You may think that success will make you happy, but science disagrees: happiness makes people successful, not the other way around. Positive psychology research has demonstrated that happy people achieve more. wellbeing, banner1 “When we are happy—when our mindset and mood are positive—we are smarter, more motivated, and thus more successful. Happiness is the center, and success revolves around it”, writes Shawn Achor in The Happiness Advantage. Happiness can galvanise job performance , raising sales by 37 per cent, productivity by 31 per cent, and accuracy by 19 per cent. That’s all well and good, but what if you’re having a bad day or even consider yourself a ‘glass-half-empty’ person? Luckily, research has shown that you can train your brain to feel happiness . Here are a few simple tricks to help you feel happier right now. 1. Be grateful In a study on the effects of gratitude , university professors Robert Emmons a...
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