We have all had the old adage “Work hard and you will be successful”. Believing that with success comes happiness.
But along with success, come the mental idea of goals, which pushes goals further away, so no happiness. So, in theory this is a broken formula.
It is believed by some that happiness is the precursor of success. I can see the logic in this, but I have seen too many miserable people have great success and money fall into their hands. Most of these people did not earn what they had; they were in the “right place at the right time” and success and money fell upon them.
So, this blows all the theories to hell. But the essence of what Happiness Advantage if to follow the Seven Principals, so these seven patterns predict success and achievement.
To learn more, I recommend the book by Shawn Achor – The Happiness Advantage.