Most of us already know that happiness can help you beat illness and makes you more fun at work…. But did you know that happiness is less tied to externals…such as other people or money….than previously 
thought…?
Not always though…and sometimes people who shift gears ... come away happier…. For Ron Simmons happiness meant a career change…. Simmons climbed the corporate ladder at Microsoft by twelve hour ... driven days. His priorities changed after he became observed people at work who, unlike him, seemed genuinely happy with their work and their lives… Just prior to his fortieth birthday ... Simmons decided it was time to make a big change. He left Microsoft to pursue a career in acting, and now he volunteers with non-profit organizations. "Follow your heart," he says. "Listen to that little voice in your heart and mind telling you to follow your dream. When you actually stop deferring and listen, it's awesome. It makes a big difference in your world."
The New Road Map Foundation (NRM) provides people with practical tools and innovative approaches for managing and mastering the kind of life challenges that helped Ron Simmons...
Social psychologist David Myers, wrote Pursuit of Happiness: Discovering the Pathway to Fulfillment, Well-Being, & Enduring Personal Joy, after reviewing thousands of studies. For Meyers… happiness is like your cholesterol level. "It's genetically influenced, but it's not genetically fixed. There are some things we can do to influence both our cholesterol level and our happiness."
What surprised me most about current research on happiness and about this book… was that …external circumstances have little bearing on self-reported happiness…. In other words happiness is less related to externals such as age, race, gender, geographical location, or even income level, according to Dr. Myers and other researchers.
Hmmmm….how could a person hand this research to the grump at work who makes much to do about nothing…?
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