As my career as an academic progresses into the undergraduate level, it was imperative that I select a psychology book for this assignment. Shawn Achor’s The Happiness Advantage was the utmost perfect selection for this time in my academic endeavors, as this book taught me the value and overall power of optimism in work and educational spaces. Due to my endeavors of studying urban workspaces, it was powerful to recognize simple mindset switches that can cause gratifying, scientifically proven, results. In an intense academic climate, such as Ridge High School, this book taught me that simple habits and various perspectives of everyday phenomena can improve your academic performance at powerful rates, and I plan to use his principles and infuse them into my academic endeavors in college next year.
Opening line: “If you observe the people around you, you’ll find most individuals follow a formula that has been subtly or not so subtly taught to them by their schools, their company, their parents, or society.”
Favorite line: “As we have seen, a few choice words can alter a person’s mindset, which in turn can alter their accomplishments”
Why I like it: The way the sections are structured makes it a very easy real that is concise and comprehensible, while simultaneously revealing astonishing psychological correlations.
Read if you like: psychology, Atomic Habits by James Clear, and self-help books