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The happy secret to better work - Shawn Achor

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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. (Filmed at TEDxBloomington.)

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Knowledge of every aspect of a subject’s external world would enable you to predict what about their long-term happiness?

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You would be able to predict 75% of their long-term happiness

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You would be able to predict 90% of their long-term happiness

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You would be able to predict 10% of their long-term happiness

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Long-term happiness is unpredictable – it depends too much on circumstance

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