“What we've been finding is people are afraid of happiness. They're afr...” — Shawn Achor Quote

“What we've been finding is people are afraid of happiness. They're afraid of happiness because they think we'll stagnate or we'll be blind: that if I'm happy now, I won't keep fighting as hard. If I'm happy now, I won't push as hard to make a better world. That's what pleasure does. Joy does the exact opposite.”

“To be truly engaged at work, your brain needs periodic breaks to gain fresh perspective and energy.”

“Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.”

“Joy makes us want to invest more deeply in the people around us. It makes us want to learn more about our communities. It makes us want to be able to find ways of being able to make this a better external world for all of us.”

“Positive and engaged brains are a company's greatest assets. More than time and even more than productivity, people must be happy.”

“The greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy is a positive and engaged brain.”

“We are people. We have to make a better world for all of us.”

“We need to rise up to the challenge if we want to give our children a better world and want them to be proud of us.”

“But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people.”

“I want my legacy to be, wow she was a woman that really cared about others and dedicated her life to make sure that this world was a better world.”

“Socialcam shares Autodesk's mission of helping everybody imagine, design, and create a better world.”

“Consumers want a better world, not just better widgets.”