Shawn Achor: The Life-Altering Power of a Positive Mind

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In a live appearance at UCLA’s Royce Hall, New York Times best-selling author, happiness expert and Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor says that pleasure isn't the only thing that brings people happiness. How do you explain the joy felt during spiritually and emotionally challenging moments, such as when your legs are burning halfway through a marathon or when you cradle your 1-year-old in the middle of the night until she falls back to sleep? He offers a definition of happiness that encompasses all things that bring us deep, lasting joy. Shawn also explains how by making a single positive behavioral change, you can spark a powerful chain of happiness in your own life.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.5	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.1	now.
0:25.3	Shaan-E-Core, one of the kindest men you'll ever meet because he practices what he
0:34.3	preaches.
0:35.3	He and his wife Michelle are carving out new territory in the latest science on how positive
0:43.8	thinking can literally change the trajectory of our lives.
0:48.9	Shaan-E-Core is going to tell us about the life altering power of a positive mind.
0:55.9	Thank you.
0:59.9	Wow. I am so thrilled and honored to be here.
1:10.4	This is incredible.
1:12.0	I'm so grateful to be surrounded by so many kindred spirits.
1:16.3	I'm on stage with all my heroes.
1:23.6	This is an absolute thrill.
1:25.8	It's stunning for me.
1:28.7	I'm in a building right now, two minutes from where my mom and dad met each other, fell in
1:33.0	love, and they had me.
1:37.8	I literally would not be here if I weren't for them right now.
1:41.6	My mom is joined here today.
1:43.4	There's my mom right now.
1:50.6	She's appropriately in row O, so it goes say hi to her.
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