Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Psychology - Work, Business, Organisational and Economic Psychology, grade: 2, Berlin School of Economics and Law, language: English, abstract: M n ns d r h pp n ss t b th ir m n life g l. Th ph l s ph r r st tl wr t s, "H pp n ss s s m th ng f n l nd s lf-suff nt, nd s th nd f n t n." H ssur s th t p pl str v f r h pp n ss f r ts wn s k , b us t s g d nd d s r bl . In this paper, w ll pr s nt g n r l ppr h t th t rm "h pp n ss" ( n S t n 2), ts us nd ts m sur m nt. n s t n 3 w ll xpl n th n tur f h pp n ss. n S t n 4 w ll sh w th rr l t n b tw n h pp n ss nd n m . Th next S ct n d ls w th n pts th t p rh ps n g v m r th r t l f und t n f r s m f th r sults n h pp n ss r s r h. N t surpr s ngl , th st m fr m ps h l g , b us l ss n m th r ssum ng r t n l d s ns ("h m n m us") s n t p bl f d s r b ng rr t n l t s l k r v lr , d pt t n r sp r t n l v l sh fts. n th n lus n, th nt nt f th s p p r s summ r z d.