EVERY WOMAN: Success brings happiness, right? Shawn Achor author of ‘The Happiness Advantage’ on why that might not be the case.

December, 2013 Success brings happiness, right? In fact there is evidence that it’s the other way round: be happy and you are more likely to be successful. The ‘happiness first’ philosophy undermines everything the well-brought-up leader has been trained to believe: eat your dinner before you can have your dessert, work hard and then you…

HUFFINGTON POST: 5 Easy Steps to Accessing More Happiness and Boosting Your Success

Kathy Caprino | December 04, 2013 One of the things I love most about my work is that my fascinating, knowledgeable clients teach me things I’m excited to learn. Recently a client shared with me the riveting TED talkby the world’s leading positive psychology expert and bestselling author Shawn Achor onThe Happy Secret to Better Work.…

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Tune Out Distractions – and Tune into Happiness

Harvey Schachter | Special to The Globe and Mail Oct. 10 2013 Too much noise can knock you off balance. That’s the warning from Shawn Achor, San Antonio, Tex.-based author of the bestselling book The Happiness Advantage and the recently published Before Happiness. But Mr. Achor is not talking about the noise of a neighbour’s stereo blasting away…

READERS’ DIGEST: How to Develop a Positive Attitude in Six Easy Steps

Katie Macdonald | Readers’ Digest Online October 2013 Tell yourself you can change. “Happiness is not the belief you don’t need to change, it’s that you can change,” Achor says. Take a moment to notice the relationship between change and personal growth. Try this: “Write down the three greatest moments of change in your life that have brought you…

WASHINGTON TIMES: Best-selling author Shawn Achor on ‘happiness’

Paul Mountjoy | WASHINGTON September 18, 2013 Ask anyone what they want in life, and the answer is invariably: “To be happy.” However, the question remains how to achieve this lofty goal and what tools, skills and strategies are necessary to fulfill the goal of personal happiness. This is where best-selling author of The Happiness Advantage and Before…