Can you raise your happiness setpoint?

Are you surrounded by upbeat, hopeful people? Happiness is contagious, as is the opposite. So choose your friends with that in mind. In this edition of Doing What Works, Katie and I talk about the importance of having something to look forward to. Maybe that “something” lives up to the hype; maybe not. But chances are you were happier for having the dream. That’s not nothing! We also give you a quick recap of basic things almost guaranteed to make you feel better.

Here are your show notes…

Michael Port [https://www.michaelport.com/] is a public speaking coach who says telling someone “great question” during the Q&A can backfire. You don’t want the others to think they’re asking just-okay questions, after all.

Dilbert creator Scott Adams [https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays] says you can program yourself to feel great by answering “Great!” to the question of “How are you?”