What would it take to make you happy A fulfilling career, a big bank account or the perfect mate

One of the biggest Happiness Blockers in today's world is what I call the Myth of More: that shared, insidious, and often unconscious belief that more toys, success and money means more happiness In my research for my book Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out, I came upon this startling statistic: nearly 40% of the people on the Forbes list of Wealthiest Americans are less happy than the average American

In prehistoric days, when cavemen Ugh and his wife, Mrs Ugh were trying to survive long enough to raise the baby Ughs, they had to pay more attention to potential threats than positive events to avoid dangers like being eaten by a saber-toothed tiger

I was crammed in the back of an ancient flat-bed truck with 30 other Westerners, bumping down a rock-strewn dirt road heading toward the foothills of the Himalayas We each had a bandanna covering our nose and mouth to keep us from choking on the dust as we made our way to a small, remote mountain village where we would provide humanitarian support for the villagers' educational, medical, and housing needs

In my research for my book Happy for No Reason, which focuses on the core habits of unconditionally happy people, I discovered that one of the main ways we rob ourselves of happiness in life is feeling like a victim Unfortunately, this habit can be very subtle and deeply ingrained