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The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work QUOTES

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work QUOTES

1 " Happiness is the joy you feel striving toward your potential "

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

2 " 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

3 " 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

4 " 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

5 " 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

6 " 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

7 " 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

8 " ..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

9 " 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

10 " 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

11 " 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

12 " 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

13 " 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

14 " Without action, knowledge is often meaningless. "

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

15 " 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

16 " Without action, knowledge is often meaningless. As Aristotle put it, to be excellent we cannot simply think or feel excellent, we must act excellently. "

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

17 " Perhaps the most accurate term for happiness, then, is the one Aristotle used: eudaimonia, which translates not directly to “happiness” but to “human flourishing. "

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

18 " the key to daily practice is to put your desired actions as close to the path of least resistance as humanly possible. Identify the activation energy—the time, the choices, the mental and physical effort they require—and then reduce it. If you can cut the activation energy for those habits that lead to success, even by as little as 20 seconds at a time, it won’t be long before you start reaping their benefits. "

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

19 " When we encounter an unexpected challenge of threat the only way to save ourselves is to hold on tight to the people around us and not let go. "

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

20 " The fastest way to disengage an employee is to tell him his work is meaningful only because of the paycheck. "

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