Meditate
"Meditation helps us better manage our reactions to stress and recover more quickly from disturbing events. This is key to happiness. One study took people in high-stress jobs and taught them meditation for eight weeks: they felt happier after and even remembered why they liked their work. Before, they were too stressed to see it. Beginners can benefit from meditation, but it takes practice to see real benefits. I recently spent an evening with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Tibetan lama dubbed 'the happiest man in the world'. How did he get that way? Practice. Observing his behaviour, I noticed he recovered quickly from upsets and this is one way science measures a happy temperament. If you start to get upset, let go of the negative thought, deal with the problem – and then let go of that."

冥想
“沉思能夠幫助我們更好地控制自己在壓力下的反應，并能夠使我們從不安中盡快得恢復過來。這是快樂的關鍵。有一項研究是讓人們從事高壓力工作，并在8個星期里教他們冥想之法，研究結果是他們感到快樂，甚至記得為什么會喜歡這一工作。在此之前，甚至僅僅想到這種工作，他們都會倍感壓力。初學者可以受益于冥想，但需要多加練習才能真正從中受益。最近我曾與西藏喇嘛Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche這個被‘世界上最幸福的人’呆了一個晚上。那么他是怎么做到的呢？練習。通過觀察他的行為，我注意到他能夠迅速從不安中恢復過來，這是一種科學的檢驗快樂氣質的方法。如果有什么事情讓你不安，不要有那些消極的想法，而是要解決問題，然后這件事就過去了。”