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The happy secret to better work

Shawn Achor · TED

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About

We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.

The talk

  1. The happy secret to better work 12 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxBloomington
Speaker
Shawn Achor
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Business and management, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
Who can watch
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