Cm's video: Big Potential Summary

Big Potential will show you that the real secret to success and thriving in all aspects of life is developing strong connections with others and treating them in a way that lifts them up. Two intelligent and hard-working girls enter a rigorous freshman year at Harvard. One of them decides that the best option for success is to become a recluse. She focuses on being alone to study and work. In contrast, the other works hard but also makes time for social events. She attends activities, participates in study groups, and enjoys a little time with her friends. A few months later, the hermit-like young woman finds herself leaving Harvard, while the social butterfly is thriving. What happened? The big potential within the relationships the second student built were the path to her success. With only the small potential of working alone, the first failed. Social connection breeds progress and joy, and the lack thereof only brings stagnation and sorrow. In The Happiness Advantage, author Shawn Achor flipped upside-down the notion that success causes happiness. Now that we know enjoyment leads to achievement, the only question is how to find that joy. In the last chapter of his first book, Achor identified that the largest indicator of happiness and success is social connections. Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being is Achor’s follow-up to that revolutionary finding and explores the idea further. Here are the 3 biggest lessons about potential: Use the SEEDS acronym to develop big potential, the first part of which is to Surround yourself with the best people. Expand and Enhance your power by helping your positive influencers lead and focusing on their accomplishments. When your system is in place Defend it from attacks and Sustain the process with the “Virtuous Cycle.” Are you ready to see how you can grow from a small acorn into a large tree? Let’s get started!