Have you ever played the game Tetris for long periods of time? If so, it’s possible you’ve experienced what is known as the Tetris Effect. In studies where gamers were asked to play the game Tetris for hours on end, they started seeing shapes everywhere, both in their sleep and while awake. This will be…
Last week’s post began to explore the book, The Happiness Advantage by Sean Achor. Achor provides great research based evidence to support the importance of happiness and how to increase your level of happiness. This week we’ll explore three of the strategies Achor suggests. 1. Our interpretation of reality changes our experience of that…
The Happiness AdvantageThe Happiness AdvantageThe Happiness Advantage I’ve been reading a fantastic book, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. It provides great insight into what makes us happy and how to be happier. For the next few weeks, I’ll share with you some of Achor’s strategies, but I’ll start off by setting the foundation. Apparently,…
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ― Albert Einstein You’ve heard me talk about leveraging strengths, and you’ve probably heard me tell the story of the poor little bunny who ended up in a…
You may have heard of the famous research experiment where a northern pike (a fish) was placed in one-half of a large aquarium, with numerous minnows swimming freely (and visibly) in the other half of the glass divided tank. As the pike became hungrier, it made numerous unsuccessful efforts to eat the minnows, but only…