{"id":1953,"date":"2014-10-10T09:55:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T07:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2015-09-21T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T07:15:46","slug":"avantage-bonheur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/en\/2014\/10\/10\/avantage-bonheur\/","title":{"rendered":"The Happiness Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheHappinessAdvantage\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Happiness Advantage<\/a> is a book from Shawn Achor describing the seven principles that fuel success and performance at work and in life in general.<\/p>\n

The main idea of positive psychology is that happiness comes before success.<\/p>\n

What are those 7 principles:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Happiness Advantage. Training ourselves to focus on the positive boost our performance and our relationship ability.<\/li>\n
  2. The Fulcrum and the lever. The fulcrum is our mindset, the way we see the events that occurs. The lever is our potential (we believe we have…)<\/li>\n
  3. The Tetris Effect. Training ourselves to look for positive patterns drives us to detect and seize opportunities.<\/li>\n
  4. Falling Up. There’s two different paths after failure down toward depression, or up to learning and growth. It’s up to us to choose the one we want to follow.<\/li>\n
  5. The Zorro Circle. Agilists will find this one obvious. When faced with a complex situation, focus on small steps we can handle.<\/li>\n
  6. The 20-second Rule. Form habits with small tasks that can be started fast.<\/li>\n
  7. Social Investment. Because social support is the predictor of your future success.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Shawn Achor finishes is book explaining how behavior (good or bad) is contagious. Probably a good thing to know to start something \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

    I recommend this useful book \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

    In future posts, I will tell you about how we are struggling with our Happiness Index at eNovance, and what I learn from “The Science of Happiness”, the Berkeley course I am following on edx.<\/p>\n

    You can also watch this TED Talk from the Author:<\/p>\n