Most of us have been raised to believe that we ought to pursue money and status. What would your life look like if you pursue happiness?

Comparing ourselves to others can be motivating, but it's a slippery slope. Try changing the metric you use to measure your success.

Paradoxically, achieving success may leave us less happy than before our success.

Catastrophic thinking with money involves assuming the worst-case scenario. Financial gratitude is paying deliberate attention to the good.