W.I.N. Newsletter Special - Book Recommendation and a Reminder
Published: Thu, 04/28/11
am not sure what happened but I am sure it was my fault.
I just finished a very good book and wanted to share it with you.
The book is:
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive
Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work By Shawn
Achor
Product Description (from amazon.com)
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
those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in
the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is
actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way
around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged,
creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work.
This isn't just an empty mantra. This discovery has been repeatedly
borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience,
management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around
the globe.
In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade
living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on
his own research--including one of the largest studies of happiness
and potential at Harvard and others at companies like UBS and
KPMG--to fix this broken formula. Using stories and case studies
from his work with thousands of Fortune 500 executives in 42
countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become
more positive in order to gain a competitive edge at work.
Isolating seven practical, actionable principles that have been
tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms,
stretching from Argentina to Zimbabwe, he shows us how we can
capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve our performance
and maximize our potential. Among the principles he outlines:
- The Tetris Effect: how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of
possibility, so we can see--and seize--opportunities wherever
we look.
- The Zorro Circle: how to channel our efforts on small, manageable
goals, to gain the leverage to gradually conquer bigger and
bigger
ones.
- Social Investment: how to reap the dividends of investing in one
of the greatest predictors of success and happiness--our
social
support network
A must-read for everyone trying to excel in a world of increasing
workloads, stress, and negativity, The Happiness Advantage isn't
only about how to become happier at work. It's about how to reap
the benefits of a happier and more positive mind-set to achieve the
extraordinary in our work and in our lives.
A Reminder:
If I Knew Then 2: Warrior Reflections is only available at the
release price of $20.00 until the end of April. May 1 the price
goes up so order your copy now at www.warriorspiritbooks.com.
If you knwo someone starting out in their law enforcement career
give them a huge boost my getting them a copy of each of the If I
Knew Then books.
Take care.
Brian Willis
www.winningmindtraining.com
www.warriorspiritbooks.com