"What is it that you want?"

"I want to be happy."

"What does that mean to you? What will make you happy?"

"I'm not sure. But I will know it when I see it."

I don't think happiness works that way. I don't think it is a state of being. Rather, I believe it is a state of doing. It is in doing things that make us happier.

We have everything within us to make us happier, right now...today. We just have to take control of our own lives, be the CEO of ourselves.

Based on the thoughts of a new book by Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor who teaches a course in Happiness at the Kennedy School of Government and Oprah Winfrey, I am happy to offer a new podcast on becoming happier and building the lives we want.