Happiness is an abstract subject. What true happiness is can be discussed forever. But are there are common rules to follow to learn to stay happy all the time?

Scientists have finally figured out what it is we should do to always feel happy.

1. The way you think is the way you act
Positive thinking can influence your performance. Expert Shawn Achor believes that only 10% of your life is influenced by what is going on around you. The rest 90% is how you yourself react and what you do in various situations. If you make the right decision, the result will always be positive. In order to make the right decisions, your way of thinking should be positive or, in other words, constructive. Build your own happiness by means of your mind. You will never become rich, famous or successful if you tend to clog your head with negative thoughts. Negative ideas ruin you insides as well as your world outside. Constructive thinking increases productivity and energy by more than 30%. Use the power of your own mind!

2. Get rid of negative thoughts
People are different and their temperaments differ. Some of us let negative thoughts control our mind. This causes problems in real life. There are plenty of techniques helping to learn to get rid of negative thoughts. One of such techniques has been developed by a university in Spain. What they suggest is that we should write down all our negative thoughts on a piece of paper and then destroy the paper by tearing it or burning. If done regularly, this method works very well.