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The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles Of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success And Performance At Work (2010)

by Shawn Achor(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0307591565 (ISBN13: 9780307591562)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Crown Business

review 1: This is the type of book that can, I think, actually change lives. Achor does a fantastic job of explaining the impact happiness has on success and then backing it up with research, research, and then, some more research. And yet this isn't a snooze. It's peppered with enough anecdotal stories to keep it interesting and the research is explained well. Really grateful the library had this one, but I am definitely going to have to obtain a copy for my permanent collection and I strongly encourage you to do so too.
review 2: Having the belief that one's "behavior matters" and one has control over one's future is the biggest factor of success. I can't help feeling that Achor created a seven step process simply to articulate this fact. The book is a quick enough rea... mored, however, it did feel repetitive. I thoroughly enjoyed Achor's TED talk YouTube clip on positive psychology and after reading this I don't know if I came away with any more deeper insights than from watching the clip.Even as he takes pains to distinguish his theories from "positive thinking hokum" as he calls it, I cannot shake my skepticism about his rather simplistic solutions. Some suspension of cynicism required. less

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