What mistakes do people make in trying to attain happiness?

What mistakes do people make in trying to attain happiness?

Neal Tadken ( Associate Rector for Pastoral Care) gives expert video advice on: Is happiness worth pursuing?; What are the essential ingredients of happiness?; What gets in the way of happiness? and more...

I think the most common mistakes that people make in attaining happinesses are focusing or taking on other people's values, other people's dreams for them, or seeking the approval of people and bending your essence to who you are to make someone else happy. And it's not just always another individual but, you know, making a society happy. Not sticking out, not being the oddball. Because let's face it, there's a lot of pressure that we're put under to not to be countercultural.