{"id":2064,"date":"2016-03-29T08:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T03:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2016-03-25T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T09:35:28","slug":"the-happiness-advantage-by-shawn-achor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/the-happiness-advantage-by-shawn-achor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ha\"<\/a>The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor is a easy to read book. Shawn delves upon advantages and need to be happy and how to achive a positive state of mind. He emphasises that happiness is a skill you can develop, and gives readers practical advice on small things they can do to get their brains more tuned in to being happy.<\/p>\n

This book has 7 principle:<\/p>\n

1. The happiness advantage<\/strong> – the way we can retrain our brains to maximize positivity and provide our the biological advantage needed to optimize our productivity and performance.<\/p>\n

2. The fulcrum and the lever<\/strong> – the way we can adjust our mindset (fulcrum) to be able to have the power (lever) to be more fulfilled and successful.<\/p>\n

3. The tetris effect<\/strong> – the principle by which we retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility and opportunity, instead of getting stuck in spotting patterns that focus on negativity.<\/p>\n

4. Falling up<\/strong> – how we can not only get ourselves up after failure or suffering, but also become happier and more successful in spite–and because–of the fall.<\/p>\n

5. The Zorro circle<\/strong> – the principle by which we can regain control when feeling overwhelmed by focusing on small and manageable goals, and gradually expanding the circle to achieve increasingly bigger ones.<\/p>\n

6. The 20 second rule<\/strong> – how we can decrease the “activation energy” of forming new (and healthier) habits by rerouting the path of least resistance.<\/p>\n

7. Social investment<\/strong> – the principle by which we can invest more in our social networks, which are one of the greatest predictors of happiness and success.<\/p>\n

You can easily complete reading this book in max 5 days. Happily recommended :-).\u00a0\u00a0Check out the book by click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a quite introduction check out video below:<\/p>\n