Tal Ben-Shahar is a happiness guru.  He studied undergrad and doctorate at Harvard (psychology and organizational behavior, respectively) and currently teaches Harvard’s largest course, “Positive Psychology.”  So I suspect he knows a thing or two about happy.

Here are six tips from Dr. Happy:

Give yourself permission to be human

Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning

Happiness is mostly dependent on our state of mind, not on our status or the state of our bank account

Simplify

Remember the mind-body connection

Express gratitude, whenever possible

Click here to read his advice in full.

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