How to achieve your goals. First, be happy. (Part: 1/7)

The theory that success leads to happiness is flawed. In order to become successful, you first need to be happy. Happiness gives you advantages by broadening your worldview and allowing you to build new life skills.

To achieve success in a career or at work it is beneficial to be happy. :)

From "The Happiness Advantage". This is part one of seven.

Sources:

Main source/Book: The Happiness Advantage, by Shawn Achor

Overall:

Happiness definition:

All happiness benefits:

Broaden build:

Notice more in vision:

Evolutionary role is to prepare:

Undoing effect:

Going outside boost mood:

Use a strength:

Small changes better than one big one:

Music:

Electrodoodle by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ()

Correction:

*performance