Shaun Achor: Happiness

Shaun Achor

How can I NOT teach to the average?

Keep in mind that potential is not always average. Study the ones who are not average. Spend time on them. I had a student last year whose scores were low in reading, but super high in listening skills. How could I better teach toward his above average listening skills? Spend time studying his learning.

What is the ‘lens’ Achor is talking about? What impact does this have on my teaching?

10% of my happiness can be predicted by my external situation! What?!

How will I reverse the formula for happiness and success?

“If I work harder, I’ll be successful. If I’m successful, I’ll be happy.” Happiness is on the opposite side of success.

Raise present levels of positivity in the present.

How? Write down three new things we’re grateful for.

Journal about 1 positive experience.

Exercise

Meditation (get over cultural ADHD)

Random Acts of Kinds (one positive email a day)

What is the “Happiness Advantage”?

Your brain at positive preforms better. Energy, creativity, resiliency, productivity increases as levels of positivity increase!

What are the “Small Ripples”? How can I use this for myself and my students?

Ripples of positivity create more. We are positive which affects others who are in turn positive.

What can I do for myself? First, I can do the exercises Shawn Achor has done with companies. I can train myself to be positive.  My positivity should come out without me thinking about it. My positivity affects the positive levels in my students. Individually they can model positivity for each other and for the rest of the school. Each little thing acts as a rock in a pond which produces ripple after ripple rolling out from the first act. How cool!


Source

Achor, Shaun. (2011, May). “Shaun Achor: The Happy Secret for Better Work”. [Video File]. Retrieved July 7, 2015.