MORE MONEY does not mean more happiness! According to Forbes Magazine, happiness only changes with your level of wealth up to the average quality of life. Anything extra only complicates things and can make you less happy

10% OF HAPPINESS is a result of your income, 50% can be attributed to your genetics and developmental factors, and last 40% is simply your own dispositions' and outlook on your day-to-day life situation's.

AFTER GETTING MARRIED each partners happiness will have a tremendous spike, but over time will return to normal levels. In the same vein, people in committed relationships in general are happier than those who are single.

HAPPY PEOPLE orient their life around 3 core principles: family, friends and spirituality.

PEOPLE WHO WORK at jobs they are passionate about are happier than those who don't, regardless of the amount of money they are making.

HAPPY PEOPLE on average will live an extra nine years more than unhappy people.

THOSE WHO LIVE a genuine and honest life true to who they are as a person are happier than those who try to conform to social and peer pressures.

ACCORDING TO the "USA Today" those people who document in a journal or simply talk about all the things in life they are thankful for are happier than those people who don't. So don't save all your gratitude remarks for the Thanksgiving table. Live a life of gratitude every day.

JUST THE ACT OF SMILING, even if it's a fake one, will improve your happiness. A smile releases endorphins throughout the body, sending that happy and content feeling all over.

ON AVERAGE happy people earn around $25,000 more per year than grumpy people.