115 Quotes by Shawn Achor

Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.

Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.

You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.

Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.

Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.

Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world.

The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists.

You spend money on Internet connection for your employees. Why not spend money on the energy that fuels their brains?

Happiness is actually an individual choice, even in the midst of negative circumstances. It's not something our employers can give to us, though they can limit and influence that choice.