What is happiness? How do we as a people define what makes us happy. More often than not when asked this question we think of money, a new car, a bigger house, etc. But we forget that these are transient things and do not truly impact on what touches our hearts and brings out true happiness. Based on information from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK ranks in the ninth place (together with Venezuela) in the happiness stakes. It seems that happiness is not all about material wealth and living with all mod cons – the people of the Philippines rank higher than the people of the United States! Read on to learn more about happiness in the UK and find out how you fare in the happiness stakes. We try to define what it is that makes us happy – how to achieve it and how to avoid the pitfalls of false happiness.