Zitat des Tages von Shawn Achor:
Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.
What we've been finding is people are afraid of happiness. They're afraid of happiness because they think we'll stagnate or we'll be blind: that if I'm happy now, I won't keep fighting as hard. If I'm happy now, I won't push as hard to make a better world. That's what pleasure does. Joy does the exact opposite.
If you've ever tried to start up the habit of early-morning exercise, you have probably encountered how easy it is to get derailed by too much choice.
You spend money on Internet connection for your employees. Why not spend money on the energy that fuels their brains?
Positive vacations have a significant effect upon energy and stress.
The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists.
Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world.
Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.
For me, meditation's hard because I feel like I have developed 'cultural attention-deficit disorder,' where, because we have so much stimulation, I feel like I have trouble focusing on things for very long. So when I try to meditate, my brain gets so scattered.
Too many people limit their happiness and success by assuming that taking time off from work will send a negative message to their manager and slow their career advancement.
Poorly planned and stressful vacations eliminate the positive benefit of time away. The less the stress, the more likely you will experience a positive benefit from the time off. A positive, well-managed vacation can make you happier and less stressed, and you can return with more energy at work and with more meaning in your life.
When people exercise, we talk about endorphins, but endorphins are just short-term. The reason why exercise is valuable is it trains your brain to believe, 'My behavior matters,' which is optimism.
We know that recognition and intrinsic motivation are important to our success, but the key is finding ways to effectively operationalize them.
Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.
Positive and engaged brains are a company's greatest assets. More than time and even more than productivity, people must be happy.
Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.
Traveling the world can be an amazing - and even better - a happy experience. You just have to do it the right way.
I'd love it if every company could give raises to the average worker for doing good work.
