Shawn Achor QUOTES

3 " As Harvard Business School professor Peter Bregman advises, 'Don't write a book, write a page...Don't expect to be a great manager in your first six months, just try to set expectations well. "

― Shawn Achor

4 " Because in life, knowledge is only part of the battle. WITHOUT ACTION, KNOWLEDGE IS OFTEN MEANINGLESS. As Aristotle put it, to be excellent we cannot simply think or feel excellent, we must act excellently. Yet the action required to follow through on what we know is often the hardest part. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

5 " Just as our view of work affects our real experience of it, so too does our view of leisure. If our mindset conceives of free time, hobby time, or family time as non-productive, then we will, in fact, make it a waste of time. "

― Shawn Achor

6 " We’ve all heard the usual examples: Michael Jordan cut from his high school basketball team, Walt Disney fired by a newspaper editor for not being creative enough, the Beatles turned away by a record executive who told them that “guitar groups are on their way out.” In fact, many of their winning mantras essentially describe the notion of falling up: “I’ve failed over and over again in my life,” Jordan once said, “and that is why I succeed.” Robert F. Kennedy said much the same: “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” And Thomas Edison, too, once claimed that he had failed his way to success. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

7 " Of all the social ties we have at work, the boss/employee relationship, what Daniel Goleman has cleverly termed a “vertical couple,” is the single most important social bond you can cultivate at work. Studies have found that the strength of the bond between manager and employee is the prime predictor of both daily productivity and the length of time people stay at their jobs. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

8 " Por gerações e gerações, fomos levados a acreditar que a felicidade girava em torno do sucesso. Que, se nos empenharmos o suficiente, teremos sucesso e só quando tivermos sucesso é que poderemos ser felizes. Acreditava-se que o sucesso era o ponto fixo do universo do trabalho, com a felicidade gravitando em torno dele. Agora, graças às descobertas revolucionárias do campo emergente da psicologia positiva, estamos aprendendo que o que acontece na verdade é o contrário. Quando estamos felizes - quando a nossa atitude e estado de espírito são positivos -, somos mais inteligentes, mais motivados e, em consequência, temos mais sucesso. A felicidade é o centro, e o sucesso é que gira em torno dela. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

9 " As pessoas de maior sucesso, aquelas que possuem a vantagem competitiva, não consideram a felicidade como sendo alguma recompensa distante pelo empenho, nem passam os dias com uma postura neutra ou negativa; elas capitalizam os aspectos positivos e seguem colhendo as recompensas. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

10 " Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

11 " Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can. "

― Shawn Achor

12 " If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average. "

― Shawn Achor

13 " ..the more you believe in your own ability to success the more likely it is that you will. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

14 " Each one of us is like that butterfly the Butterfly Effect . And each tiny move toward a more positive mindset can send ripples of positivity through our organizations our families and our communities. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

15 " The best leaders are the ones who show their true colors not during the banner years but during times of struggle. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

16 " Constantly scanning the world for the negative comes with a great cost. It undercuts our creativity, raises our stress levels, and lowers our motivation and ability to accomplish goals. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

17 " Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it is the realization that we can. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

18 " If we study merely what is average, we will remain merely average. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

19 " Without action, knowledge is often meaningless. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

20 " For me, happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential. "

― Shawn Achor , The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

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