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The Happiness Advantage

How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life

By: Shawn Achor

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The Happiness Advantage

How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life

By: Shawn Achor

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativity—the inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time “Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—Medium Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it is the realization that we can. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we’ll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this formula to be backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. Research shows that happy employees are more productive, more creative, and better problem solvers than their unhappy peers. And positive people are significantly healthier and less stressed and enjoy deeper social interaction than the less positive people around them. Drawing on original research—including one of the largest studies of happiness ever conducted—and work in boardrooms and classrooms across forty-two countries, Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health. His strategies include: • The Tetris Effect: how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility so we can see and seize opportunities all around us • Social Investment: how to earn the dividends of a strong social support network • The Ripple Effect: how to spread positive change within our teams, companies, and families By turns fascinating, hopeful, and timely, The Happiness Advantage reveals how small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere.

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0307591565

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Before Happiness

The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change

By: Shawn Achor

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Before Happiness

The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change

By: Shawn Achor

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This fresh, uplifting book is filled with ideas for improving our organizations and our lives.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife “With his characteristic blend of academic rigor and twinkle in the eye, Shawn Achor will change your view of happiness, of reality—and of yourself.”—Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet and Bittersweet Why are some people able to make positive change while others remain the same? In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success. Before Happiness is about what comes before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. Only once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we summon all our motivation, emotion, and intelligence to achieve our personal and professional goals. In Before Happiness, Achor reveals five actionable, proven strategies for changing our lens to positive: • The Most Valuable Reality: See a broader range of ideas and solutions by changing the details on which your brain chooses to focus • Success Mapping: Set goals oriented around the things in life that matter to you most, whether career advancement or family or making a difference in the world • The X-spot: Use success accelerants to propel you more quickly towards those goals, whether finishing a marathon, reaching a sales target, learning a language, or losing ten pounds • Noise-Canceling: Boost the signal pointing you to opportunities and possibilities that others miss • Positive Inception: Transfer these skills to your team, your employees, and everyone around you By mastering these strategies, you’ll create a renewable source of positivity, motivation, and engagement that will allow you to reach your fullest potential in everything you do.

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0770436730

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Big Potential

How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being

By: Shawn Achor

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Big Potential

How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being

By: Shawn Achor

“With cutting-edge research, penetrating insights, and practical examples, Shawn Achor describes a new conception of ‘success,’ and in doing so, reveals exciting new strategies we can use to meet our highest potential.”—Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project “A vibrant book on how to bring out the best in others—and how they can bring out the best in us.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we’re measuring and pursuing potential incorrectly. Pursuing success in isolation—pushing others away as we push ourselves too hard—not only limits our potential but makes us more stressed and disconnected than ever. Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor reveals a better approach. With exciting new research combining neuroscience and psychology with Big Data, Achor shows that our potential is not limited by what we alone can achieve. Instead, it is determined by how we complement, contribute to, and benefit from the abilities and achievements of people around us. When we—as individuals, leaders, and parents—chase only individual achievement, we leave vast sources of potential untapped. But once we put “others” back into the equation, and work to make others better, we ignite a Virtuous Cycle of cascading successes that amplify our own. The dramatic shifts in how we approach work today demand an equally dramatic shift in our approach to success. In Big Potential, Achor draws on cutting-edge original research as well as his work with nearly half of the Fortune 100 and with places like NASA, the NFL and the NBA, and offers a new path to thriving in the modern world.

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1524761540

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Big Potential

Five Secrets of Reaching Higher by Powering Those Around You

By: Shawn Achor

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Big Potential

Five Secrets of Reaching Higher by Powering Those Around You

By: Shawn Achor

Forget everything you thought you knew about being your best. It’s not about your own skills or talents. Instead, real success in work and life comes from your connections and relationships – the teams you build around you, the friends you make – and getting the best out of them. You hugely amplify your own potential by helping others around you to realise theirs. A TED talk star with over 16 million views, Shawn Achor is one of the world’s leading experts on happiness and personal success – and author of the positive psychology classic The Happiness Advantage. Now, in this game-changing guide to greatness, he demolishes the myth of single individual achievement. With powerful stories, cutting-edge research and exclusive insights from Fortune 100 leaders, he shows how only by working with others will you ever reach your Big Potential.

