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The Happiness Advantage:Research Linking Happiness and Success
Lean Construction Institute
October 6, 2016
Shawn Achor
GoodThink
Researching The Happiness Advantage
Escaping the Cult of the Average
Ripple Effects and Mirror Neurons
Positive individual changes ripple to culture change
Case Study of Positive Outliers
Harvard University
The Greatest Predictors of Success
1. Optimism, The Belief That Your Behavior Matters2. Strong Social Connection3. Perceive Stress as a Challenge
The Happiness Advantage
37% greater sales
3x more creative
31% more productive
40% more likely to receive a promotion
23% fewer fatigue symptoms
Up to 10x more engaged
39% more likely to live to age 94
(Achor, HBR, 2012)
The Tetris Effect: Re-training Your Brain
Creating Sustainable Positive Change
3 Gratitudes (Emmons & McCullough, 2003)
The Doubler (Slatcher & Pennebaker, 2006)
The Fun Fifteen (Babyak et al., 2000)
Meditation (Shapiro & Schwartz, 2005)
Conscious Act of Kindness (Achor, 2010)
Experiment: Commit To Your Habit
1 = Gratitudes2 = Doubler3 = Fun Fifteen4 = Meditation5 = Email
HappinessAdvantage.com
Next steps:
1. Do your Habit
2. Read The Happiness Advantage
3. Share the TED Talk
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