So many people are struggling to create happiness while their brain is inundated by noise. If your brain is receiving too much information, it automatically thinks you're under threat and scans the world for the negative first. Because the brain is limited, whatever you attend to first becomes your reality.
Shawn AchorThe idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists.
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 AchorMost 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 Achor