, SMILING FIRST AND HAPPINESS
WILL FOLLOW.
NICOLE HAS MORE.
>> CHILDREN CAN HIT JUST A LOT
ABOUT BEING HAPPY.
>> CHILDREN SMILE 400 TIMES AWAY
-- A DAY, SAID CHILDREN ARE
ABUNDANTLY HAPPY AND AN ADULT
MAY SMILE 20 TIMES A DAY.
IF YOU CAN SMILE, YOU CAN BOOST
YOUR HAPPINESS QUOTIENT BECAUSE
IT CHANGES YOUR CHEMISTRY AND
ENDORPHINS WILL CHANGE MORE --
--
SHE SAID THERE ARE FIVE KEYS.
NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
FRIENDS.
THE >> CHOOSE YOU FRIENDS
CAREFULLY AND CELEBRATE
EVERYTHING SMALL OR BIG.
>> HARVARD IS HOME TO ONE OF THE
LONGEST RUNNING STUDIES ON
HAPPINESS.
IN 1938, RESEARCHERS STARTED
FOLLOWING 700 MEN.
NOW IN THEIR 90’S, AS THEIR
FAMILIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE
STUDY.
IT’S FILING ON FRIENDSHIP ARE
INCLUDED.
>> LONELINESS IS TOXIC AND
SATISFACTION WITH FRIENDS AT AGE
50 IS A BETTER PREDICTOR OF
LONGEVITY THREE DECADES LATER AT
AGE 80.
>> NUMBER TWO, FORGIVENESS, LET
IT GO WHATEVER IT IS THIS.
>> IF YOU’RE HOLDING A GRUDGE,
GET RID  IT, THE MOMENT YOU
MAKE THE DECISION YOU WILL HAVE
AN ENORMOUS WEIGHT.
>> NUMBER THREE, GIVE SOFT >>
ONE THING I AM -- NUMBER THREE
GIVE.
A TOURISM THAT BRINGS US FULL
CIRCLE TO THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT
DAYS.
>> THE DAY YOU WERE BORN AND THE
DAY YOU FIND OUT WHY.
>> THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE ON THE
PLANET WHO ARE FOUND IN LIVE
THEIR PURPOSE -- AND LIVE THEIR
PURPOSE.
>> THE FINAL KEY?
>> GRATITUDE WILL STOP --
GRATITUDE.
START A GRATITUDE JOURNAL.
REFLECT ON THE SEVEN DAYS THAT
TRANSPIRE.
>> MISSING FROM OUR
CONVERSATIONS OF OUR, MONEY.
IS IT THE FAST TRACK TO A HAPPY
LIFE?
THE SHORT ANSWER, YES, BUT NOT
FOR THOSE YOU THINK.
>> ONLY FOR A VERY SMALL NUMBER
OF PEOPLE AND THOSE LIVING BELOW
THE POVERTY LINE.
>> SO HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT
TAKE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY?
RESEARCHERS AT PURDUE SAY A
SALARY OF $95,000 PER YEAR
CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR HAPPINESS.
THAT IS WHERE IT LEVELS OFF.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE TWO DOLLAR
TICKET TO A DREAM LIFE?
JUST LIKE THE NEW CAR SMELL,
EVENTUALLY BEING EXTRA HAPPY
WEARS OFF.
>> IS SOMEONE WINS $29, THEY
WILL BE VERY HAPPY FOR THE FIRST
TWO OR THREE MONTHS IN AT THE
END OF THE YEAR MOST STUDIES
SHOW THERE BACK TO BASELINE OR
WORSE OFF.
>> THIS COUPLE HAD 42 MILLION
REASONS  BE HAPPY IN THE LATE
90’S, BUT A B WINDFALL CAN
BRING BIG PROBLEMS.
>> I HAVE BEEN OSTRACIZED AND
MOST OF THE TIME IT IS SO.
>> HOW DID SHE FIND HER
CONTENTMENT?
RETURNING BACK TO WORK.
>> I WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN
SOMETIMES I BRING IT WILL COME.
>> AT THE END OF TODAY, EXPERTS
SAY IT IS LESS ABOUT THE CHASE
AND MORE ABOUT THE LIVING.
>> HAPPINESS CANNOT BE PURSUED.
IT MUST ENSUE AS THE UNINTENDED
SIDE EFFECT OF DEDICATION TO A
CAUSE GREATER THAN YOURSEL
>> ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS,
SMILING GIVES THE BRAIN AS MUCH
PLEASU AS $25,000 OR 2000 BARS
OF CHOCOLATE.
AND IF PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUND
THEIR PURPOSE ARE THE HAPPIEST,
HOW DOES ONE FIND HIS OR HER
PURPOSE?
DOCTOR CHOPRA SUGGESTS TAKING AN
INDEX CARD AND WRITING DOWN
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THAT
WEEK AND RATING EVERYT
