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Shawn Achor

The Happiness Advantage

Harness the power of positivity to boost your productivity, accelerate success, and thrive at work.

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What Will You Learn?

Success follows happiness, not the reverse – The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor proves positivity drives performance.

This comprehensive positive psychology summary and key concepts outline:

Happiness Advantage - Positive brains have biological advantage over negative or neutral ones
Fulcrum and Lever - Adjust mindset (fulcrum) to increase power (lever) over circumstances
Tetris Effect - Train brain to scan for positives instead of negatives automatically
Social Investment - Relationships are greatest predictor of happiness and success

2025 application: Remote work makes intentional positivity practices essential for performance and wellbeing.

Begin Click.Apply.Grow™ today: Write three gratitudes tonight. Exercise 15 minutes tomorrow. Connect with one friend. Happy employees show 31% higher productivity and 3x creativity.

Happiness is an advantage, not a reward.

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About the Author

Shawn Achor is Harvard's happiness researcher who proved success doesn't create happiness—happiness creates success, reaching 50+ million through his TED Talk.

After 12 years at Harvard studying positive psychology, Achor's TED Talk became one of top 25 most-watched (25+ million views). His happiness research spans 50+ countries with Fortune 100 companies. Author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential, both New York Times bestsellers. Designed happiness programs for Pentagon, NFL, and White House. Founded GoodThink, consulting for Microsoft, Google, and American Express.

What sets Achor apart: His 21-day happiness exercises produce lasting behavior change, scientifically proven through longitudinal studies.

Organizations implementing Achor's positive psychology training report 31% higher productivity and 87% less burnout.

The researcher who quantified joy and gave it away.

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