About
After spending twelve years at Harvard University, Shawn Achor has become one of the world's leading experts on the connection between a positive brain and success. Shawn has traveled to over 50 countries researching how our beliefs predict our future outcomes. He is a NYTimes bestselling author of four books including The Happiness Advantage which has sold over a million copies. His research made the cover of Harvard Business Review, his TED talk is one of the most popular of all time with over 25 million views, and his PBS program has been seen by millions.
Session
FIRESIDE CHAT
SPEAKER
Day 1 · Wednesday, September 2, 2026
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm ET
When Beliefs Bend Reality: A Fireside Chat with Shawn Achor
In this fireside chat, Shawn shares the latest insights from his new book: The Power of Beliefs – a New York Times bestseller. Beliefs can move mountains. Shawn Achor, Harvard researcher and New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Beliefs, shows how the seven core beliefs we carry rewrite what our brains perceive as possible, from the steepness of a hill to the ceiling on our sales performance. Salespeople in the top quartile of optimism generate 37 percent higher sales two years later. Achor unpacks the Great Drift eroding our traditional sources of belief, the neuroscience of loneliness and its impact on team performance, and why the right neural tribe may be the most overlooked competitive advantage in sales leadership today. The "right" neural tribe is made up of people who hold the beliefs you want to hold: that behavior matters, that you're not alone, that growth is still possible.
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