Emma Goldberg | Staff Writer February 26, 2013 Amidst midterm season, President-elect Peter Salovey has a message for students — stress can be good. In a recent study to be published in the April edition of The Journal of Social and Psychological Sciences, Salovey collaborated with lead author and Columbia adjunct professor Alia Crum GRD…
Ed Frauenheim | September 12, 2013 Happiness guru Shawn Achor is past preaching to the choir. Now he’s going after the skeptics. Achor’s first book, “The Happiness Advantage,” published in 2010, marshaled the latest evidence that positive thinking produces better business results. And his tool kit of happiness habits — such as naming three “gratitudes” a day…
Paul Mountjoy | WASHINGTON September 18, 2013 Ask anyone what they want in life, and the answer is invariably: “To be happy.” However, the question remains how to achieve this lofty goal and what tools, skills and strategies are necessary to fulfill the goal of personal happiness. This is where best-selling author of The Happiness Advantage and Before…
Rachel Dry| May 30, 2014 The happiness guru looks relaxed. His bright red shoes echo the brightness of Oprah’s pink shirt and the flowers behind them. It’s the sort of color palette that is either carefully planned or happens naturally when one of you is a happiness guru and the other one of you is Oprah. In…
Happy Trails | Arnie Weissmann | March 24, 2014 A study from the Netherlands released four years ago suggested that the return on investment for a vacation is extremely short-lived. Among the Dutch who participated, the greatest happiness a traveler experienced was associated with the planning and anticipation of a trip. Happiness during a trip…
Eric Barker | TIME, May 21, 2015 Eric Barker writes Barking Up the Wrong Tree. People whose jobs allowed them to use their signature strengths — those qualities they were uniquely best at, the talents that set them apart from others — were consistently happier: We hypothesized that the amount of positive experiences at work (job…
ERIC BARKER | TIME Magazine October 15, 2014 We all want to be more successful. But everything you read probably sounds like a lot of work. Isn’t there a scientifically proven method that’s a little more… fun? There is. Shawn Achor is the bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and for years at Harvard he studied exactly that: happiness. He gave an…
Tom Black | April 6, 2014 For 30 years, I have been saying “Embrace Change.” Our hope for the future is based on “change.” In every change we face, there is a seed for greater growth. Charles Darwin said in “The Origin of the Species”: “It is not the strongest of the species that survive,…
Not all holidays turn out happy? How do you try and ensure that it does? A NEW survey has revealed that travellers who plan ahead, make a local connection and venture to countries abroad are more likely to return from a happy vacation. That’s according to the 414 travellers surveyed in a new poll conducted…
Elizabeth P. Cipolla | February 23, 2014 You’ve done all of the right things to grow your business according to what trusted experts and mentors have advised. You’re diligent about planning and forecasting. When it comes to customers, you do whatever it takes to please them. Hiring smart is something you take very seriously. Frivolous spending? No…
