The HappyHap Project

04/07/2014

Our founder recently gave a TEDxTalk. Take a look and find out what she calls the "Nine Billion Dollar Question"

Hint: It's related to happiness :)

Edited by Tristan Upton Videography by Joel Hempenius and Daniel Blumensev http://www.tedxyouthadliswil.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/tedxyouthadliswil/s...

10/24/2013

Do you still remember how The HappyHap Project all began? Did you know that HappyHap turned into the student organization InspireYale? No?

Truth Atlas invited our founder to write up the full story from 2008 till today. Take a look!

When I began my studies at Yale in the fall of 2008, most conversations I had, articles I read, and talks I attended regarding the current state of the world had a negative and often fearful undertone. While I acknowledged the direness of the economic situation, I knew that the anxiety and the negat...

06/07/2013

URGENT: Please help our founder's new start-up win the Swissventures Photo Contest! We have 2 hours to go and need YOUR VOTE NOW:

1. Go to this link: http://statigr.am/contest/prrx/swissventures-photo-contest/472603975133838289_17709749 #/grid

2. Click on the "thumbs up" icon for the picture that spells out Inspire 925.

3. Bonus points for those of you, who repost this to your facebook feed!

Thanks a million & have a happy weekend!

Find out more about this competition and check out all the other entries.

06/03/2013

Does happiness matter? Why are so many people talking about it? Are we approaching a tipping point?

Our founder Sunnie Tölle takes a careful look and attempts an answer in her recent article in The Huffington Post!

Happiness is not about smiley faces, unicorns and light-hearted merriment. Nor is it about self-proclaimed gurus and their self-help anecdotes of supposed enlightenment.

03/31/2013

“If you think money can’t buy happiness,” Norton said, “you’re not spending it right.”

The InspireYale team (formerly known as the HappyHap student organization) put on a speaker event at Yale with HBS Prof. Michael Norton last week. The Yale Daily News covered it!

Money can indeed buy happiness, according to Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton.

01/15/2013

We got a huge compliment from Hina in the UAE:

"You care about our happiness, about our smiles. Thats so incredibly amazing. Like who would do that? who would care about drawing a smile on a stranger's face? that thought itself has got a WIDE smile on my face!"

Hope this will spread a few smiles more! :)

Happy to have a great family, great friends, great people like you around who care about us. You care about our happiness, about our smiles.

01/14/2013

UPCOMING DINNER CONVERSATION WITH YALE PROF. JUNE GRUBER:

"A Dark Side of Happiness?
How, When, and Why Happiness Is Not Always Good"

WHEN: Tuesday, January 22nd, 5:30 PM,
WHERE: Yale University; place is announced upon RSVP
RSVP: Spots are limited, RSVP on a first come first serve basis to [email protected]

Brought to you by The Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human Flourishing

June Gruber, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Yale University P.O. Box 208205 New Haven, CT 06520 Office: 203-432-9257 Lab: 203-432-4888 Email:[email protected]

01/07/2013

WANT HAPPINESS EVERY DAY?

The Felicidário is an online calendar and a growing dictionary with 365 practical definitions of happiness. Every day for a year, the Felicidário will suggest a new idea of happiness.

11/20/2012

Simply inspiring!

This man has been helping people in need for 40 years...

11/20/2012

How do you like to spend your life? What do you desire? what if money didn't matter? What if money was no object?

11/19/2012

A piece by Richard Branson and his insights on happiness and success. Do you agree?

How happy are you?How much has your company grossed this quarter?Which question is more important to you? If you are more concerned about the latter, then one suspects the answer to the former is not

11/16/2012

Ever wondered why it's been so quiet around The HappyHap Project for the last few months? It's because the student organization at Yale University has changed its name and rebranded itself as InspireYale! Check out this blog post to learn more and like our new page!

It has been quiet around The HappyHap Project blog over the past two months, but behind the scenes we’ve been working hard on our core mission: pushing happiness forward on university campuses and beyond. A quick history flashback to give you the full story behind HappyHap. The Early Days F...