CHAPTER 1Introduction
Today's emotions = Tomorrow's performance
Imagine for a moment we stopped seeing our emotions as weakness or simply something we need to control. What if every emotion you are currently feeling as you read these words on this page is intelligence to help you navigate life?
What would happen if we stopped ignoring this internal intelligence system that has evolved over thousands of years to help us grow?
Hello, and welcome to my new book! This book will explain how today's emotions are tomorrow's performance.
Before I introduce myself, I thought it would be useful to share a simple four‐step guide for your journey through the book.
Guide 1: The Starting Point
We all need to face some key truths before we're able to make real change:
- Every organization in the world has unhappy employees.
- Every single human being has happiness levels that fluctuate.
- No company will ever have happy employees all the time.
- It is not healthy or realistic for human beings to be happy all the time.
Guide 2: Toxic Positivity and Perfection
This book is not about toxic positivity, perfection, or shoving happiness memes or tropes down your throat until you believe them. You can't simply “think” yourself into happiness. A positive outlook in life is a handy tool—research proves how handy it is. However, this is not a positive psychology book. There are already loads of them (of varying quality).
The Happiness Index is not called The “High” Happiness Index for a reason. It ...
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