The Top 10 Happiness Experts of All Time

August 13th, 2012 by Staff Writers

As United States citizens, each of us is guaranteed the right to pursue our own happiness. The trouble is, most of us have no idea where to even start looking. Only in the past 20 years or so have psychologists and other scientists begun to look hard at this elusive state of being that is happiness. What causes it? Why do seemingly equal people experience very different levels of it? How can we maintain it? While many claim to offer the way to happiness through positive energy or thinking, these 10 names stand out because of their knowledge about happiness grounded in years of scientific research.