See Your Big Potential: Shawn Achor

Scott Miller

Join bestselling author and Ted Talk titan, Shawn Achor, as he shares research, insight, and tales from his bestselling book, Big Potential, and how only through pursuing happiness and success together can we see our big potential. And be sure to watch to the end of the interview to hear a great story about Oprah.

Guest Bio:

Shawn Achor is the NY Times bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential. Shawn has worked in 50 countries with nearly half the Fortune 100 and everywhere from Camp David and Harvard to shantytowns in Zimbabwe and children’s cancer wards in Boston.

Shawn’s TED talk, The Happy Secret to Better Work, has over 16 million views.

Watch Shawn's TED talk here.

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About the Author

Scott Miller is a 25-year associate of FranklinCovey and serves as Senior Advisor, Thought Leadership. Scott hosts the world’s largest and fastest-growing podcast/newsletter devoted to leadership development, On Leadership. Additionally, Scott is the author of the multi-week Amazon #1 New Releases, Master Mentors: 30 Transformative Insights From Our Greatest Minds, Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow, and the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife and three sons.
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