Name: Big Potential
ISBN: 9781524761530

Shawn Achor

Achor posits that "our potential is not limited by what we on our own can achieve; rather, our success is amplified by the successes of those around us. He offers five strategies for exponentially raising our achievement and performance by helping others--colleagues, teams, and employees--be better"--

How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being

Big Potential

Bestselling author Shawn Achor shows how to unlock hidden sources of potential in ourselves and others. In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we are measuring and pursuing potential all wrong. By pursuing success in isolation - pushing others away as we push ourselves too hard - we are not just limiting our potential, we are becoming more stressed and disconnected than ever. In his highly anticipated follow-up to The Happiness Advantage, Achor reveals a better approach. Drawing on his work in 50 countries, he shows that success and happiness are not competitive sports. Rather, they depend almost entirely on how well we connect with, relate to, and learn from each other. Just as happiness is contagious, every dimension of human potential - performance, intelligence, creativity, leadership ability and health - is influenced by those around us. So when we help others become better, we reach new levels of potential, as well. Rather than fighting over scraps of the pie, we can expand the pie instead. Small Potential is the limited success we can attain alone. BIG Potential is what we can achieve together. Here, Achor offers five strategies - the SEEDS of Big Potential--for lifting the ceiling on what we can achieve while returning happiness and meaning to our lives. The dramatic shifts in how we approach work today demand an equally dramatic shift in our approach to success. Big Potential offers a new path to thriving in the modern world.

Jennifer

Just skim through and read the bolder and italicized sentences. There are some inspiration gems even though it's pretty repetitive and you'll get the gist right away. "It's not about survival of the fittest, it's about survival of the best fit" and something to the effect of Don't shine alone; shine brighter together. And Genuinely praise people and teams. I liked and related to the author's points about overextending yourself and burnout. It seems that the "amazing" positive results based off of the author's examples were a bit oversimplified. For example, managers "empowered" consultants to self-organize and then their "profit margin rose 151%!" Eye roll. Overall, there were useful and inspiring tidbits in here that will be helpful to refer to in times of stress.

Big Potential How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being

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