Shawn Achor quotes

The greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy is a positive and engaged brain.

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.

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

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.

You've probably noticed how when someone says hello or smiles at you, your automatic reaction is to say hello or smile back.

Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.

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

Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.

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.

You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.

Positive and engaged brains are a company's greatest assets. More than time and even more than productivity, people must be happy.