Personal Development
The Happiness Advantage
Seven Principles of Positive Psychology for Happiness
Cliff notes for The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work, by Shawn Achor
Positive brains have a biological advantage over brains that are neutral or negative. Cultivating positive brains helps make us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive.
Positive emotions also flood our brains with dopamine and serotonin, chemicals that engage the learning centers of our brains to higher levels.
Our brains help us organize new information, keep that information in the brain longer, and retrieve it later on. Lastly, it also allows us to make more and better connections between the neurons in our brains, helping us think more creatively and more quickly.
Here are 7 ways you can be happier, today.
- Meditate. Why? You’ll immediately feel calmer, more contented, and happy. And over time, you’ll actually grow the left prefrontal cortex of your brain, which is the part of the brain responsible for feeling happy.
- Find something to look forward to. Why? The anticipation of the event is often the most enjoyable part of it and releases…
