Psychologist Shawn Achor puts forward an intriguing thesis in this fast-paced and funny TED Talk that our thinking on happiness might need some re-engineering: “Normal is merely average, and what I posit and what positive psychology posits, is that if we study what is merely average we will remain merely average.”
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Cara Waters is a former SmartCompany editor. Previously, Cara was a senior reporter for the Financial Times' website and worked for The Sunday Times in London.
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