Happiness has been in the news more than ever lately. BBC has devoted many pages on their site on this very subject, one of which mentions a study that suggests that happy people may outlive their unhappy counterparts by nine years! Quitting smoking, in contrast, online extends you life by three years on average. That’s a huge difference.

So, assuming that everyone wants to live as many happy years as possible, what can we do about it? What can we do to be happier? What is happiness? Can we measure it?

Since governments around the world measure the well-being of a society by their economic growth, does that mean that people are happier the wealthier they are? If your answer is no, then why isn’t happiness considered more in evaluating the well-being of a society?

As a matter of fact, Bhutan is the only government that does exactly that. It considers how the outcome of a political or economic decision affects the happiness of its citizens.


On a scale of 1 to 10, how happy are you? What is it that makes you happy? What makes a musician happy? A high-paying gig? Playing in a great band that does not make a lot of money off of their gigs?

Let us know.

Be happy, it’s good for your health.