Shawn Achor is the CEO of Good Think Inc., where he researches and teaches about positive psychology.

"We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor...

Will you join me in denying the belief that when abundance "falls in my lap" it's magic, but when it comes to disappointment it's 100% my own doing.

Rather, is it possible that we are vessels for both? I suggest it is our own force of will and grace that allows us to ma...