There's a joke about a kid in school who is asked by his teacher what he intends to be when he grows up. To which he answers "happy." There's more to the joke but that bit is the point: Happy. "Happy" is the core of what we want. It is the holy grail of existence. We search for happiness every moment we exist. That is what we want to be. That is why we exist. This is a self-help book only in the loosest sense. It's really a primer on how to be happy...