How to Make a Shark Smile
- 40 pages
- 2 hours of reading
The residents of an aquarium learn that often a smile can turn a bully into a friend
Shawn Achor Book order
Shawn Achor is an American educator and speaker celebrated for his work in positive psychology. He is renowned for research that flips the success-to-happiness formula, demonstrating instead that happiness fuels success. After a decade of studying happiness at Harvard University, Achor has dedicated himself to disseminating these insights through his writings and founded organizations focused on positive research. His work empowers individuals to cultivate happiness as a pathway to greater achievement and fulfillment.
- 2020
- 2018
Big Potential
Five Secrets of Reaching Higher by Powering Those Around You
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Collaboration is at the heart of this exploration by a TED Talks star and bestselling author. The book emphasizes the power of teamwork and how collective efforts can lead to greater achievements than individual pursuits. It offers insights into the dynamics of working together, showcasing the benefits of cooperation and shared goals. Readers will discover strategies to enhance their collaborative skills and the transformative impact of community in both personal and professional realms.
- 2018
We have long thought about potential as being a set of individual traits: your creativity, your skills your intelligence. But thanks to exciting new research combining neuroscience and psychology with Big Data, we now know that our potential is not limited by what we alone can achieve. Instead, it is determined by how we complement, contribute to, and benefit from the abilities and achievements of people around us. When we - as individuals, leaders, and parents - chase only individual achievement, we leave vast sources of potential untapped. But once we put others back into the equation, and work to make others better, we ignite a Virtuous Cycle of cascading successes that amplify our own. The dramatic shifts in how we approach work today demand an equally dramatic shift in our approach to success. Here, Achor offers a new path. Drawing on cutting-edge original research, as well as his work with nearly half of the Fortune 100 and with places like NASA, the NFL and the NBA, he walks us through five actionable steps towards achieving our Big Potential to thrive in the modern world.
- 2013
Before Happiness
- 252 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Achor explains that, before we can be happy or successful, we need to develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. He reveals five actionable, proven strategies for changing your lens to positive, in order to achieve your personal and professional goals
- 2010
The Happiness Advantage
The Seven Principles that Fuel Success and Performance at Work
- 258 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Most people want to be successful in life. And of course, everyone wants to be happy. Success does not beget happiness. Based on the study conducted on happiness and human potential, this title presents seven core principles of positive psychology that each one of us can use to improve our performance and gain a competitive edge at work.
- 2010
The Happiness Advantage
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that happiness fuels success, not the other way around. Achor isolates seven practical, actionable principles that show how to capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve performance and maximize potential
