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The Happiness Advantage: Research Linking Happiness and Success National Council for Behavioral Health April 5, 2017 Shawn Achor GoodThink

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The Happiness Advantage:

Research Linking Happiness and Success

National Council for Behavioral Health

April 5, 2017

Shawn Achor

GoodThink

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Researching The Happiness Advantage

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Escaping the Cult of the Average

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Ripple Effects and Mirror Neurons

Positive individual changes ripple to culture change

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Case Study of Positive Outliers

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The Greatest Predictors of Success

1. Optimism, The Belief That Your Behavior Matters2. Strong Social Connection3. Perceive Stress as a Challenge

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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)

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The Tetris Effect: Re-training Your Brain

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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)

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Experiment: Commit To Your Habit

1 = Gratitudes2 = Doubler3 = Fun Fifteen4 = Meditation5 = Email

[email protected]

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HappinessAdvantage.com

Next steps:

1. Do your Habit

2. Read The Happiness Advantage

3. Share the TED Talk

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