The world is obsessed with happiness but life is more about a larger purpose

Something bigger than yourself, a purpose, a higher goal beyond getting from one day to the next, is critical to our wellbeing

Theodoric Chew: "So stop chasing happiness. Instead, contribute to something bigger than yourself; focus on character development; build meaningful relationships and accept what you can’t control.  This is how you build a life worth living."

The world is obsessed with happiness. The health and wellbeing industry spends billions researching it, creating diet, exercise and sleep regimes to live by and spouting the latest trends. 

Yet all the evidence shows that despite our wealth, our burgeoning sophistication and expanding opportunities globally, over the last two decades, there has been an epidemic of loneliness, mental illness and unhappiness across almost every tranche of society.