Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness
This talk examines recent scientific breakthroughs in the study of happiness and applies the research to our everyday lives. What are the internal and external causes of happiness? Is our happiness genetic or can it be changed? What role does optimism, mental priming, goal-setting, and mindset play in our ability to be happy? The talk concludes with a discussion of researched applications for increasing our baseline level of happiness.
The Ripple Effect: Emotional Contagion in the Workplace
This talk explains how changes in our own mindset and behavior can have a powerful impact on those around us. Given the right set of conditions, individual changes can ripple through an organization and produce a more productive, positive work culture. We discuss the latest scientific research on mirror neurons and mental priming to explain how positivity and negativity spread, how we can each become a lightning rod for change, and how a positive work culture profoundly affects an organization's bottom line.
Positive Psychology and Business: Where Happiness and Profit Intersect
Many individuals believe they will be happy once they finally achieve success. This talk explains why this thinking is counterproductive; research shows that happiness actually fuels success, and organizations that focus on achievement at the expense of well-being put themselves at a significant disadvantage. This lecture explains how positive emotions generate greater productivity, employee loyalty, and company profit. Managers will learn positive psychology tools that prime their employees for greater job performance and job satisfaction.
Accruing Psychological Wealth in Times of Financial Uncertainty
In the midst of a recession that has sparked anxiety in even the most financially secure Americans, Shawn Achor explores new research in positive psychology that can increase well-being and financial stability. By delving into the science of neuroeconomics and the links between money and happiness, Shawn addresses some fundamental questions. Why haven't steady increases in purchasing power translated into greater happiness for Americans? Why do some with less feel happier than those with more? Are there ways that spending money can make us lastingly fulfilled? In this talk, Shawn explains how we can improve our financial decision making, prolong the good feelings about our financial gains, and not be overwhelmed by the negative turns in the economy.
Becoming a Positive Outlier: The Science of Human Potential
This talk explores what science has uncovered about the limits of potential, what gets in the way of achieving our potential, and how we can retrain our brains to breakthrough these obstacles. How much change are we really capable of? By combining the latest research in brain neuroplasticity, social psychology, and the study of society's positive outliers, this lecture explains how we can achieve more in numerous domains of life-in our jobs and our social relationships, and even on the athletic field.