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Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change
Before Happiness The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success Spreading Happiness and Sustaining Positive Change Author:Shawn Achor Why are some people able to make positive change while others remain stuck? Why are some people energized by challenges while others freeze at the sight of obstacles? Why are some people so much happier and more successful than others? — In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor... more » explained why happiness is the precursor to greater success. Now Achor addresses what comes before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to develop the ability to see that positive change is possible.
For centuries, people have struggled to unlock the secret of human potential. But as Achor's research shows, we have been missing a key dimension: For all that we know about the impacts of motivation, emotion, and intelligence on achievement, these all stem from how we see the world in the first place. Only once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we summon all of our intellectual and emotional resources to achieve our personal and professional goals.
Here Achor reveals five actionable, proven strategies for changing your lens to the positive:
The Most Valuable Reality: See a broader range of ideas and solutions by changing the details your brain chooses to focus on
Success Mapping: Set goals oriented around the things in life that matter to you most, whether it's your career or family or making a difference in the world
The X-Spot: Use success accelerants to propel you more quickly toward your goals, such as reaching a sales target, learning a language, or losing ten pounds
Noise Canceling: Boost the signal pointing you to opportunities and possibilities that others miss
Positive Inception: Transfer these skills to your team, your employees, and everyone around you
By mastering these strategies, you'll create an inexhaustible reservoir of positivity, motivation, and engagement that will allow you to reach your fullest potential in everything you do. « less
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