{"id":28773,"date":"2012-02-10T13:03:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T11:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=28773"},"modified":"2012-02-10T13:03:30","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T11:03:30","slug":"the-happy-secret-to-better-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=28773","title":{"rendered":"The happy secret to better work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"526\" height=\"374\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2011X\/Blank\/ShawnAchor_2011X-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/ShawnAchor_2011X-embed.jpg&#038;vw=512&#038;vh=288&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1344&#038;lang=&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work;year=2011;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=not_business_as_usual;event=TEDxBloomington;tag=business;tag=happiness;tag=psychology;tag=science;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? 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