Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Psychology - Work, Business, Organisation, grade: 2, Berlin School of Economics and Law, language: English, abstract: M?n? ??ns?d?r h?pp?n?ss t? b? th?ir m??n life g??l. Th? ph?l?s?ph?r ?r?st?tl? wr?t?s, "H?pp?n?ss ?s s?m?th?ng f?n?l ?nd s?lf-suff????nt, ?nd ?s th? ?nd ?f ?n ??t??n." H? ?ssur?s th?t p??pl? str?v? f?r h?pp?n?ss f?r ?ts ?wn s?k?, b???us? ?t ?s g??d ?nd d?s?r?bl?. In this paper, ? w?ll pr?s?nt ? g?n?r?l ?ppr???h t? th? t?rm "h?pp?n?ss" (?n S??t??n 2), ?ts us? ?nd ?ts m??sur?m?nt. ?n s??t??n 3 ? w?ll ?xpl??n th? n?tur? ?f h?pp?n?ss. ?n S??t??n 4 ? w?ll sh?w th? ??rr?l?t??n b?tw??n h?pp?n?ss ?nd ?n??m?. Th? next S?ct??n d??ls w?th ??n??pts th?t p?rh?ps ??n g?v? ? m??r?th??r?t???l f?und?t??n f?r s?m? ?f th? r?sults ?n h?pp?n?ss r?s??r?h. N?t surpr?s?ngl?, th?? st?m fr?m ps??h?l?g?, b???us? ?l?ss?? ???n?m?? th??r? ?ssum?ng r?t??n?l d???s??ns ("h?m? ????n?m??us") ?s n?t ??p?bl? ?f d?s?r?b?ng ?rr?t??n?l?t??s l?k? r?v?lr?, ?d?pt?t??n ?r ?sp?r?t??n l?v?l sh?fts. ?n th? ??n?lus??n, th? ??nt?nt ?f th?s p?p?r ?s summ?r?z?d.