How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and WellBeing
by Shawn Achor
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Goal Setting, Leadership, and Psychology.
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...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Goal Setting, Leadership, and Psychology.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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