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The Happiness Advantage

How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life

By: Shawn Achor

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Positivity and Growth (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Carol Dweck,Emma Seppala,Shawn Achor,Kim Scott

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Positivity and Growth (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Carol Dweck,Emma Seppala,Shawn Achor,Kim Scott

Harness the power of a growth mindset. Cultivating a positive outlook can help you and your team embrace strengths, see opportunities instead of problems, and even feel more engaged in routine tasks. This book provides insights on how to create an environment where everyone can flourish and grow. You’ll learn about the effects of emotional contagion; how gratitude, feedback, and perspective matter; and how to establish an optimistic and innovative team culture. This volume includes the work of: Carol Dweck Emma Seppälä Shawn Achor Kim Scott How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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Harvard Business Press

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1647829941

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Out Think

How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes

By: G. Shawn Hunter

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Out Think

How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes

By: G. Shawn Hunter

We’ve entered a new era. Call it the age of imagination, ideation, conceptualization, creativity, innovation—take your pick. Creativity, mental flexibility, and collaboration have displaced one-dimensional intelligence and isolated determination as core ingredients of competitive advantage. But these 21st century methods and mindsets needed to drive innovation are only found by tapping into the discretionary levels of passion and initiative within us. This is where Out Think leadership comes in. Out Think presents big ideas along with actionable advice to drive unique value and innovation in today’s chaotic marketplace. In each chapter a key idea, behavior, or mindset shift is discussed. The shift is illustrated through proprietary interviews with business leaders conducted by the author. Techniques are described to show how the shift or idea can be implemented, with real-world examples. Assessments, exercises, and actionable messaging are highlighted throughout the book. While some books address the changing economic landscape and the challenges of the creative age, Out Think is unique in the author’s unparalleled access, spanning more than a decade, to executives and thought-leaders who are, in fact, making a measurable difference. Through interviews and collaboration with these individuals, Hunter has assembled insights, stories, and actionable take-aways, with an emphasis on results that can drive the change that leaders want and need in their organizations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118505298

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Small Acts of Leadership

12 Intentional Behaviors That Lead to Big Impact

By: G. Shawn Hunter

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Small Acts of Leadership

12 Intentional Behaviors That Lead to Big Impact

By: G. Shawn Hunter

In business today, there is no offline and there is no downtime. Professionals are both exhausted and depleted. Being constantly tethered to our work through technology makes us overwhelmed and shortsighted, and deprives us of time for meaningful reflection or thoughtful connection to our professional communities, and often even to our own families. For us to thrive-not simply survive-in this accelerating economy, we need to adopt small, intentional behaviors and practice them each day. From simply taking care of our rest and exercise to building our self-confidence and embracing challenges, author Shawn Hunter's latest book Small Acts of Leadership will guide you through a series of incremental steps you can take to build a stronger version of yourself and make a broader impact in the world. Weaving in personal life stories and meaningful interviews with business leaders around the world, Hunter presents the reader with twelve critical competencies that are consistently present in the daily behaviors of today's most successful leaders.

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Routledge

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1351818511

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Jumpstart Your Happiness

Your Jolts to Prosperity, Motivation, & Living with Intention

By: Shawn Doyle

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Jumpstart Your Happiness

Your Jolts to Prosperity, Motivation, & Living with Intention

By: Shawn Doyle

Who doesn’t want to be happy? If there is one common goal in this world that everyone can agree on, it’s true happiness. The real question is HOW? How can you be happy, prosperous, and motivated? How can you live a life of intention? The answers are in this thought-provoking book, and it can be used as your blueprint for achieving HAPPINESS. In these pages, motivational speaker, bestselling author and executive coach, Shawn Doyle CSP will share with you the critical jolts to help JUMPSTART your happiness. This book is the result of thirty years of experience in motivational speaking, coaching, and training. Within this volume, you will learn the keys to unlocking your happiness including: The role that passion plays in happiness and maximum performance Understanding the power of goal-setting and achieving your dreams Hacks for changing your mindset to program yourself for happiness Ways to massively expand your expectations for life at work and home How to confront and flatten your fears once and for all How having a vision can impact your daily happiness Living a life that is extraordinary and joyful every day Identifying and being clear about your purpose in life And much much more! If you want to live a happy, prosperous, motivated, and intentional life—read this book and change your life today!

