title: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
author:  Shawn Achor 
description: &ldquo;Achor transports us to his virtual classroom, a journey along which we glean the seven secrets of happiness. <i>The Happiness Advantage </i>reveals&#160;the most important discoveries coming out of modern&#160;psychology.&rdquo;<br><b>-Rom Brafman, bestselling co-author of<i> Sway </i>and <i>Click</i></b><br><br>"Shawn Achor is funny, self-deprecating, and devastating to my notions of what his field is all about&hellip;. I'm butter to his knife."<br><b>-<i>The Boston Globe</i>&#160; &#160; &#160;</b> &#160; &#160; &#160;<br><br>" Achor bases his training on a burgeoning body of research on the positive psychology movement, which emphasizes instilling resiliency and positive attitudes&hellip;."<br><b><i>-Wall Street Journal</i></b>
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  Copyright © 2010 by Shawn Achor
  
  All rights reserved.  
  Published in the United States by Crown Business, an imprint of the Crown
  Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.  
  [www.crownpublishing.com](http://www.crownpublishing.com)
  
  CROWN BUSINESS and the Crown Business colophon are trademarks of Random House,
  Inc.
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  Achor, Shawn.  
  The happiness advantage: the seven principles of positive psychology that fuel
  success and performance at work / Shawn Achor.—1st ed.  
  1\. Happiness—Psychological aspects. 2. Work—Psychological aspects. 3.
  Positive psychology. I. Title.  
  BF575.H27A27 2010  
  158.7—dc22 2010006621
  
  eISBN: 978-0-307-59156-2
  
  v3.1
  
  
  
  
  
  To my parents, both teachers, who have dedicated their lives to the belief
  that we can all shine brighter
  
  
  
  
  
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
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  This section has been the most fun part of writing this book. I am humbled and
  excited knowing th