3 Tiny Tweaks to Make You a Whole Lot Happier

As Americans, we’ve long held to the misconception that, in order to be successful, we must postpone or even sacrifice our happiness. Not long ago, a student dropped out of the “Psychology of Happiness” course that a colleague and I co-founded at Stanford University, claiming that the syllabus went against everything she had ever learned. The young woman’s parents had taught her that the only way to gage if you are working hard enough is if you are suffering.