Shawn Achor
Geboren: March 09, 1978 – Waco, Texas, United States
Shawn Achor is an author and speaker focused on positive psychology, happiness, and human performance. He is best known for The Happiness Advantage, along with Before Happiness and Big Potential. His work helped popularize research on how mindset influences success and well-being, and The Happiness Advantage has been translated into dozens of languages.
Biografie & Werdegang des Autors
Shawn Achor built his public career at the intersection of positive psychology, education, and workplace performance. Educated at Harvard, where he graduated magna cum laude, he later earned a master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics and remained at the university for roughly twelve years as a teacher, researcher, proctor, and lecturer in positive psychology. Those years were decisive. Watching high-achieving students struggle under pressure helped lead him to the idea that the usual formula for achievement was backwards: success did not reliably create happiness; rather, happiness, optimism, and social connection could help produce stronger performance in the first place. ((https://www.ted.com/speakers/shawn_achor?utm_source=openai))
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Big Potential
Shawn Achor
Unlock your full potential by collaborating with others, igniting a virtuous cycle of success that amplifies individual and collective achievements.
Before Happiness
Shawn Achor
Discover five strategies to reshape your perspective, unlock potential, and achieve success by cultivating positivity and motivation in life.
The Happiness Advantage
Shawn Achor
Leverage happiness to boost success and well-being
Big Potential
Shawn Achor
Unlock your full potential by collaborating with others, igniting a virtuous cycle of success that amplifies individual and collective achievements.
Before Happiness
Shawn Achor
Discover five strategies to reshape your perspective, unlock potential, and achieve success by cultivating positivity and motivation in life.
The Happiness Advantage
Shawn Achor
Leverage happiness to boost success and well-being
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Stimmen der Community
"This book is another reminder of the inspiring power of Shawn Achor"
— Daniel H. Pink
"Shawn Achor is a positive genius who is capable of taking complex academic research and making it come to life in companies and schools across the globe"
— Tony Hsieh
"Shawn Achor is funny, self-deprecating, and devastating to my notions of what his field is all about"
— Boston Globe
"With enticing stories, fresh studies, contagious enthusiasm, and immensely practical tips, this is Shawn Achor at his best"
— Adam Grant
"In Before Happiness, Shawn Achor provides simple, scientifically sound strategies built around three key factors most of us undervalue"
— Tony Schwartz
"With cutting-edge research, penetrating insights, and practical examples, Shawn Achor describes a new conception of success"
— Gretchen Rubin
"With his characteristic blend of academic rigor and twinkle in the eye, Shawn Achor will change your view of happiness"
— Susan Cain
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
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