What is The Tetris Effect and how does it shape the way you see the world? Are we set up to naturally be sympathetic to our fellow humans? Shaw Achor takes us on a fascinating journey through Positive Psychology and examines the difference between happy students and unhappy students, the key to implementing new habits, the principle of Activation Energy and more so you can start living a happier life in “Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness.” Shawn Achor is the winner of more than a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University. He is also the Head Teaching Fellow for the most popular course at Harvard, “Positive Psychology,” which is taken by more than 1,000 students per semester and led by Professor Tal Ben-Shahar. Shawn received his B.A. in English from Harvard and a Master’s from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist Ethics. Part of his interest in positive psychology stems from a troubling fact: studies have shown that many of Harvard’s undergraduates suffer from depression at some point in their college careers.
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Educational Fodder for my Writing Arsenal As with , The Science of Happiness is filled with interesting insights. This journey through the “Positive Psychology” by Shawn Achor shows how our perception of the world shapes who we are: happy or unhappy.He goes on to state “it isn’t reality that shapes up, it the lens through which we view the reality that shapes our experience of it.” We have all been told that not only is anger unhealthy, but it actually does physical damage to our bodies and immune system.It would be safe to say the opposite would be true – a positive outlook is healthier. Therefore, our body and immune system responds positively (or negatively) to how we view, and react to, the world.So how do we obtain this positive outlook? It starts with something as simple as a Smile.I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and again, plan on adding more One Day lectures to my library. It is really the easiest, and most inexpensive form of attending college lectures.
short but informative This is a quick read book and was really interesting about how the human mind works esp with the experiment of smiling and the mirro neurons. makes me want to smile a lot more! it was an overal good quick read allowing for some pondering afterwards.