Shawn Achor, author of "The Happiness Advantage", is one the world's leading experts on human potential. Shawn spent over a decade at Harvard University where he won more than a dozen distinguished teaching awards before founding Good Think Inc. to share this research with companies and schools. Over the past three years, Shawn has researched and lectured in 45 different countries about happiness and potential. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics. The New York Times recently named Shawn a "world famous expert" and he blogs regularly for The Harvard Business Review. For more information please visit: www.shawnachor.com
My guess is that you have already answered that question several times today. You answer it every time your brain says, "I'll be happy when I find a job." "I'll be happy when I get a promotion." "I'll...
This innocent comment is the very reason that happiness is so elusive for us in the modern world. We think: I will be happy when I have a successful relationship. I will be happy when I find a job. I will be happy when...
Posted August 30, 2011 | 08/30/11 01:44 PM ET