Are You Interested To Become A Positive Genius?

In his book "Before Happiness", Shawn Achor puts forth his case that your potential can be evoked by changing your mindset or deep-seated limiting beliefs. 

He opined that "The better your brain is at using its energy to focus on the positives, the greater your chances at success." The following is a summary of the five practical strategies to creating a positive path to success:

1. Reality Architecture -- Choosing  the most valuable reality

2. Mental Cartography -- Mapping paths to success

3. The X-Spot -- Using success accelerants

4. Noise Cancelling -- Boosting the signal by eliminating the noise

5. Positive Inception -- Transferring your reality to others

For illustration, the 2-dimensional pyramid would have three sides representing Intellectual Quotient (IQ), Social Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence. 

However, in 3-dimensional reality there is a hidden leg to the pyramid as can be observed in the following picture of glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum. This fourth leg or facet can be likened to having a positive psychology towards life. 

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A positive genius, in Achor's definition, is "someone who see solutions, possibilities, and connections that are unseen by the average person".

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For example, the average person is seated down and sees only the half-empty or half-filled glass cups before him. But, his positive genius buddy enjoying a cuppa with him sees the waiter and signals for the cups to be topped up.

To learn more, click here for Shawn Achor "Before Happiness" on "Valuable Reality" | #OWNSHOW | Oprah Online.