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Sound Wisdom

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164095077X

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Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Daniel Goleman,Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld,Shawn Achor

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Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Daniel Goleman,Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld,Shawn Achor

How to be resilient in a professional setting. How do some people bounce back with vigor from daily setbacks, professional crises, or even intense personal trauma? This book reveals the key traits of those who emerge stronger from challenges, helps you train your brain to withstand the stresses of daily life, and presents an approach to an effective career reboot. This volume includes the work of: Daniel Goleman Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld Shawn Achor This collection of articles includes “How Resilience Works,” by Diane Coutu; “Resilience for the Rest of Us,” by Daniel Goleman; “How to Evaluate, Manage, and Strengthen Your Resilience,” by David Kopans; “Find the Coaching in Criticism,” by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone; “Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters,” by Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld and Andrew J. Ward; and “Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure,” by Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan. How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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1633693244

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Doing It All as a Solo Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Daisy Dowling,Brigid Schulte,Heidi Grant,Shawn Achor

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Doing It All as a Solo Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Daisy Dowling,Brigid Schulte,Heidi Grant,Shawn Achor

You're only one person—but you're not alone. As a single parent, you know your life is different from the other working parents around you. With the pressure to perform well at work and no partner to assist with tasks at home (let alone major crises), you likely find yourself pulled in all directions, with many responsibilities and little support. Doing It All as a Solo Parent offers you the help you need to lighten the load. Drawing on the wisdom of experts and parents alike, it provides practical tips and advice tailored to your unique challenges as a solo parent. Whether you're single, widowed, or have a partner who is unable to help, you'll discover how to do it all—with less stress. You'll learn to: Create a support system of family and friends Make time spent with your children more meaningful Shape a long-term career despite short-term demands Build a childcare backup bench Carve out time for yourself The HBR Working Parents Series provides support as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you’ll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.

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1647822084

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Positivity and Growth (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Carol Dweck,Emma Seppala,Shawn Achor,Kim Scott

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Doing It All as a Solo Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Daisy Dowling,Brigid Schulte,Heidi Grant,Shawn Achor

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Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Daniel Goleman,Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld,Shawn Achor

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Energy + Motivation (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Annie McKee,Heidi Grant,Shawn Achor,Elizabeth Grace Saunders

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Energy + Motivation (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Annie McKee,Heidi Grant,Shawn Achor,Elizabeth Grace Saunders

Push through when procrastination calls. Some days you're on fire at work; other days you're burned out and easily distracted. How can you maintain your drive, make consistent progress, and expend your energy wisely? This book will help you identify what's behind your flagging engagement and productivity—and provide the expert research and advice on what to do about it. This volume includes the work of: Annie McKee Heidi Grant Shawn Achor Elizabeth Grace Saunders How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Daniel Goleman,Shawn Achor,Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

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By: Harvard Business Review,Daniel Goleman,Shawn Achor,Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

How do some people bounce back with strength from daily setbacks, professional crises, or even intense personal trauma? This book reveals the key traits of those who emerge stronger from challenges, helps you train your brain to withstand the stresses of daily life, and presents an approach to an effective career reboot. This volume includes the work of: Daniel Goleman Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld Shawn Achor How to be human at work. HBR s Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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Book's by Shawn Achor

The Happiness Advantage

The Happiness Advantage

Before Happiness

Before Happiness

Big Potential

Big Potential

Big Potential

Big Potential

The Happiness Advantage

The Happiness Advantage

Positivity and Growth (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Positivity and Growth (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Out Think

Out Think

Small Acts of Leadership

Small Acts of Leadership

Jumpstart Your Happiness

Jumpstart Your Happiness

Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Doing It All as a Solo Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)

Doing It All as a Solo Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)

Positivity and Growth (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Positivity and Growth (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Doing It All as a Solo Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)

Doing It All as a Solo Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)

Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Energy + Motivation (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Energy + Motivation (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

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