Enriching Lives through Online Training The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People By David Niven, Ph.D.

(Following is a brief explanation from the back cover of the book, and the Table of Contents) Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports, their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. At last, social scientist and psychologist David Niven, Ph. D., distills the scientific gobbledygook of over a thousand of the most compelling and important studies on happiness and habits for happiness is illustrated with a clear example and illuminated by a straightforward explanation of the science behind it to show you how to transform a ho-hum existence into a full and happy life. Table of Contents 1. Your Life Has Purpose and Meaning 2. Use a Strategy for Happiness 3. You Dont Have to Win Every Time 4. Your Goals Should Be Aligned with One Another 5. Choose Your Comparisons Wisely 6. Cultivate Friendships 7. Turn Off the TV 8. Accept YourselfUnconditionally 9. Remember Where You Came From 10. Limit Yourself to Thinking About One Subject as You Lie Down to Sleep 11. Friendship Beats Money 12. Have Realistic Expectations 13. Be Open to New Ideas 14. Share with Others How Important They Are to You 15. If Youre Not Sure, Guess Positively 16. Believe in Yourself 17. Dont Believe in Yourself Too Much 18. Dont Face Your Problems Alone 19. Age Is Not to Be Feared 20. Develop a Household Routine 21. Dont Be Overprotective 22. Pay Attention. You May Have What You Want 23. Dont Let Your Religious Beliefs Fade 24. Do What You Say You Are Going to Do

25. Dont Be Aggressive with Your Friends and Family 26. Root for the Home Team 27. Dont Confuse Stuff with Success 28. Every Relationship Is Different 29. Dont Think What If 30. Volunteer 31. If You Cant Reach Your Goals, Your Goals Will Hurt You 32. Exercise 33. Little Things Have Big Meanings 34. Its Not What Happened, Its How Your Think About What Happened 35. Develop Some Common Interests with Loved Ones 36. Laugh 37. Dont Let Your Entire Life Hinge on One Element 38. Share of Yourself 39. Busy Is Better Than Bored 40. Satisfaction Is Relative 41. Learn to Use a Computer 42. Try to Think Less About the People and Things That Bother You 43. Keep Your Family Close 44. Eat Some Fruit Every Day 45. Enjoy What You Have 46. Think in concrete Terms 47. Be Socially Supportive 48. Dont Blame Yourself 49. Be a Peacemaker 50. Cherish Animals 51. Make Your Work a Calling 52. Never Trade Your Morals for Your Goals 53. Dont Pretend to Ignore things Your Loved Ones do that Bother You 54. Get a Good Nights Sleep 55. Buy What You Like 56. Accomplish Something Every Day 57. Be Flexible 58. Events Are Temporary 59. Be Your Own Fan 60. Join a Group 61. Be Positive 62. There Will Be an End, but You Can Be Prepared 63. How We See the World Is More Important Than How the World Is 64. Keep a Pen and Paper Handy 65. Help the Next Person Who Needs Some Minor Assistance

66. Take Care Not to Harshly Criticize Family and Friends 67. Some People Like the Big Picture, and Others Like the Details 68. Do things You Are Good At 69. Go visit Your Neighbor 70. Smile 71. Dont Accept Televisions Picture of the World 72. You Always Have a Choice 73. Be Agreeable 74. Dont Ignore One Part of Your Life 75. Listen to Music 76. Let Your Goals Guide You 77. Use Your Job Positively 78. Dont Forget to Have Fun 79. Believe in Ultimate Justice 80. Reminisce 81. Be Conscientious 82. Dont Dwell on Unwinnable Conflicts 83. Enjoy the Ordinary 84. Focus Not on the Worlds Tragedies, but on the Worlds Hope 85. Get a Hobby 86. Envying Other Peoples Relationships is Pointless 87. Give Yourself Time to Adapt to Change 88. Focus on What Really Matters to You 89. Realize that Complete Satisfaction does Not Exist 90. Surround Yourself with Pleasant Aromas 91. Dont Let Others Set Your Goals 92. You Are a Person, Not a Stereotype 93. Know What Makes You Happy and Sad 94. Keep Reading 95. We Must Feel Needed 96. Say So What 97. Have a Purpose 98. You Have Not Finished the Best Part of Your Life 99. Money Does Not Buy Happiness 100. What Does it All Mean? You Decide