The Happiness Advantage

The Happiness Advantage

The Happiness Advantage is a book written by positive psychology researcher Shawn Achor. He explains that society's formula for success is broken and that it is not working harder and becoming successful that will make us happier. He shows us that happiness is actually the precursor for success and that our minds work better when we are happier. Achor also discusses practical ways of boosting our happiness and consequently increasing our outcome of success.

His book is highly recommended. You can also see him give a talk on The Happiness Advantage at TED:

http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html