A clear conscience is a prerequisite for happiness. You can have more money than you could ever spend, live in a beautiful house, have a sports car collection rivaling Jay Leno’s — and if your conscience is burdened, you will not be happy. This is a human trait and one which seems fairly universal. [...]

“It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power . . . a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him.”  

Music has an incredible power to alter our moods. Unlike alcohol or prescription drugs, music has almost no negative side effects. A great song can cheer you up more quickly than the most well-reasoned argument. A good set of upbeat tunes can help you to keep a good mood going all [...]

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs is an extremely valuable tool in understanding how happiness is achieved and maintained. Maslow’s hierarchy is usually envisioned as a pyramid, with the most basic and most important needs at the bottom of the stack. As each of our levels of needs are met, we start to worry about the next level [...]

One of the problems with many happiness programs is that they insult your intelligence. You’re not stupid. You can’t fool yourself into being happy. You have to convince yourself to be happy and you have to be believeable when you do so. It’s easy to think of the things which make us unhappy. [...]

Far too many people spend their lives searching for happiness when they should be making it instead.  Happiness is not something that you can find in other people, other places, or other experiences.  Happiness is something that you have to create within yourself.  Your happiness is your own responsibility and it is one of the most important [...]