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Before Happiness de Shawn Achor

Before Happiness

Autor Shawn Achor
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 sep 2013

Găsim în Before Happiness o organizare riguroasă a procesului de recalibrare mentală, structurată nu pe simple afirmații, ci pe cinci strategii de acțiune validate prin cercetare. Apreciem modul în care Shawn Achor descompune complexitatea psihologică în pași aplicabili: de la maparea succesului și ignorarea „zgomotului” informațional, până la tactici de accelerare a obiectivelor, precum celebrul „X-spot”. Premisa este una practică: înainte de a fi fericiți, trebuie să ne antrenăm creierul să vadă oportunitățile acolo unde alții văd doar obstacole.

Merită menționat că acest volum funcționează ca o fundație esențială pentru temele explorate în The Happiness Advantage. Dacă în acea lucrare autorul demonstra cum fericirea alimentează succesul, aici el face un pas înapoi pentru a analiza modul în care ne construim realitatea inițială. Ca și Happiness at Work, cartea pune accent pe reziliență și pe modul în care percepția ne dictează rezultatele, dar cu un stil propriu, mult mai ancorat în neuroștiință și în datele colectate de autor în perioada petrecută la Harvard.

În contextul operei sale, Before Happiness face tranziția de la individ către comunitate, temă pe care Achor o dezvoltă ulterior în Big Potential. Dacă lucrările sale timpurii se concentrau pe optimizarea personală, acest titlu introduce conceptul de „Positive Inception” — transferul abilităților de gândire pozitivă către echipă și familie. Lectura este fluidă, susținută de ilustrații edificatoare, fiind ideală pentru cei care preferă o abordare analitică, lipsită de clișeele literaturii motivaționale clasice.

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ISBN-13: 9780770436735
ISBN-10: 0770436730
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: B&W LINE DRAWINGS
Dimensiuni: 159 x 244 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte se adresează celor care simt că simpla gândire pozitivă nu este suficientă pentru a produce schimbări reale. Cititorul câștigă un set de instrumente cognitive pentru a filtra informațiile inutile și a identifica trasee clare către obiectivele profesionale și personale. Este o recomandare excelentă pentru lideri și echipe care vor să transforme optimismul dintr-o stare de spirit într-o strategie de performanță măsurabilă.

Despre autor

Shawn Achor a petrecut peste un deceniu la Universitatea Harvard, unde a studiat principiile fericirii și ale succesului, devenind unul dintre cei mai respectați cercetători în domeniul psihologiei pozitive. Este autorul bestsellerului internațional The Happiness Advantage și fondatorul Good Think, o organizație dedicată aplicării cercetărilor științifice în mediul corporate pentru creșterea productivității. Expertiza sa este solicitată de companii din topul Fortune 100, Achor reușind să traducă mecanismele neurologice complexe într-un limbaj accesibil, menit să îmbunătățească calitatea vieții și performanța la locul de muncă.

Notă biografică

Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard. Shawn has become one of the world's leading expert on the connection between happiness and success. His research on happiness made the cover of Harvard Business Review, his TED talk is one of the most popular all time with over 4 million views, and his lecture airing on PBS has been seen by millions. Shawn teaches for the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School, and collaborates on research with Yale and Columbia University.
 
In 2007, Shawn founded Good Think to share his research with the world. Subsequently, Shawn has lectured or researched in 51 countries, speaking to CEOs in China, school children in South Africa, doctors in Dubai, and farmers in Zimbabwe. He has spoken to the Royal Family in Abu Dhabi, doctors at St. Jude Children's Hospital, and worked with the U.S. Department of Health to promote happiness. In 2012, Shawn helped lead the Everyday Matters campaign with the National MS Society and Genzyme to show how happiness remains a choice for those struggling with a chronic illness. 

Shawn graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters degree from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics. For seven years, Shawn also served as an Officer of Harvard, living in Harvard Yard and counseling students through the stresses of their first year. Though he now travels extensively for his work, Shawn continues to conduct original psychology research on happiness and organizational achievement in collaboration with Yale University and the Institute for Applied Positive Research.

Descriere scurtă

Why are some people able to make positive change while others remain the same? 

In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success. This book is about what comes before both.  Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. Only once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we summon all our motivation, emotion, and intelligence to achieve our personal and professional goals.

In Before Happiness, Achor reveals five actionable, proven strategies for changing our lens to positive:

·         The Most Valuable Reality: See a broader range of ideas and solutions by changing the details on which your brain chooses to focus 
·         Success Mapping: Set goals oriented around the things in life that matter to you most,  whether career advancement or family or making a difference in the world
·         The X-spot: Use success accelerants to propel you more quickly towards those goals, whether finishing a marathon, reaching a sales target, learning a language, or losing 10 pounds
·         Noise-Canceling: Boost the signal pointing you to opportunities and possibilities that others miss
·         Positive Inception: Transfer these skills to your team, your employees, and everyone around you 

By mastering these strategies, you’ll create an renewable source of positivity, motivation, and engagement that will allow you to reach your fullest potential in everything you do.

Recenzii

In this remarkable book, one of the leading thinkers in the field of positive psychology digs deep into the science to find practical techniques for unleashing your genius for happiness. So forget about cheap gimmicks and gooey affirmations. Instead, listen to Shawn Achor -- and prepare to take notes!"
-- Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE, TO SELL IS HUMAN, and A WHOLE NEW MIND


“Shawn Achor, one of our greatest positive psychologists for the workplace, has done it again. With his characteristic blend of academic rigor and twinkle in the eye, Achor will change your view of happiness, of reality -- and of yourself.” 
--Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking


Before Happiness is the book that positive psychology fans have been waiting to read. Shawn Achor, the leading light in bringing the science of happiness to work, offers his signature blend of eye-opening research insights, entertaining stories, and infectious enthusiasm. This fresh, uplifting book is filled with ideas for improving our organizations and our lives.
 -Adam Grant, Wharton professor and bestselling author of Give and Take

"Shawn Achor is a positive genius who is capable of taking complex academic research and making it come to life in companies and schools across the globe."
-Tony Hsieh, bestselling author of Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos.com, Inc.

 
In Before Happiness, Shawn Achor provides simple, scientifically sound strategies built around three key factors most of us undervalue: where we choose to put our attention, how much social support we build into our lives, and whether we view stress as a challenge rather than a threat.  
--Tony Schwartz, best-selling author of The Power of Full Engagement and Be Excellent at Anything


“Read this book before you buy any other self-improvement title. For anyone who wants to find more meaning, achievement, and joy in life, this is the single best place to start."
-Tom Rath, Bestselling author of StrengthsFinder 2.0 and Eat Move Sleep

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Trade paperback. Written by a former Harvard professor, this shows how a positive mindset is the best producer of motivation, engagement and performance in the workplace. From the author of "The Happiness Advantage".