Revolutionising the idea of success in relation to happiness

With a remarkable and unique point of view, he studies positivity instead of negativity. For instance, studying the reasons and motives behind the happiness of happy people rather than how to cheer up those who are depressed. “The absence of disease is not health: you can’t talk about wellness by only focusing on alcoholism, risky sex, bullying,” he offers.

Most of us are of the belief that we have to be successful in order to be happy, but Achor explains is a flawed idea. He recounts countless examples of how we can reverse the formula to benefit ourselves. He explains that once we achieve our goal of success, we immediately shift our expectations further. If we get good grades, we aim to get even better grades the next time, and hence this idea of happiness is based on success that is dynamic. Happiness, on the other hand, is much more likely to make us successful.

He gives us examples of activities that we can practise in order to achieve that goal, promising that we can rewire our brains to view things more positively by maintaining a journal of the things we are grateful for, random acts of kindness, and meditation to filter our minds.

He concludes his talk with a thought-provoking sentence: “If happiness is on the opposite side of success, your brain never gets there.”

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