Takeaway: Happier people are 31% more productive. To become happier by living more positively, every day recall three things you’re grateful for, journal one great experience you had, exercise, meditate, and perform a random act of kindness. Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes, 9s. Happier people are more productive. Way more productive. According to psychologist (and happiness researcher) Shawn Achor, when your brain is happy, it “performs significantly better than it does at