The Happiness Advantage:Research Linking Happiness and Success

Lean Construction Institute

October 6, 2016

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

Harvard University

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

start@HappinessAdvantage.com

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Next steps:

1. Do your Habit

2. Read The Happiness Advantage

3. Share the TED Talk

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