And I began to sort of collect those flawed or flaw false present premises because I knew one day I would want to sort of share what I was discovering around the truth of those things , around the truth of these myths , misconceptions , around love and happiness . And so first , I want to share a little bit of the research on the positive psychology field that uh test to how important it is to be happy . So as you'll hear me argue a little bit today , uh very briefly , love and happiness aren't as different as they sound , right ?
Ok , success doesn't lead to happiness . Happiness leads to success . Happiness is also the greatest success .
And this is where it starts to get really good , especially for those of you who might be interested in love dating relationships . Um , happy people make more money than their unhappy counterparts . So they make about 600 to $700,000 on average over the course of their entire lifetime more than their unhappy counterparts .
If you haven't heard of it , it's the science of what makes life worth living . It's the science of happiness and success and it has a whole lot to share with you . And I about what makes for the happiest life , the most successful life , the richest life and the most loving uh life or the life where you feel the most loved .
So let's revisit where we are So first and foremost , success doesn't lead to happiness . Happiness does lead to success particularly and especially success in your love , dating and relationship lives . More than that happiness is also the greatest success .
