by Shawn Achor (Get the Book)Achor (CEO of Aspirant, a research/consulting firm that applies positive psychology to the workplace) describes seven principles for achieving success and achievement. Gleaned from selected research in positive psychology, these principles spring from that area of scholarship. The author combines them with insights from personal experiences in consulting and training. The result is not a scholarly treatment of research but instead a self-improvement book much like Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (1989). That said, one can learn scientific lessons from Achor's analysis, and his concepts apply across a wide spectrum of human activity. Summing Up: Optional. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates, technical students, professionals, and general readers, particularly in psychology and business. --Choice
