Day 1 - Take Two - February 1st - Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

Day 1 - February 1st, 2012 - Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

I suppose I should start by why I failed.... it's like all resolutions, they seem bound to fail.  Anyway, I am going to give it a second shot and if I am lucky - maybe TED Talks will be able to answer that question too.

Back to the Shawn Achor and his secrets of happiness.... and how it'll change this year.

Shawn's tip - about the faulty formula = if I work harder = I'll have more success = I'll have more happiness

Basically saying that 'happiness is pushed over the cognitive horizon' because once we get close to what we think is success, we change what we consider to be success.  Insane... basically, we are always chasing an impossible dream.

In essence - Shawn claims optimism is the goal.  If we are optimistic we are more creative, productive and ultimately happy.  He advocates for meditation, random (conscious) acts of kindness and sustaining a gratitude journal will rewire our brains and ultimately we will find new levels of happiness.  So.. back to how it'll change my year... I am going to run a bit of a personal experiment for myself this month - I'll start a gratitude journal and shoot to meditate at least 7 days this month.  I'll see where it'll take me.

At the end of the day - this is a great video and I look forward to sharing it with those around me.

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