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Francis Tapon is a personal coach, world traveler, and author of Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America. You can get a copy at the WanderLearn Shop. His second book, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, will come on August 20, 2011.

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7 Things That Influence Happiness That You Don’t Need to Have

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“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” ~Unknown

When someone asks, “Are you happy?” we tend to look around at our peers and see how they are living.

If we’re better off than our peers, it’s likely that we decide to be happy. Therefore, one of the tricks of being happy is to change the group we compare ourselves to.

Silicon Valley gossip columns enjoy pointing out that Oracle’s software titan Larry Ellison, whose $40 billion net worth makes him one of the top ten richest people in …