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 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 AchorFocusing on the good isnโt just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. Itโs about opening our minds to the ideas and opportunities that will help us be more productive, effective, and successful at work and in life.
Shawn Achor