Quick & Simple Magazine January 2007

"Be Happy Every Day: Jump Start Joy With These New Happiness Rules"

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be," Abraham Lincoln observed more than a century ago. Scads of fancy research conducted since then shows this simple declaration to be true. Our circumstances are responsible for only about ten percent of our mood, reminds Michelle DeAngelis, founder and president of planetjoyride.com, a firm dedicated to teaching people how to create their own happiness. To rock the othen ninety percent of your disposition, follow these seven mirth-making commandments.