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Principle 6 – The 20-Second Rule or How to Turn Bad Habits Into Good Ones

December 16, 2014 / Organization and Motivation, Positivity

We are on Principle 6 in our Happiness Advantage journey. Mastery or even improvement in this area will likely lead to a jump in our productivity (and happiness), because we will be turning bad habits into good ones. Achor, the author, has titled this principle cryptically – you won’t know what he means by the 20-second rule until the middle of the chapter. I won’t…

20 second rule-how to change bad ha bits into good ones

Change Your Mindset-Change Your Performance

November 18, 2014 / Organization and Motivation, Positivity

The second principle of Shawn Achor’s book, ‘The Happiness Advantage’ is The Fulcrum and the Lever. I think it’s more easily understood if you substitute, Change Your Mindset-Change Your Performance. Below is a visual of a fulcrum (the mind) and lever (power – the longer your lever, the more power/leverage you’ll have). The point being made is that “Our brains have the power to maximize…