"The one thing we think we know for sure is that people aren't very good at predicting what will make them happy," says Kevin S. Masters, Professor and Program Director of Clinical Health Psychology.

Along with Dana Steidtmann (clinical psychologist with the University of Colorado Denver Medical School) Masters sites these possible steps to happiness: Being grateful; Having purpose; Being giving; and Being social.

What Makes Us Happy
Colorado Health & Wellness, April 13