Learn more about Martin Seligman and his book, Authentic Happiness.  There are also free inventories that measure signature strengths, general happiness, satisfaction with life, optimism and many other topics related to happiness.  
http://www.authentichappiness.org/

See the article, "Get Control of Your Happiness," outlining Sonja Lyubomirsky's 12 steps to happiness, 2008.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/PersonalBest/story?id=4097056&page=1 

For information on how the self-fulfilling prophecy affects success in education:
https://sociologyinfocus.com/self-fulfilling-prophecies-in-education-2/

Visit the "You Can Choose to be Happy" Web site:
http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/hcontent.htm