I recently came across a series of video clips from a lecture by Raj Persaud about Happiness and How to Be Happy.  He has some interesting things to say about the topics of Type 1 (Hedonistic happiness) and Type 2 (Cognitive happiness). For instance: happiness is biologically wired into our brains to be a reward mechanism for activities that have an evolutionary purpose (think sex). He also says that the secret to happiness is pursuing mild contentment and that the pursuit of intense happiness experiences can actually be the source of a lot of unhappiness. Also the “close shave” theory or “what might have been” thinking.  I have not heard of Raj until today but I am glad I spent the time to watch his entire lecture. Some great food for thought and worth watching.