Broadcasting Happiness: Summary Review
This is a summary review of Broadcasting Happiness containing key details about the book.
What is Broadcasting Happiness About?
"Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change" is a book written by Michelle Gielan, a national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher and communication expert. The book aims to provide readers with an understanding of how positive communication can be used to inspire and create positive change.
In Broadcasting Happiness, readers can learn the author's simple research-based communication habits that have been featured in her PBS program Inspire Happiness and Oprah's 21 Days to Happiness class.
Generally speaking, Broadcasting Happiness is about:
- Inoculate your brain against stress and negativity by fact-checking challenges
- Drive success by leading a conversation or communication with positivity
- Rewrite debilitating thought patterns and turn them into fuel for resilience and growth
- Deal with negative people in a way that lessens their power
- Share bad news more effectively to increase future social capital
- Create and sustain a positive culture at work or home by creating contagious optimism
- Help the people you care about most move from negative to positive in seconds
Who is the author of Broadcasting Happiness?
Michelle Gielan, national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness. She is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and is partnered with Arianna Huffington to study how transformative stories fuel success.
What are some key summary points from Broadcasting Happiness?
Here are some key points and takeaways from the book:
- The book explains the science of positive communication, and how it can be used to inspire and create positive change.
- Gielan argues that positive communication is a powerful tool for creating positive change, but that it must be used strategically to be effective.
- The book provides practical tips and techniques for broadcasting happiness, such as using storytelling, gratitude, and visualization.
- The author explains how to use the power of language to influence others, to create a positive and optimistic mindset, and to make a difference.
- The book suggests how to make use of the power of social networks to spread positivity and happiness.
- The author emphasizes the importance of being authentic when broadcasting happiness, and of not trying to create a false image of happiness.
- The book provides examples of how organizations, communities and leaders have used positive communication to inspire change and improve their performance
- Gielan also focuses on the importance of creating a culture of positivity, and how that can lead to greater productivity, creativity and well-being.
Overall, the book provides readers with the tools and strategies they need to broadcast happiness and inspire positive change in themselves, their teams and their organizations.
Book details
- Print length: 224 pages
- Genre: Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology
What are the chapters in Broadcasting Happiness?
Chapter 1. The Value of Broadcasting Happiness
Chapter 2. Power Leads: Prime the Brain for High Performance
Chapter 3. Flash Memories: Leverage Past Wins to Fuel Future Successes
Chapter 4. Leading Questions: Spark Positive Thinking
Chapter 5. Fact-Check: Move from Paralysis to Activation
Chapter 6. Strategic Retreats: Deal with Negative People
Chapter 7. The Four Cs: Deliver Bad News Better
Chapter 8. Go Viral: Generate Contagious Optimism
What do critics say?
Here's what one of the prominent reviewers had to say about the book: "Broadcasting Happiness is an inspiring book on radically rethinking the way we communicate with others. Michelle Gielan is a gifted storyteller, and she shares powerful science and practical insights for improving the world around us." — Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take
* The editor of this summary review made every effort to maintain information accuracy, including any published quotes, chapters, or takeaways. If you're interested in enhancing your personal growth, I suggest checking out my list of favorite self-development books. These books have been instrumental in my own personal development and I'm confident they can help you too.
Chief Editor
Tal Gur is an author, founder, and impact-driven entrepreneur at heart. After trading his daily grind for a life of his own daring design, he spent a decade pursuing 100 major life goals around the globe. His journey and most recent book, The Art of Fully Living, has led him to found Elevate Society.
