The first step towards increasing the level of happiness in your life is realizing that you can.

This is where a lot of people get tripped up for the vast majority of people,

some amount of their happiness. In fact, probably a lot more than they think is in their control.

So the first step is not easy and you might be stuck on this for a long time.

And many people are where they deep down believe that happiness cannot be developed or changed.

And so they devalue it. They say, well, I don't want to be happy.

Genetics may account for half or more than half of things like strength, athletic performance and intelligence.

But your genetic set point is only about half of it.

And happiness or general contentment is much more malleable than the other things.

It's very hard for me to change my athletic performance purely through working out.

I'm going to be genetically much more limited.

But I think in terms of my mood and temperament and my outlook on life,

am I a peaceful person or not, how angry do I get?

These things are much more malleable.

So happiness is a skill like nutrition and fitness.

It is a skill that you identify and develop until you get better and better at it and slowly gives you results.

It is not something that is God given to you and you're stuck.

Although if you start with a high setting, then by all means keep it.

It is a skill that can be learned and developed.