# The happy secret to better work

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The happy secret to better work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work/9db79ceff6aa), 12 min (TED's player)