“things do not necessarily happen for the best, but some people are able to make the best out of things that happen”

1. HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE
by
SHAWN ACHOR

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CONTENTS RIPPLE EFFECT
Small changes bring
out greater surprises
7 PILLARS
7 principles that beget
success
FACTORS
Factors defining the
need of happiness at
work place
CORE PRICIPLE
Happiness advantage as it
addresses our desires and
fuels success

3. CORE PRINCIPLES
holding
HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE

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“Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to
change; it is the realization that
we can.”
Being realistic about
the present while maximizing our
potential for the future
Cultivating the mindset and behaviors
that have been empirically proven to fuel
greater success and fulfillment

5. FACTORS
defining
HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE

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JOB SUCCESS
Error of the
average
That’s the first
mistake traditional
psychology makes.
Sacrifice of
happiness
We ironically sacrifice
happiness for success only
to lower our
Brains’ success rates..
Discovering
potential
We still don’t know the
limits of our brain’s
enormous potential to
grow and adapt
circumstances.
Reverse
equation
Happiness fuels
success, not the
other way around

7. 7 PILLARS
supporting
HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE

8. THE HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE
“happiness is
the joy we feel
striving after our
potential”
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Gimmicks
Smart companies
cultivate these kinds of
working environments .
Copernican
Revolution
Shows us that success
orbits around
happiness, not the other
way around.
eudaimonia
Which translates not
directly to “happiness”
but to
“Human flourishing.”.
Something to look
forward
Workers have higher
levels of productivity,
produce higher sales,
perform better in
leadership positions

10. THE FULCRUM AND THE
LEVER
“move the
fulcrum, change
reality”
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11. Our brains work in
precisely the same way.
Our power to
Maximize our potential
is based on 3 important
things
The length of our lever
How
Much potential power and
possibility we believe we
have.
The position of our
Fulcrum
The mindset with
which we generate the
power to change.
Pygmalion Effect
When our belief in
another person’s
potential brings that
potential to life.
“Give me a lever
long enough and a
fulcrum on which to
place it, and I shall
move the world.”

12. THE TETRIS EFFECT
“train the brain
to seize
opportunity”
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13. The better we get at scanning
for the negative, the more we
miss out
On the positive
Those things in life that bring
us greater happiness, and in
turn fuel our
Success.
We can also train our brains
to scan for the positive—for
The possibilities dormant in
every situation—and become
experts at capitalizing on the
When our brains
constantly scan for and
focus on the positive, we
profit from three of the
most important tools
available to us: happiness,
gratitude, and optimism.
Missing
out positive
Fuel our
success
Scan for
positives

14. FALLING UP
“things do not
necessarily happen
for the best, but
some people are able
to make the best out
of things
that happen”
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15. In the midst of defeat, stress, and crisis, our
brains map different paths to help us cope. This
principle is about finding the mental path that not
only leads us up but of failure or suffering, but
teaches us to be happier and more successful
because of it.
Maximum Reach
we can only learn to deal with failure
by actually experiencing failure,
by living through it
Growth Opportunity
The earlier we face difficulties and
drawbacks, the better prepared
we are to deal with the inevitable
obstacles along our path
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16. THE ZORRO CIRCLE
“the secret of having
all is believing that
you really do”
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Losing control: the dueling brain
Regaining control, one circle at a
time
You can’t sprint your way to a
marathon

18. THE 20 S RULE
“by adding 20 seconds
to day we can gain
back 3 hours”
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19. • Overcoming
barriers
• Common
sense is not
common
action
• Redirecting
path
• Holding
on to it

20. SOCIAL INVESTMENT
“social support is our
greatest asset”
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21. In the midst of challenges and stress,
some people choose to
hunker down and retreat within
themselves. But the most successful
people invest in their
friends, peers, and family members to
propel themselves forward. This principle
teaches
us how to invest more in one of the
greatest predictors of success and
excellence—our
social support network.

22. RIPPLE EFFECT
begetting
HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE

23. Reverse
formula
Ripple effect
Evolutionary
result