The Joy-Success Cycle: The Science-Backed Path to Fulfillment and Peak Performance (Hardcover)

While much has been written about the link between happiness and optimism as drivers of performance, many of those works miss the point. Where others focus on happiness as a broad outcome, they fail to define joy—the small, repeatable, everyday moments that you can intentionally nurture.

In The Joy–Success Cycle, world-renowned entrepreneur and tech innovator Kevin Surace argues that joy isn’t a byproduct of success; joy is the foundation from which success grows.

By cultivating joy daily, you can achieve more, perform better, and enjoy what you do every single day. This book provides a step-by-step system, practical tools, and a road map that anyone can implement in their daily lives. Inside, readers will learn how to:

• Break free from the negative spirals that hold them back.

• Use their natural curiosity to spark the joy from which success flows.

• Find their sense of purpose.

• Practice the Joy–Success Cycle using the “Joy in Action” exercises at the end of every chapter.

Success should follow joy, not the other way around. The advice and strategies in this book will help you reclaim your days—even the tough ones—and remind you that joy is not a reward for having a perfect life. It’s a choice to live fully within the life you already have—every minute of every day.

KEVIN SURACE (father of the AI assistant) is a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, CEO, TV personality, and keynote speaker with 95 worldwide patents. Kevin has been featured by Businessweek, Time, Fortune, Forbes, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, and FOX News, and has keynoted hundreds of events, from Inc. 5000 to TED to the US Congress. He was Inc. magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC top Innovator of the Decade, a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, Chair of Silicon Valley Forum, and a Planet Forward Innovator of the Year nominee. He was featured for five years on TechTV’s Silicon Spin and inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame.

In addition to his many professional achievements, Kevin is also an accomplished music director, conductor, award-winning film and Broadway producer, and percussionist.

Most importantly, Kevin lives with joy every minute of every day. The Joy–Success Cycle is his first book.