Shawn Achor: The Power of Beliefs, Gebunden

Klappentext

The internationally bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential illuminates how harnessing our beliefs can influence our success in the real world.

Same world. Different beliefs. Different outcomes.

What if the greatest predictor of your future successes is not simply your genes, environment, or habits, but is in fact the beliefs you hold about yourself and the world? In this transformative book, world-renowned author Shawn Achor illuminates how beliefs change the math about what is possible in our lives, from health to success to education. And by changing the math, beliefs change our path.

Drawing on two decades of research, including work with NASA, the Pentagon, the NFL, and over a third of the Fortune 100, The Power of Beliefs shows us how a belief's ability to alter and predict our future has risen significantly. But that power can be positive or destructive---the key is which beliefs we choose to embrace. Achor identifies the seven most predictive beliefs of positive future outcomes: My behavior matters; I matter; I am not alone; This work is meaningful; I have things to be grateful for in the present; I have something to give; There is something greater than me. In the midst of what Achor calls The Great Drift, in which we have seen the staggering rise of the Four Horsemen of the Modern World---burnout, anxiety, loneliness, and depression---Achor explores the six main ways to change our beliefs and others' using practical strategies he has tested everywhere, from Wall Street to impoverished schools in Africa, from Camp Pendleton to Camp David.

The Power of Beliefs shows how positive beliefs predict and transform our behavior, optimism, and connection, and thus can meaningfully change the future we experience together.