The happy secret to better work | Shawn Achor

The clever thing about this is that he talked for 12 minutes, and about 1 minute was the information he wanted to convey, and the other 11 minutes was him entertaining and getting people to listen to him. He kept the important information short and to the point while filling the time with fun energy. That's a good speaker :)

I like how he puts everyone in a good mood by making them laugh, I think this makes it easier for him to get his message across.

To do today: - Write down 3 gratitudes - Journal a positive thing that happened today - Exercise - Meditate - Do something kind

One of the best TED presentations ever...Thanks Mr. Achor!

I am so thankful for Mr. Achor's speech. I've tried speaking about this with many people, but I never had confidence in what I was saying. This reinforces what I've believed: constantly trying to reach success, to work to reach happiness later, is really not an effective way to live. Being happy now, taking care of yourself, is how you can accomplish goals and live in a fulfilling way. Being happy and finding meaning in each day is the ultimate success, and makes working, school, and accomplishments that much more rewarding. Why wait to find success when it's just a matter of how we view it? It could be right in front of us.

Every time I watch a great TED talk, I feel I have seen the best, only to be bettered by the next talk. This man is brilliant, the way he captured my attention right from the first second, incredible talk!

I journaled right after I watched this video!  Hope this helps! Shawn Achor listed out the ways that in which you can achieve a more positive lifestyle (and in 21 days in a row - where a task becomes a habit and it REWIRES your brain). Allowing our brain to work more optimistically and successfully. 1. Gratitude:  Write 3 new things each day for the things you are grateful for. Brain starts to retain a pattern to scan for the positive first instead of the negative. 2. Journalling:  Journalling about 1 positive experience that you’ve had in the past 24 hours allows your brain to relive it.  3. Exercise:  Teaches your brain that your behaviour matters.  4. Meditation: Allows you brain to get over the cultural ADHD that we’ve been creating to do multiple tasks at once. Allows our brain to focus at the current task in hand.  5. Random acts of kindness:  Conscious acts of kindness. Open up your inbox and write 1 positive email to a person in your social network/ circle. 

5:20 Don't just move "up" to the average..... but move the entire average UP!

Absolute brilliance. I watch this every week just to remain focused. Thank you sir.

“Your ability to see stress as a challenge instead of as a threat.” The word choice rings true. 7:39

You can never watch this too many times. Great Message and Excellent Delivery!

I'm surprised at how many people don't understand this man's message. He never once said to look the other way, put on some rose colored glasses and be on your merry way. He even went so far as to lay out actual steps for every person to take for 21 days. If you watch his Google talk (it's on YouTube as well) he actually explains how not facing reality and being overly optimistic is a disorder. The point he's making is that both pessimists and optimists can be realists. A realist sees the reality around him, but how he internalizes and process that information is what makes him a pessimist or optimist. The pessimist will not perform as well as the optimist because a positive mind performs better than one that is negative, neutral, or stressed. Again, I'm not sure how people don't understand this since he never said anything contradicting that. I guess I'll just remain a positive outlier.

"Bobo married Amy the unicorn" 😂😂😂😂

Boy does he talk fast! Great speech mind.

Every time I watch a TED Talk, I always think "Wow, this is the best one I've seen!" And this Talk is definitely a Life Changer, it's amazing! I'm very grateful I stumbled upon this video:)

3:03: Sicología Positiva 3:15: Gráfica: Escapando del culto del promedio 3:45: Hay un "extraño" en el auditorio... pero no es problema 4:05: En los cursos de economía etc. buscan eliminar los "extraños" 4:20: Si lo que estamos mirando es el potencial, la felicidad etc. lo que estamos es creando el culto del promedio. 4:53: Normal es promedio 5:25: Cómo subir todo el promedio.... 6:20: La realidad no es la que nos forma si no que el lente con que vemos el mundo transforma nuestra realidad. 6:26: si cambiamos el lente también cambiamos los resultados educativos y empresariales 6:30: Estudio de caso: Estudiando los "diferentes" 7:25: Después de dos semanas en Harvard los estudiantes dejan de enfocarse en el privilegio de estar allá y piensan más en los problemas. 7:50: Se asume que factores externos son los que predicen la felicidad. 8:00: El 90% de la felicidad proviene no del exterior, si no de la forma en que el cerebro procesa el exterior. 8:15: Cerebros positivos y éxito 8:20: 75% de las probabilidades para predecir el éxito están asociadas a los niveles de positivismo y gestión, su soporte social, y la habilidad de ver el stress como un reto y no como una amenaza 9:28: Si trabajo más duro será más exitoso, y si tengo más éxito será más feliz. 9:53: Si la felicidad está en el lado opuesto del éxito su cerebro nunca llegará allá 9:58: Como sociedad hemos empujado la felicidad más allá del horizonte cognitivo 10:05: Pensamos que si tenemos éxito entonces seremos felices. 10:06: El cerebro trabaja en sentido opuesto 10:10: Primero se eleva el nivel de positivismo en el presente, entonces el cerebro experimenta una "ventaja de felicidad", ya que cuando el cerebro piensa positivimante se desempeña muchísimo mejor que cuando está negativo, neutro o estresado. 10:20: Aumenta la inteligencia, la creatividad, los niveles de energía 10:25: Imagen: La ventaja de la felicidad 10:50: Tenemos que aprender a reversar la fórmula: Si trabajo más duro seré más exitoso a si pienso positivamente en el presente tengo la "ventaja de la felicidad". 10:55: Sobre la dopamina 11:07: Formas de entrenar el cerebro para crear cambio positivo perdurable CLAVE: Hay que cambiar el "Debo tener éxito(s) para ser feliz." a "Debo pensar positivamente (sentir felicidad) en el presente, para muy probablemente tener éxito(s)

Best Ted Talk i've seen in a while

Buddhism in modern context. As long as it's in a form people can digest, doesn't matter how/ who the message is provided.

I LOVED this Ted Talk! Any time I've operating from a place of happiness, instead of making "happy" a goal, my creativity and list of new ideas go off the charts. Thanks Shawn for reminding me that I can work towards living this way daily!

This is my all-time favorite TED talk!