Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work video reflection

I feel that Shawn Achor's TED talk is one of the most entertaining so far. There were 2 points he mentioned in his speech which caught my attention. The first one being how we should not ignore or neglect the outliers. Instead, we should study it and improve the overall average. I find this concept mirrors how creativity works. In the process of creative thinking, we always try to think outside of the box. We want to brainstorm and create something novel and different. We strive to be the outlier, to rise above the average. The other point he mentioned is how we can be happier. He pointed out how we always place happiness after success, which I think it is very true. I strongly agree that we will never achieve happiness that way. This got me thinking about the quote "Live life to the fullest everyday". It tells us to live in the moment, to focus on the present. Though it is good to plan for the future, we should not spend too much time mulling over it because before we know it, the present would become past and we will never be able to go back and change it.