Happines=Positive Outcomes, Positive Outcomes=Happiness, Chicken or the Egg?

I just finished watching a TED Talk with Shawn Achor, "the happy secret to better work". So entertaining yet so thought provoking. 

Dr Achor gives us 6 things we can do to change our outlook.
 

• Spend two minutes a day to write down three new things you are grateful for - for 21 days in a row.
• Journal about one positive experience you’ve had every 24 hours.
• Exercise.
• Meditate to allow your brain to focus on one thing at a time.
• Perform random acts of kindness.
• Write one positive email to someone you know every time you open up your inbox.

I recommend taking 12:21 mins of your day to listen to this TED Talk,

http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html

It could change how you approach your students. It could change how they learn.