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The Happiness Advantage The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

Shawn Achor

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

The host highlighted the book as part of one of the largest and most successful positive‑psychology training programs, emphasizing its focus on habits that boost happiness and performance. She noted that the author is a New York Times best‑selling writer and a personal friend, indicating strong endorsement. The mention was brief but positive, positioning the title as a valuable resource for listeners.

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The book's training was mentioned as one of the largest and most successful positive psychology training programs in the world, focusing on habits and actions to boost happiness.

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Sean Aker is a friend, he's a New York Times best-selling author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential.

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The book "Happiness" was gifted to a struggling friend and it had a meaningful impact on him.

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So I actually a couple of years ago I gifted a friend of mine who was struggling personally with your book I was aware of happiness and it had a meaningful impact on him so I appreciate your work.

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The book "Happiness" was gifted to a struggling friend and it had a meaningful impact on him.

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So I actually a couple of years ago I gifted a friend of mine who was struggling personally with your book I was aware of happiness and it had a meaningful impact on him so I appreciate your work.

The Matt Walsh Show

The conversation noted that the real-life murders of Ed Gein inspired the novel Psycho and its subsequent film adaptation.

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He was killing women and digging up some dead women ... That was the inspiration for first the novel Psycho and then the film Psycho.

— Episode: How True Crime Can Reveal God | Matt Wal...

Episode: How True Crime Can Reveal God | Matt Walsh & Andre...

The conversation noted that the real-life murders of Ed Gein inspired the novel Psycho and its subsequent film adaptation.

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He was killing women and digging up some dead women ... That was the inspiration for first the novel Psycho and then the film Psycho.

And so in exploring books like, exploring stories like Psycho, Silence of the Lambs ... Crime and Punishment specifically ...

Episode: Ep. 567 - The Scourge Of Democrat Mayors

The host compared themes in "Psycho" and "Silence of the Lambs" to the plot of the discussed book, noting similar motifs of killers in disguise.

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Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock has similar themes, silence of the lambs has themes in that ballpark as well. Of course I wouldn't expect these book burners to know that because they've only read one book in their lives Harry Potter and even their knowledge of film goes back no further than about 2006.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

The host and various guests repeatedly highlighted the book as a foundational text in positive psychology, noting its core idea that happiness is the joy felt while moving toward one's potential. They cited its practical advice on gratitude exercises, a generous approach to social media, and the brain‑training principles that underlie long‑term happiness. The discussion conveyed strong endorsement of the title’s impact on personal and professional performance.

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Episode: Arthur C. Brooks, Love Your Enemies

The guest mentioned hearing the author discuss his formulation that happiness is the joy felt when moving toward potential, which inherently implies one never fully arrives.

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The writer Sean Acore, say recently, do you know Sean? No, I don't. S-H-A-W-N first name, A-C-H-O-R, he wrote a book called The Happiness Advantage.

Episode: Shawn Achor, The Science Behind Gratitude

This was described as Shawn Achor's first book which laid out the scientific explanation for how positive habits could impact one's life.

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He's perhaps best known for his book, The Happiness Advantage.

Episode: Strauss Zelnick, Becoming Ageless

This book by a Harvard-trained scientist in positive psychology was mentioned in reference to the practice of gratitude. The author suggested listing three things that happened that day to train the brain to scan for good things.

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I was recently interviewing an expert in his scientist trained at Harvard who did positive psychology at Harvard. He's got Sean Acore, S-H-A-W-N, last name A-C-H-O-R. He wrote a book called The Happiness Advantage and he one of the things he talks a lot about is gratitude turns out his because I had been doing this thing where every time right as I'm going to bed I just list all the things I'm grateful for he said the one tweak you would put on that is to list three things that you're grateful for today.

Episode: Arthur C. Brooks, Love Your Enemies

The book was referenced in a discussion about ambition and happiness, where the author quoted the book's idea that happiness is the joy felt when moving toward one's potential, implying that the endpoint itself is not the source of lasting satisfaction.

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The writer Sean Acore, say recently, do you know Sean? S-H-A-W-N first name, A-C-H-O-R, he wrote a book called The Happiness Advantage.

He says happiness is the joy we feel moving toward our potential. And when I heard him say that, it meant exactly nothing to me.

Episode: Shawn Achor, The Science Behind Gratitude

This was identified as Shawn Achor's first book, which detailed the initial research showing that happiness could significantly benefit a person's life.

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He's perhaps best known for his book, The Happiness Advantage.

The first book with the Happiness of Ange and that's when we first started realizing happiness could be such a benefit in somebody's life so what do we do to pursue more of that happiness?

We took this language from this book called the Happiness of Ange which was the scientific explanations about how we could prove that these positive habits had an impact upon your life and we realized we could use this narrative to bring this into the lives of students right?

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This book was mentioned in the context of its author's approach to social media, where he focused on viewing others' posts as a practice of generosity rather than checking his own posts.

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There's this great writer his name is Sean Acor ACHOR he wrote a book called the Happiness Advantage

and he said he changed his approach to social media where he doesn't check his own posts

Episode: George Mumford

The host mentioned Shawn Achor's work and book, stating that 90% of long-term happiness is predicated on how one can train their brain and purpose their experience.

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you know Sean of course book the happiness advantage in his work 90% of long term happiness is predicated on how to brain and purpose our experience

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

The visitor was invited by Dr. Edelstein to explore his library, which included books on this subject.

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There are many scientific journals and books on psychology and anatomy that you might find interesting.

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The visitor was invited by Dr. Edelstein to explore his library, which included books on this subject.

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There are many scientific journals and books on psychology and anatomy that you might find interesting.

The Jordan Harbinger Show

It was referenced when discussing activation energy, and how simply placing a guitar where it could be seen increased the likelihood of practicing and eventually learning how to play it.

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So in his book the happiness advantage Sean Acore had this idea of activation energy.

— Episode: 130: Srini Rao | Why You Should Reclaim...

Episode: 130: Srini Rao | Why You Should Reclaim Your Own C...

It was referenced when discussing activation energy, and how simply placing a guitar where it could be seen increased the likelihood of practicing and eventually learning how to play it.

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So in his book the happiness advantage Sean Acore had this idea of activation energy.

Episode: 130: Srini Rao | Why You Should Reclaim Your Own C...

The concept of activation energy was introduced with the example of Shawn Achor's attempts to learn guitar, and it was suggested that simply placing the guitar in a visible place increased the likelihood that he would pick it up and practice.

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And in his book The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor had this idea of activation energy.

Episode: 130: Srini Rao | Why You Should Reclaim Your Own C...

The book's concept of 'activation energy' was discussed, where simply placing a guitar in a visible spot increased the likelihood of practicing. It was used as an example of how small environmental changes can influence habits.

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So in his book the happiness advantage, Shawn Acore had this idea of activation energy.

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The book, 'Happiness: The Book,' mentioned how happiness and social circles are closely related.

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I wrote a book on happiness. It sold dozens of copies.

— Episode: Mosiah 25-28 Part 1 • Dr. Jenet Erickson...

Episode: Mosiah 25-28 Part 1 • Dr. Jenet Erickson • May 27-...

The book, 'Happiness: The Book,' mentioned how happiness and social circles are closely related.

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I wrote a book on happiness. It sold dozens of copies.

But one thing I learned is something very similar to what you just said, Janet, that happiness and social circle are almost twins.

And that ward family creates a social circle.

Episode: Mosiah 25-28 Part 1 • Dr. Jenet Erickson • May 27-...

The speaker mentions having written a book on happiness, in which he learned that happiness and social circles are very closely connected.

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I wrote a book on happiness. It sold dozens of copies.

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