**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "This fresh, uplifting book is filled
with ideas for improving our organizations and our lives."--Adam Grant,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the
podcast *WorkLife
"With his characteristic blend of academic rigor and twinkle in the
eye, Shawn Achor will change your view of happiness, of reality--and of
yourself."--Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet
and Bittersweet
Why are some people able to make positive change while others remain
the same?
In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage,
Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the
precursor to greater success. Before Happiness is about what comes
before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to
first develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. Only
once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we
summon all our motivation, emotion, and intelligence to achieve our
personal and professional goals.
In Before Happiness, Achor reveals five actionable, proven strategies
for changing our lens to positive:
- The Most Valuable Reality: See a broader range of ideas and
solutions by changing the details on which your brain chooses to focus
- Success Mapping: Set goals oriented around the things in life that
matter to you most, whether career advancement or family or making a
difference in the world
- The X-spot: Use success accelerants to propel you more quickly
towards those goals, whether finishing a marathon, reaching a sales
target, learning a language, or losing ten pounds
- Noise-Canceling Boost the signal pointing you to opportunities and
possibilities that others miss
- Positive Inception Transfer these skills to your team, your
employees, and everyone around you
By mastering these strategies, you'll create a renewable source of
positivity, motivation, and engagement that will allow you to reach your
fullest potential in everything you do.
