Shawn Achor believes that wearing rose-colored glasses is good for you and he has research to prove it! “CNNMoney reported a survey that indicated 84% of Americans are unhappy with their current job.” Well, says Achor, those people just need to change the way they think about things. Remember when you complained about eating broccoli and your parents would say, “There are children starving in the world. You should be thankful for what you have.” According to Achor, that philosophy also applies to being unhappy at work.
His research examined workplace unhappiness and developed tactics to combat the trend, one of which being expressing gratitude. Why should you care? “The single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a happy and engaged workforce. A decade of research proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome: raising sales by 37%, productivity by 31%, and accuracy on tasks by 19%.”
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