TED talk: Shawn Anchor

The Happy Secret to Better Work

"90 percent of your long-term happiness is predicted not by the external world, but by the way your brain processes the world. And if we change it, if we change our formula for happiness and success, what we can do is change the way that we can then affect reality." 

In a witty and insightful TED talk, Shawn Anchor discusses the link between positive thinking and productivity. He challenges academic institutions to embrace positive outliers - students whose success is propelled by positive habits of the mind - rather than merely focusing on the average. 

By encouraging the habits of positive outliers, Anchor hopes to revitalize society's attitudes towards work. 

Daily mantra: Internal thoughts are predictive of external success.