0:00:00.130,0:00:04.500 Participant 1: Shut up [laughs][br]Participant 2: What? Wait, wait. 0:00:04.500,0:00:06.000 Participant 3: Oh he's gonna be so embarrassed. 0:00:06.000,0:00:15.600 [title music] 0:00:19.000,0:00:21.810 Julian Huguet: What makes you happy?[br]Having fun? 0:00:21.810,0:00:25.339 Hanging out with friends?[br]Delicious food? 0:00:25.339,0:00:29.679 Making money?[br]Well consider this. Psychologists have scientifically 0:00:29.679,0:00:33.040 proven that one of the greatest contributing[br]factors to overall happiness in your life 0:00:33.040,0:00:37.680 is how much gratitude you show.[br]Yup. Think about that. 0:00:37.680,0:00:40.940 Go ahead and marinate on that for a second.[br]You can thank me later if you want. 0:00:40.940,0:00:42.710 It will make you feel better according to[br]this study. 0:00:42.710,0:00:46.490 You go ahead and click on it and read it if[br]you want. 0:00:46.490,0:00:50.970 Or, you can keep watching because we read[br]it, we thought it might be fun to test out 0:00:50.970,0:00:53.260 for ourselves.[br]We gathered a selection of volunteers to act 0:00:53.260,0:00:56.100 as our subjects.[br]First we gave them a test. 0:00:56.100,0:00:59.620 They didn't know what we were looking for.[br]But they gave us a pretty good idea of their 0:00:59.620,0:01:02.739 current level of happiness.[br]We asked them to close their eyes and think 0:01:02.739,0:01:05.009 of somebody who was really influential in[br]their life. 0:01:05.009,0:01:07.560 Somebody who did something really amazing[br]or important for them. 0:01:07.560,0:01:11.369 We had them write down as much as they could[br]about why this person was so important. 0:01:11.369,0:01:15.140 Now a lot of them thought at this point the[br]experiment was over until we really put them 0:01:15.140,0:01:19.299 on the spot and tried to get them to call[br]that person and read what they wrote about 0:01:19.299,0:01:21.229 them.[br]Thank you Jessica. We are going to have to 0:01:21.229,0:01:23.759 have you call your mother.[br]So who was that right person for you? 0:01:23.759,0:01:26.810 Participant 1: The person is my sister Erica.[br]JH: We're gonna give Erica a call. 0:01:26.810,0:01:29.009 Participant 1: [laughs] Okay.[br]JH: Who'd you end up picking? 0:01:29.009,0:01:31.869 Participant 3: Friend of mine, Greg Haines.[br]Participant 4: Her name is Dora. 0:01:31.869,0:01:35.889 Participant 5: My college accounting instructor.[br]JH: Really! Is this someone you're still in 0:01:35.889,0:01:39.240 touch with today?[br]P 5: No I'm assuming that he is passed on. 0:01:39.240,0:01:41.139 JH: That's a shame.[br]P5: To the great beyond. 0:01:41.139,0:01:44.310 JH: You up for it?[br]P3: Um, uh yes. 0:01:44.310,0:01:50.560 JH: What would you say if we called up Dora?[br]P4: We can try but she lives in Britain. 0:01:50.560,0:01:53.009 JH: In Britain?[br]P2: I don't know her number by heart, this 0:01:53.009,0:01:55.090 is awful.[br]JH: That's fine, I don't know my mom's phone 0:01:55.090,0:01:58.090 number by heart.[br]P5: If it's true that those who are gone 0:01:58.090,0:02:01.649 on are looking down on us, maybe he'll recognize[br]he is great. 0:02:01.649,0:02:07.689 [on phone]: Hi sweetheart![br]P2: Hey how you doing. Um you gotta second? 0:02:07.689,0:02:12.600 Where you at, the hotel?[br][phone]: I am, I'm in the hotel. You scared 0:02:12.600,0:02:14.510 me when you asked if I had a second, I thought[br]something was wrong 0:02:14.510,0:02:20.470 P2: No I'm on this little TV show and they[br]told me to talk about the person that influenced 0:02:20.470,0:02:26.000 me the most, and I picked you and they're[br]making me call, they're making me call you. 0:02:26.000,0:02:30.000 [phone]: Oh wonderful![br][phone dialing] 0:02:30.000,0:02:35.000 [voicemail] 0:02:35.000,0:02:37.030 [phone dialing] 0:02:37.030,0:02:43.090 P1: Oh come on.[br][phone]: Hello? 0:02:43.090,0:02:50.090 P1: Hi! Erica, it's me.[br]P2: Alright so I gotta read you this paragraph, 0:02:50.360,0:02:53.780 can you hear me?[br][phone]: Yes I can. Go ahead sweetheart. 0:02:53.780,0:02:59.010 P2: Alright. The person that influenced me[br]the most would be my mother, Marlow Dawson. 0:02:59.010,0:03:04.070 She is a single mother of two, she is a very[br]hard-worker and dedicated to her family. 0:03:04.070,0:03:11.070 P3: Hey Craig, this is Lowy. Um, this is gonna[br]be a funny little voicemail so I hope you 0:03:11.160,0:03:14.800 enjoy it.