SUCCESS: It’s Your ‘Calling’ Calling. Are You Free?
SUCCESS Magazine, Shawn Achor December 2014 The brilliant Amy Wrzesniewski from Yale University researches how people perceive their jobs. She found that the way a person sees his or her occupation—as a “calling,” as opposed to a “job”—doesn’t depend on the job title or position, but on the meaning he or she perceives in the […]
SUCCESS: The Importance of Meaning Markers at Work
SUCCESS Magazine, Shawn Achor September 11, 2014 When I was 7, I ran away from home with my 5-year-old sister. Some 7 miles of arduous walking later, we arrived at my dad’s old fishing hole. Thankfully, 15 hours later, our parents and the local police finally found us. They hadn’t thought to look there sooner because […]
SUCCESS: You Have the Power… To Lead with Positivity
October 15, 2014 Imagine how happy you would be if all your interactions with others were positive and pleasant. It sounds too good to be true, but it’s actually quite easy to establish. In 2009, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, split 100 participants into groups of four and filmed them working together to solve […]
LIVE HAPPY: Are you more stressed on vacation than you are at work?
When people are stressed, you often hear them say, “I need a vacation.” But could a less stressful trip result in higher happiness and energy at work? Is there a vacation from work that is scientifically proven to lead to greater levels of productivity, higher energy and lower stress? In December 2013, we set out to find the answer. More […]
PBS PARENTING: Raising a Positive Child in a Negative World
In the weeks following the Sandy Hook tragedy, the lead stories on the news have been truly heart wrenching. Sometimes I find I can’t bear to read or watch another story, and other times I simply can’t look away. As a parent of three girls, I desperately want to shelter my children from the negative […]