Shawn Achor: Positive Thinking and Performance

One of the world’s leading experts on the connection between
happiness and success. His research on mindset made the cover
of Harvard Business Review, his TED talk is one of
the most popular of all time with over 11 million views, and his
lecture airing on PBS has been seen by
millions. Shawn has lectured or worked with over a
third of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as the NFL, the NBA,
the Pentagon and the White House.  Shawn is the author
of New York Times best-selling books The Happiness
Advantage (2010) and Before Happiness (2013).
 He has now lectured in more than 50 countries speaking to
CEOs in China, doctors in Dubai, schoolchildren in South Africa,
and farmers in Zimbabwe. His Happiness Advantage
training is one of the largest and most successful positive
psychology corporate training program in the
world.  Shawn’s research has been published in the top
psychology journal for work he did at UBS in partnership with
Yale University to transform how stress impacts the body,
and he recently did a two-hour interview with Oprah at
her house to discuss his mission to bring positive psychology to
the world.