Unmistakable Classic: Scientifically Proven Advice for Becoming Happier with Shawn Achor

In this Unmistakable Creative Classic, we speak with happiness researcher Shawn Achor about scientifically proven advice for become happier. His work in positive psychology has resulted in discoveries of incredibly simple and effective happiness advice. A look at Shawn’s early work in religion and spiritualityWhy positive brains lead to better outcomesThe opportunity to choose between multiple careersWhy you don’t have the meditate for 7 years to be happyDivorcing yourself from your genetic makeupHow to make changes to your habits by tapping into past successMaking a mindset shift to separate happiness from your environmentWhy we study and learn from positive outliersGoing to back to places when you had less than now but were happyWhy genetics and environment don’t indicate our potentialHow People Experience Post Traumatic GrowthLearning how to become more optimistic and productiveIdeas for spying yourself towards your goalScientifically proven tips for becoming happierWhy small changes have the greatest impact on our livesHow to rock your to do list Putting the concept of activation energy to workWhy vision boards usually don’t work for peopleShawn Achor is the author of Before Happiness and The Happiness Advantage. He is also a positive psychology researcher, speaker and founder of GoodThink, Inc.  Subscribe for ad-free interviews and bonus episodes https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.