I re-watched one of my favorite TED Talks last night. If you haven't seen a TED Talk, you should. There is something for everyone. But as I was saying my favorite talk is by Shawn Achor and his talk is "The Happy Secret to Better Work." TED summarizes this 12 minute talk in two sentences: "We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity."
So, reason number one to watch this talk is Achor is hilarious. What better way to improve your happiness than to laugh? Reason number two is it will change how you view happiness and help you feel more in control of your happiness. If it doesn't work for you, don't call me a liar, just know that it worked for me.
Shawn Anchor, My Personal Hero
More at GoodThinkInc.
This cite also has information about his book- now on my reading list, book review coming soon.
Anchor states, "If we can find a way of becoming positive in the present then our brain work even more successfully as we are able to work harder, faster and more intelligently." To help people do this, at the end of his talk, he gives concrete examples of how to re-train your brain to be happier and why they work. With such clear steps and with such a wonderful overarching goal, I have my new 30 Day Challenge (conveniently many of these things overlap with my original challenge).
Creating Lasting Positive Change
- Three Gratitudes- Writing down three different things you are grateful for each day for 21 days (I'm sticking to 30) retrains our brains to look for the positive in our lives.
- Journal- Writing down one positive thing that happened in the last 24 hours allows you to relive it.
- Exercise- Teach your brain that your actions matter.
- Meditation- Helps us get over the "cultural ADHD" where we try to do more than one thing at once.
- Random Acts of Kindness- Write one positive email when you open your email and create ripples of positivity.
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