{"id":9992,"date":"2016-12-05T22:53:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=9992"},"modified":"2016-12-05T22:53:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:23:44","slug":"5-ways-to-be-more-successful-based-on-harvard-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/5-ways-to-be-more-successful-based-on-harvard-research.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways To Be More Successful &#8211; Based On Harvard Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who doesn\u2019t want to be successful? Every one of us wants to be successful and all the tips you usually get seem like a lot of work to do. Shawn Achor, the author of <\/span><b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work?language=en\">The Happiness Advantage<\/a> <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and studies \u2018happiness\u2019 for years at Harvard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shawn\u2019s study claims that<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>Success doesn\u2019t bring happiness \u2013 happiness brings success.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He studied the outliers from data he had gathered. He wanted to know what happy people do differently than others. Shawn claims,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>\u201c<\/i><\/b><b><i>Instead of deleting those people that are weirdos in the data what we do is we intentionally study them. We try and find out why it is that while an entire sales force has low numbers, we\u2019re finding three or four people whose sales are skyrocketing. Or we\u2019re looking at a low socioeconomic school in Chicago, where the academic scores are below average, there are a couple students whose grades are skyrocketing. By studying those outliers, what we\u2019re doing is we\u2019re gleaning information not on how to move subpar performers up toward that average point, but how to move people from average to superior.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>What are the different success mantras according to the research?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><br \/>\n<h3><b>Success doesn\u2019t bring happiness; happiness brings success.<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We often think; \u201cI\u2019ll be happy after my promotion,\u201d \u201cI\u2019ll be happy once I achieve my goals\u201d etc. But according to Shawn\u2019s research, this isn\u2019t true. Once you achieve a goal you\u2019re temporarily happy and then look forward to the next bigger achievement. The research showed that when you flip the formula and focus on increasing happiness, you will be increasing success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shawn says,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>If we can get somebody to raise their levels of optimism or deepen their social connection or raise happiness, turns out every single business and educational outcome we know how to test for improves dramatically.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shawn explains that intelligence and technical skills only predict 25% of success. The remaining 75% of long-term job success is not predicted by intelligence and technical skills. There are three umbrella categories: Optimism, social connection and the perseverance for stress.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>Therefore, your attitude is very important on your path to success. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><br \/>\n<h3><b>Problems are challenges, not threats.<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right after a huge banking crisis, Shawn studied bankers. He observed that most of them were stressed but few were happy and recovered quickly. These were \u00a0the people who didn\u2019t see the problems at the bank as stress, they considered them as challenges to overcome. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shawn experimented that such positively is not necessarily inbuilt, it can be learnt. He watched groups of people over the next 3-6 weeks. They found that if the people thought stress to be \u00a0enhancing there was a 23% drop in stress levels. There was a significant increase the levels of happiness and also a drastic improvement in the engagement at work. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>Therefore, at times of difficulties, face them like they are challenges which can be defeated. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><br \/>\n<h3><b>Have more friends as your work increases.<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shawn was a proctor at Harvard to help the freshers adapt to the stressful and competitive surrounding. He claims that people who overcome stress increase their social investments in the middle of the\u00a0stressful situations. This is something you would not usually do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.harvard.edu\/news\/uk\/15\/03\/because-i%E2%80%99m-happy\" target=\"_blank\"> study <\/a>Hinton claims that \u201cwe found a network of supportive relationships is at the heart of happiness.\u201d He says, \u201cIf schools want to support student well-being and achievement, they should take seriously nurturing positive relationships among teachers and students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>While you have understood that in order to be more successful you need to be happy, you may be wondering how can that be done?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><br \/>\n<h3><b>Send a \u201cthank you\u201d e-mail to whoever you feel like thanking.<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are in an illusion that big achievements and successful goals are the ultimate sources of happiness. But, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakadesuyo.com\/2011\/12\/is-it-the-big-things-or-little-things-in-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a> says that little things are more important. Shawn suggests that instead of looking forward to boosts like vacations or promotion, a smarter way would be to have little but consistent habits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quick &#8220;thank you&#8221;\u00a0e-mail, at the beginning of the day can build a positive approach within yourself. Shawn shares,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>\u201cWe\u2019ve done this at Facebook, at US Foods, we\u2019ve done this at Microsoft. We had them write a two-minute email praising or thanking one person they know, and a different person each day for 21 days in a row. That\u2019s it. What we find is this dramatically increases their social connection which is the greatest predictor of happiness we have in organisations. It also improves teamwork. We\u2019ve measured the collective IQ of teams and the collective years of experience of teams but both of those metrics are trumped by social cohesion.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><br \/>\n<h3><b>Follow the 20-seconds rule.<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Shawn, \u201cactivation energy\u201d stops you from making changes even when you know you should. He suggests that when you reduce the amount of required activation energy, things become easy. So, while adopting new habits try to make them 20-seconds easier. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>For example, if you want to adopt the habit of going to the gym regularly then keeping the shoes near your bed, or even sleeping wearing the gym clothes will make you more likely to exercise in the gym. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no fixed success mantra, but you can try these fun ways to be more successful in life. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left; color: black;\"><b><i>Are you finding it difficult to succeed in your goals? Get more tips and advice from the <a href=\"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/talkItOutyd_source=YDBlog&amp;yd_medium=InternalLinking&amp;yd_content=5WaysToBeMoreSuccessfulBackedByHarvardResearch_campaign=BlogPostPromotion)\" target=\"_blank\">Experts at YourDOST<\/a> to accomplish your goals.<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn\u2019t want to be successful? 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