Most people keep waiting on happiness, putting off happiness until they're successful or until they achieve some goal, which means we limit both happiness and success. That formula doesn't work.
Shawn AchorThe contents of the glass donโt matter; whatโs more important is to realize thereโs a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the capacity to refill the glass, or to change our outlook.
Shawn AchorResearch shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.
Shawn AchorAs we got more interested in time management and productivity, we lost the individual, and with that individual loss, we lost happiness as well. So I think the world has actually been malnourished as we've focused so much on productivity and ignored happiness and meaning to our own detriment.
Shawn Achor