Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The Happiness Advantage

A friend sent me a link to a TED talk which she titled "funny and interesting." The speaker is Shawn Achor, and my friend was right - he is funny and interesting. In a very entertaining way, he explained that while we think success will make us happy, it's just the opposite: happiness will make us successful.

I'm now reading his book - also funny and interesting - and it's reinforcing some of the other concepts on happiness that I've been reading about over the last year. If you need a dose of happiness and have about 12 minutes, take a look.

4 comments:

  1. Gardn Of WeednFebruary 28, 2012 at 7:55 PM

    Wow, he talks fast but his message has weight. I read recently that comparisons are the #1 destroyers of happiness. I thought, ohhh yeah, there's some truth there.
    Dee

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  2. CarlieFebruary 29, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    This is wonderful! I sure do like the way Shawn thinks. Thank you for sharing this with us.

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  3. SusanMarch 5, 2012 at 11:14 AM

    thank you for such excellent links !!
    I am on this quest - big time

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  4. AnonymousMarch 6, 2012 at 10:49 AM

    Thanks for sharing. That was 12 well spent minutes.x

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