor

Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.

Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.

- Shawn Achor

The more we can lower or even eliminate the activation energy for our desired actions, the more we enhance our ability to jump-start positive change.

The more we can lower or even eliminate the activation energy for our desired actions, the more we enhance our ability to jump-start positive change.

- Shawn Achor

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.

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.

- Shawn Achor

The research says that being successful doesn't automatically make you happier, but being happier - being more positive - makes you more successful.

The research says that being successful doesn't automatically make you happier, but being happier - being more positive - makes you more successful.

- Shawn Achor

Not every vacation is equal. And theory - the idea that vacations should increase happiness - doesn't always translate to reality.

Not every vacation is equal. And theory - the idea that vacations should increase happiness - doesn't always translate to reality.

- Shawn Achor

We know that recognition and intrinsic motivation are important to our success, but the key is finding ways to effectively operationalize them.

We know that recognition and intrinsic motivation are important to our success, but the key is finding ways to effectively operationalize them.

- Shawn Achor

Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.

Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.

- Shawn Achor

Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.

Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.

- Shawn Achor

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