Disagreement
Does Happiness Drive Success or Follow It
Authentic Happiness and The How of Happiness hold Happiness comes first and produces success: positive emotion broadens capacity and fuels achievement (authentic happiness, the how of happiness, give and take); Flourish and Flourish hold Accomplishment and achievement are their own route to well-being — mastering hard things builds a life worth living (flourish, grit).
From the guide Cultivate Wellbeing And Character Strengths
The two sides
Happiness comes first and produces success: positive emotion broadens capacity and fuels achievement (authentic happiness, the how of happiness, give and take)
- Authentic HappinessMartin E. P. Seligman
- The How of HappinessSonja Lyubomirsky