Leo Bormans: do worry, be happy!

We are in crisis, left behind. But is the glass really half empty? Leo Bormans will answers the question. Leo Bormans believes in the lessons of positive psychology. Of course, life is not a party. But it really matters how you think.

As he says, "when you smoke, you get lung cancer. When you become an optimist, you get happier. Why wouldn't you want to be an optimist?".

Leo Bormans is the author of the World Book of Happiness, a best selling inquiry in the science of happiness. Going beyond common believe and philosophy, he asked hunderd professors in fifty countries what the lessons science is teaching about happiness - in max 1000 words. One only needed two: other people!

Happiness is decided by so many factors, such as relationships, health and freedom. Money is not important as many think. Both on the individual and the country level, it doesn't really improve after a certain minimum treshold has been surpassed. Mexicans, on average, have ten percent of the wealth of the French, but they are happier.

Your life is decided for fifty percent by genetics and for ten percent by luck. That means there is still fourty percent you can affect! Focusing on the positive, without ignoring what can't be ignored, is the best strategy to cope. What you focus on is what you get. So do worry, be happy!