Aine O’Connor | May 2014 How, they asked, was industry to remain profitable if workers were being paid more and working less? Proof was in the proverbial and within a few years they were following suit. Time and again, study after study has proven that shorter working weeks are more productive working weeks. It is…
Andre Cooray | May/June 2014 Everyone has bad days, but if you can’t remember the last time you had a good one or feel like there is nothing to look forward to anymore (other than your next vacation), you might be due for a mental makeover. Sometimes the only thing holding us back from true happiness, good health or reaching our life…
May 12, 2014 | Kira M. Newman for the National Edition When I picked up Shawn Achor’s book Before Happiness, I thought I was reading a book about positivity. It turns out, it’s also a book about success – and I shouldn’t have been surprised. Achor’s famous TED talk explains why our ideas about work…
National Public Radio | April 14, 2014 KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: It’s MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning, I’m Kelly McEvers. DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I’m David Greene. Today, in Your Health we’re looking at food labels. At the grocery store you might glance over the labels on items on the shelves, checking the amount…
Mary Anne Thomas | April 9, 2014 If you knew for certain that a simple exercise would bring you better health, would you do it? Probably not. In The Happiness Advantage, author Shawn Achor recounts a conversation he had with a leading CEO. Achor demonstrated with overwhelming research that writing down three good things a…
Tom Black | April 6, 2014 For 30 years, I have been saying “Embrace Change.” Our hope for the future is based on “change.” In every change we face, there is a seed for greater growth. Charles Darwin said in “The Origin of the Species”: “It is not the strongest of the species that survive,…
AFP | 2014-3-28 A survey has revealed that travelers who plan ahead, make a local connection and venture to countries abroad are more likely to return from a happy vacation. That’s according to the 414 travelers surveyed in a new poll conducted by “happiness expert” Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and travel agency…
TRAVEL | March 22, 2014 | AFP-Relaxnews Want a stress-free vacation? Plan at least one month ahead, suggest the results of a new poll. A new survey has revealed that travellers who plan ahead, make a local connection and venture to countries abroad are more likely to return from a happy vacation. That’s according to the…
Happy Trails | Arnie Weissmann | March 24, 2014 A study from the Netherlands released four years ago suggested that the return on investment for a vacation is extremely short-lived. Among the Dutch who participated, the greatest happiness a traveler experienced was associated with the planning and anticipation of a trip. Happiness during a trip…
By BPT | March 18, 2014 Do vacations make you more happy or less happy? The answer, according to new research: It depends. In theory, vacations should equal happiness. After all, taking time off work and time away allows us the opportunity to share experiences and memories with our families and friends. It gives us…
