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Happiness Doesn’t Follow Success
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Happiness Doesn’t Follow Success

It’s the Other Way Round

Lisa C. Walsh, Julia K. Boehm and Sonja Lyubomirsky
Aeon, 2019
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Which comes first, satisfaction or success? If you’ve been working hard on a goal that you think will bring you happiness, you might want to reverse your strategy, or so say psychology doctoral candidate Lisa C. Walsh and psychology professors Julia K. Boehm and Sonja Lyubomiersky. The three reviewed more than 170 studies, finding that happiness appears to precede success. But don’t worry if you’re not perpetually filled with glee. Happiness isn’t 100% necessary to achieving success: some of history’s most famous depressives have managed to accomplish a few things, too.

Take-Aways

  • Psychology literature defines “happiness” as an emotional state marked by fewer negative emotions and more positive emotions like joy, serenity and excitement.
  • Research suggests that happier employees get better performance reviews, more social support from co-workers and produce up to 37% more sales.
  • Studies suggest that happiness precedes success; psychologists were even able to inspire achievement by putting participants in a positive emotional state.

About the Authors

Lisa C. Walsh is a psychology doctoral candidate at the University of California, Riverside. Julia K. Boehm teaches psychology at Chapman University. Sonja Lyubomirsky teaches psychology at the University of California, Riverside and authored The How of Happiness.

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