The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists. Shawn Achor More Quotes by Shawn Achor More Quotes From Shawn Achor You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body. Shawn Achor work-out fitness inspirational Spend two minutes a day scanning the world for three new things you're grateful for. And do that for 21 days, The reason why that's powerful is you're training your brain to scan the world in a new pattern, you're scanning for positives, instead of scanning for threats. It's the fastest way of teaching optimism. Shawn Achor grateful powerful teaching Happiness is a mindset for your journey, not the result of your destination. Shawn Achor results mindset journey Constantly scanning the world for the negative comes with a great cost. It undercuts our creativity, raises our stress levels, and lowers our motivation and ability to accomplish goals. Shawn Achor creativity stress motivation Your brain at positive is 31% more productive than your brain at negative, neutral or stressed. Shawn Achor stressed brain negative The contents of the glass don’t matter; what’s more important is to realize there’s a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the capacity to refill the glass, or to change our outlook. Shawn Achor glasses important water Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive, which drives performance upward. Shawn Achor creative waiting brain For two minutes a day, think of one positive experience that's occurred during the past 24 hours. Bullet point each detail you can remember. It works, because the brain can't tell the difference between visualization and actual experience. So you've just doubled the most meaningful experience in your brain. Shawn Achor meaningful past thinking The greatest competitive advantage in our modern economy is a positive and engaged brain. Shawn Achor modern economy brain Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness. Shawn Achor stress tasks done [It's] the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. And if we can change the lens, not only can we change your happiness, we can change every single educational and business outcome at the same time. Shawn Achor educational views reality Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success. Shawn Achor impact levels decision Successful people see adversity as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block. Shawn Achor adversity block successful We become more successful when we are happier and more positive. Shawn Achor stress success happiness Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come. Shawn Achor today giving years Most people keep waiting on happiness, putting off happiness until they're successful or until they achieve some goal, which means we limit both happiness and success. That formula doesn't work. Shawn Achor goal successful mean Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can. Shawn Achor realization belief needs Each one of us is like that butterfly the Butterfly Effect . And each tiny move toward a more positive mindset can send ripples of positivity through our organizations our families and our communities. Shawn Achor positivity butterfly moving Beliefs are so powerful because they dictate our efforts and actions. Shawn Achor effort powerful belief By changing our mindset and habits, we can actually dramatically change the course of life, improve intelligence, productivity, improve the quality of our lives, and improve every single education and business outcome. Shawn Achor quality habit outcomes
