The happiness track : how to apply the science of happiness to accelerate your success

I. Decision, Time Pressure, and Stress -- Setting the Scene -- 1. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Behavioral Decision Making and Their Relation to Time Constraints -- 2. Judgment and Decision Making under Time Pressure: Studies and FIndings -- 3. On the Psychobiology of Stress and Health -- II. Perspectives on Time Pressure and Stress: Theory and Method -- 4. The Impact of Time Perception Processes on Decision Making Under Time Stress -- 5. Time Pressure and Task Adaptation: Alternative Perspectives on Laboratory Studies -- 6. State, Stress, and Time Pressure -- 7. Adapting to Time Constraints -- 8. Time Pressure in Negotiation and Mediation -- III. Experimental Studies of Time Pressure -- 9. Framing and Time Pressure in Decision Making -- 10. The Effects of Time Pressure on Choices and Judgments of Candidates to a University Program -- 11. On Experimental Instructions and the Inducement of Time Pressure Behavior -- 12. Time Pressure and Payoff Effects on Multidimensional Probabilistic Inference -- 13. Violations of the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff Relation: Decreases in Decision Accuracy with Increases in Decision Time -- 14. The Effect of Time Pressure in Multiattribute Binary Choice Tasks -- IV. Individual Differences -- 15. The Interactions Among Time Urgency, Uncertainty, and Time Pressure -- 16. Information Processing in Decision Making Under Time Pressure: The Influence of Action Versus State Orientation -- 17. Time Pressure and Information Integration in Social Judgment: The Effect of Need for Structure -- V. Time Pressure and Stress in Applied Settings -- 18. The Effects of Stress on Pilot Judgment in a MIDIS Simulator -- 19. Environmental Stressor Effects on Creativity and Decision Making -- 20. Assessing Components of Judgment in an Operational Setting: The Effects of Time Pressure on Aviation Weather Forecasting -- Concluding Remarks.;The current volume makes an important contribution to an underexplored field by integrating research into the effects of stress associated with time constraints on individual judgment. Unique and comprehensive, the book reviews knowledge from a variety of disciplines; critically examines the theories, methodologies, and data of time-pressure research; and suggests priorities for future research. Everyone wants happiness and success, yet the pursuit of both has never been more elusive. As work and personal demands rise, we try to keep up by juggling everything better, moving faster, and doing more. While we might succeed in the short term, this approach comes at a high cost in the long term: it hurts our well-being, our relationships, and—paradoxically—our productivity. In this life-changing book, Emma Seppälä explains that the reason we are burning ourselves out is that we fall for outdated theories of success. We are taught that getting ahead means doing everything that’s thrown at us with razor-sharp focus and iron discipline, that success depends on our drive and talents, and that achievement cannot happen without stress. The Happiness Track demolishes these counterproductive theories. Drawing on the latest scientific research on happiness, resilience, willpower, compassion, positive stress, creativity, and mindfulness, Seppälä demonstrates that being happy is the most productive thing we can do to thrive—whether at work or at home. She shares practical strategies for applying these scientific findings to our daily lives. A fulfilling, successful, and anxiety-free life is within your reach. The Happiness Track will show you the way. Happiness Is the Fast Track to Success “Are you a hard-driving, multitasking, conscientiously striving professional? Then your ideas about success are probably all wrong—and you need The Happiness Track, Dr. Emma Seppälä’s investigation into the counter-intuitive factors that create career and life success. The best news of all? All these skills are well within your grasp.”—Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind “Emma Seppälä convinces us that reconfiguring our brain for happiness can change the way our lives unfold and the way we approach success. A worthwhile read for anyone who wants to achieve a successful and fulfilling life.”—Amy Cuddy, professor at Harvard Business School and author of Presence “Backed by extensive research in psychology and neuroscience, The Happiness Track offers a wealth of insight on changing how we approach our work, our personal lives, and our relationships. It’s a carefully researched, engaging look at how to improve ourselves without losing our authenticity or our sanity.”—Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals “Through her research-backed strategies, Emma Seppälä teaches us not only how to thrive in our chosen profession, but how to stay true to ourselves—and enjoy every moment of the process.”—Susan Cain, cofounder of Quiet Revolution and New York Times bestselling author of Quiet “For decades we’ve been tied to theories of success that have burned us out and driven us into the ground—because we don’t know of any alternatives. The Happiness Track provides us with a highly readable, science-backed solution to obtaining sustainable success, the sort of success we are all really striving for, that leaves us fulfilled, happy, and healthy.”—Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., scientific director at the Imagination Institute at the University of Pennsylvania A leading expert on health psychology, well-being, and resilience argues that happiness is the key to fast tracking our professional and personal success. Everyone wants to be happy and successful. And yet the pursuit of both has never been more elusive. As work and personal demands rise, we try to keep up by juggling everything better, moving faster, and doing more. While we might succeed in the short term, it comes at a cost to our well-being, relationships, and, paradoxically, our productivity. In The Happiness Track, Emma Seppala, the science director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University and director of the Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project, explains that our inability to achieve sustainable fulfillment is tied to common but outdated notions about success. We are taught that getting ahead means doing everything that’s thrown at us (and then some) with razor-sharp focus and iron discipline; that success depends on our drive and talents; and that achievement cannot happen without stress. The Happiness Track demolishes these counter-productive theories. Drawing on the latest findings from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience—research on happiness, resilience, willpower, compassion, positive stress, creativity, mindfulness—Seppala shows that finding happiness and fulfillment may, in fact, be the most productive thing we can do to thrive professionally. Filled with practical advice on how to apply these scientific findings to our daily lives, The Happiness Track is a life-changing guide to fast tracking our success and creating the anxiety-free life we want. "Some years ago we, the editors of this volume, found out about each other's deeply rooted interest in the concept of time, the usage of time, and the effects of shortage of time on human thought and behavior. Since then we have fostered the idea of bringing together different perspectives in this area. We are now, thereƯ fore, very content that our idea has materialized in the present volume. There is both anecdotal and empirical evidence to suggest that time conƯ straints may affect behavior. Managers and other professional decision makers frequently identify time pressure as a major constraint on their behavior (IsenƯ berg, 1984). Chamberlain and Zika (1990) provide empirical support for this view, showing that complaints of insufficient time are the most frequently reportƯ ed everyday minor stressors or hassles for all groups of people except the elderly. Similarly, studies in occupational settings have identified time pressure as one of the central components of workload (Derrich, 1988; O'Donnel & Eggemeier, 1986)"--Font no determinada "The Happiness Track demolishes these counter-productive theories. Drawing on the latest findings from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience--research on happiness, resilience, willpower, compassion, positive stress, creativity, mindfulness--Seppala shows that finding happiness and fulfillment may, in fact, be the most productive thing we can do to thrive professionally. Filled with practical advice on how to apply these scientific findings to our daily lives, The Happiness Track is a life-changing guide to fast tracking our success and creating the anxiety-free life we want, "--Amazon.com Uitleg over hoe je de wetenschap van het geluk kunt gebruiken voor blijvend succes in je leven. In zes hoofdstukken worden de westerse mythes over succes omver geworpen en laat de schrijfster zien hoe je met geluk als basis juist succesvol wordt. Het beschrijft onder andere het belang van in het hier en nu zijn, wat de verborgen voordelen van rust zijn en waarom je meer hebt aan compassie dan aan eigenbelang Stop chasing the future Step out of overdrive Manage your energy Get more done by doing more of nothing Enjoy a successful relationship ... with yourself Understand the kindness edge.