Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose tho...

The Happiness Advantage

Best-selling author Shawn Achor shows how to unlock hidden sources of potential in ourselves and others.  In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we are measuring and pursuing potential all wrong. By pursuing success in iso...

Big Potential

Our most commonly held formula for success is broken.  Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we'll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose th...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Big Potential, written and read by Shawn Achor.  Forget everything you thought you knew about being your best. It's not about your own skills or talents. Instead, real success in work and life comes from...

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Shawn Achor is an American educator, author, and speaker known for his advocacy of positive psychology. He is best known for his research reversing the formula of success leading to happiness—his research shows that happiness in fact leads to success. Achor spent 12 years studying what makes people happy at Harvard University. He later authored The Happiness Advantage and founded the Institute of Positive Research and GoodThinkInc. His TEDx talk "The Happy Secret to Better Work" is one of the 20-most viewed TED talks.

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