[br]P4: I'm so sorry for calling you at 4 o'clock 0:03:14.800,0:03:18.580 in the morning![br]P1: I have to read this to you okay? You can't 0:03:18.580,0:03:23.630 say anything or I don't know. You can respond[br]but, I probably will just keep going [laughs] 0:03:23.630,0:03:25.860 okay?[br][phone]: Is everything okay? 0:03:25.860,0:03:28.470 P1: Yes! But I have to read this out loud[br]to you. 0:03:28.470,0:03:33.200 P5: The person who has had the biggest impact[br]on my life, outside of Jesus Christ who is 0:03:33.200,0:03:41.200 responsible for my existence, was my college[br]accounting instructor. He had a joy and enthusiasm 0:03:41.220,0:03:44.070 for his job like no other teacher I have ever[br]known. 0:03:44.070,0:03:48.150 P2: I love her to death, and she keeps me[br]going with positive talk, she is a woman that 0:03:48.150,0:03:52.500 knows what she wants and won't give up until[br]it is achieved. 0:03:52.500,0:03:59.500 [phone]: Oh pumpkin, I don't know what to,[br]I'm about to cry because that's so beautiful. 0:03:59.860,0:04:06.500 I have to say that's just wonderful.[br]P3: I first met Craig on an independent feature 0:04:06.500,0:04:10.860 film set in Whitefish, Montana. I recently[br]have been sending Craig a lot of positive 0:04:10.860,0:04:15.819 thoughts as he suffered a series of health[br]problems. Despite his medical problems, he's 0:04:15.819,0:04:19.889 continued to work and take pleasure in the[br]small things in life like sitting quietly 0:04:19.889,0:04:25.670 with his wife Jeanine on the porch.[br]P1: Erica is my older sister and my best friend. 0:04:25.670,0:04:31.220 Sometimes it even feels like we are twins![br]She is my number one fan and my number one 0:04:31.220,0:04:36.040 supporter. She makes me happy because despite[br]all my mistakes and my decisions, she still 0:04:36.040,0:04:40.910 loves me no matter what.[br]P4: Your friendship is everything. And you 0:04:40.910,0:04:44.180 are one of the most important person in my[br]life. 0:04:44.180,0:04:49.340 P1: Even when she has a kid and many children[br]I will love her more than her kids! Okay, 0:04:49.340,0:04:53.880 maybe not. I will never forget when she flew[br]3000 miles at the drop of a phone call to 0:04:53.880,0:04:58.800 save me from a break-up.[br][phone]: I'm being blessed by having a son 0:04:58.800,0:05:05.800 like you. I love you.[br]P3: Bye! 0:05:06.020,0:05:10.000 [phone]: Why did you do this to me?[br]P1: [laughs] I don't know because they made 0:05:10.000,0:05:14.560 me do it![br]P4: Thank you for picking up, bye sweetie! 0:05:14.560,0:05:17.680 P1: And then they're like here you're gonna[br]write this letter and then I wrote like this 0:05:17.680,0:05:22.120 whole long-ass letter which you know I don't[br]write. And then all of a sudden they're like 0:05:22.120,0:05:26.000 "hey guess what you're gonna call her and[br]you're gonna read her this letter and it was 0:05:26.000,0:05:28.000 like what the [expletive] [laughs]. 0:05:40.000,0:05:42.200 JH: Before we let them go we gave our subjects 0:05:42.200,0:05:45.800 one more happiness test. Now we mixed up and[br]rephrased the questions so they didn't know 0:05:45.800,0:05:49.560 they were taking the same test twice. For[br]those who took the time to actually write 0:05:49.560,0:05:52.840 something down but couldn't make the phone[br]call for whatever reason we saw happiness 0:05:52.840,0:05:57.870 increase between 2 and 4 percent. Good, but[br]not exactly mind-blowing. Now for those who 0:05:57.870,0:06:01.980 actually picked up the phone and personally[br]expressed their gratitude, we saw increases 0:06:01.980,0:06:08.980 between 4 and 19 percent. So either way! Expressing[br]your gratitude will making you a happier person. 0:06:09.419,0:06:14.610 But you want to know something really interesting?[br]The person who experienced the biggest jump 0:06:14.610,0:06:20.139 in happiness was the least happy person who[br]walked in the door. What does that mean? That 0:06:20.139,0:06:24.340 means if you're having a particularly tough[br]time, trying this out will more likely have 0:06:24.340,0:06:31.340 a greater impact on you. Trust me! I'm in[br]a lab coat. In fact, while you're at it, film 0:06:31.720,0:06:36.430 it and upload it to us and we'll do something[br]awesome with it. I'm Julian and this has been 0:06:36.430,0:06:38.919 The Science of Happiness. 0:06:38.919,0:07:10.000 SoulPancake[br]Subscribe!