The Happiness Advantage:

Research Linking Happiness and Success

National Council for Behavioral Health

April 5, 2017

Shawn Achor

GoodThink

Researching The Happiness Advantage

Escaping the Cult of the Average

Ripple Effects and Mirror Neurons

Positive individual changes ripple to culture change

Case Study of Positive Outliers

The Greatest Predictors of Success

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

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)

The Tetris Effect: Re-training Your Brain

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)

Experiment: Commit To Your Habit

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

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Next steps:

1. Do your Habit

2. Read The Happiness Advantage

3. Share the TED Talk

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