Big Potential by Shawn Achor
"With cutting-edge research, penetrating insights, and practical examples, Shawn Achor describes a new conception of 'success,' and in doing so, reveals exciting new strategies we can use to meet our highest potential."--Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project"A vibrant book on how to bring out the best in others--and how they can bring out the best in us."--Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife
In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we're measuring and pursuing potential incorrectly. Pursuing success in isolation--pushing others away as we push ourselves too hard--not only limits our potential but makes us more stressed and disconnected than ever.
Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor reveals a better approach. With exciting new research combining neuroscience and psychology with Big Data, Achor shows that our potential is not limited by what we alone can achieve. Instead, it is determined by how we complement, contribute to, and benefit from the abilities and achievements of people around us.
When we--as individuals, leaders, and parents--chase only individual achievement, we leave vast sources of potential untapped. But once we put "others" back into the equation, and work to make others better, we ignite a Virtuous Cycle of cascading successes that amplify our own.
The dramatic shifts in how we approach work today demand an equally dramatic shift in our approach to success. In Big Potential, Achor draws on cutting-edge original research as well as his work with nearly half of the Fortune 100 and with places like NASA, the NFL and the NBA, and offers a new path to thriving in the modern world.
Shawn Achor, a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100, has won more than a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he taught positive psychology in Harvard's most popular class. Shawn has established himself as one of the world's foremost experts on the link between happiness and achievement. His happiness research was featured on the cover of Harvard Business Review, and his TED talk, which has over 7 million views, is one of the most popular of all time. His lecture on PBS has also been seen by millions. Shawn teaches in the Wharton Business School's Advanced Management Program and collaborates on research with Yale and Columbia Universities. Shawn started Good Think in 2007 to share his knowledge with the rest of the globe.
Shawn has now taught or conducted research in 51 countries, speaking to CEOs in China, schoolchildren in South Africa, doctors in Dubai, and farmers in Zimbabwe, among others. He's spoken to Abu Dhabi's Royal Family, as well as specialists at St. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, as well as the U.S. Happiness is promoted by the Department of Health.
Shawn was a part of the Everyday Matters campaign, which was launched in 2012 by the National MS Society and Genzyme to illustrate how people living with a chronic condition may choose to be happy. Shawn received a magna cum laude from Harvard and a master's degree in Christian and Buddhist ethics from Harvard Divinity School. Shawn also served as an Officer of Harvard for seven years, residing in Harvard Yard and guiding students through their first-year concerns. Shawn continues to do unique psychology research on happiness and organizational accomplishment in cooperation with Yale University and the Institute for Applied Positive Research, despite the fact that he now travels widely for his job.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781524761530 |
| ISBN 10 | 1524761532 |
| Title | Big Potential |
| Author | Shawn Achor |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Crown Currency |
| Year published | 2018-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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