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Before Happiness The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positiv

Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change

By Shawn Achor

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "This fresh, uplifting book is filled with ideas for improving our organizations and our lives. "--Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife "With his characteristic blend of academic rigor and twinkle in the eye, Shawn Achor will change your view of happiness, of reality--and of yourself.

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Book Information

Publisher: Currency
Publish Date: 09/10/2013
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780770436735
ISBN-10: 0770436730
Language: Eng

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December 12, 2013

Over the course of this week, we will be posting the shortlist selections for our 8 business book categories: General Business, Leadership, Management, Innovation/Creativity, Small Business/Entrepreneurship, Marketing/Sales, Personal Development, Finance. On Monday, December 16th, we'll announce the 8 category winners! In early January, the overall winner of the 2013 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards will be awarded, so stay tuned to The Daily Blog for all the good news. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

September 12, 2013

Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change by Shawn Achor, Crown Business, 252 pages, $26. 00, Hardcover, September 2013, ISBN 9780770436735 We all want success, and assume that more success equals more happiness. Shawn Achor proposed in his previous book, The Happiness Advantage, that happiness is actually a precursor to success in the workplace—and his extensive research seemed to prove it. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

April 17, 2015

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By Sally Haldorson

Like many things, perhaps working hard for happiness makes those moments of happiness, in whatever form, savory rather than just sweet. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "This fresh, uplifting book is filled with ideas for improving our organizations and our lives."--Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife

"With his characteristic blend of academic rigor and twinkle in the eye, Shawn Achor will change your view of happiness, of reality--and of yourself."--Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet and Bittersweet Why are some people able to make positive change while others remain the same? In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success. Before Happiness is about what comes before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. Only once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we summon all our motivation, emotion, and intelligence to achieve our personal and professional goals. In Before Happiness, Achor reveals five actionable, proven strategies for changing our lens to positive: - The Most Valuable Reality: See a broader range of ideas and solutions by changing the details on which your brain chooses to focus
- Success Mapping: Set goals oriented around the things in life that matter to you most, whether career advancement or family or making a difference in the world
- The X-spot: Use success accelerants to propel you more quickly towards those goals, whether finishing a marathon, 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 a renewable source of positivity, motivation, and engagement that will allow you to reach your fullest potential in everything you do.

About the Author

Shawn Achor is one of the world's leading experts on happiness, success, and potential. His research has graced the cover of Harvard Business Review , and his TED Talk is one of the most popular of all time, with more than 15 million views.

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