Introduction to Case Study ( What Makes You Happy)

Introduction

What is life, in general, really about? Is it about the 'money', the 'cash', who has the biggest gold chain or who drives the shiniest or fastest car, who sells the most albums or who has the most respect? Today happiness can be measured in many different ways depending on what each individual generally defines it. Everyone defines happiness according to his or her personal perspectives. Each individual describes his or her inner feelings in a way that you can't compare with another. Happiness originally and logically means the inner state of well-being or a pleasurable and satisfying experience. It enables you to profit from your highest: thoughts, wisdom, intelligence, common sense, emotions, health, and spiritual values in your life. What makes one individual happy and what makes another individual happy are usually different things. This difference is what makes the world interesting.

There are many factors that lead to happiness. One might ask themselves however, will having control of myself make me a happier person? People will typically experience a moment of happiness when ones satisfactions have been met. Some will say that satisfactions are either uncontrollable or are abled to be controlled or in other words, having some form of self- regulation. According to an article on self regulation, Roy F defines self regulation as a highly adaptive, distinctively human trait that enables people to override and alter their responses, including changing themselves so as to live up to social and other standards(Baumeister, Gaillot,DeWall,Oaten 2006).

Self-regulation is one of the most important personality processes in a human being. It is an individual’s way of seeking control over their feelings, emotions, desires, and many other behaviors. The term self-regulation is often coined with the term self-control/discipline, but they both mean the same thing. Self-regulation is one’s ability to have a grip on their responses to emotionally related...