Before Donald Trump was ever elected President of the United States, a powerful study was done to determine the happiness of the people in each country of the world. I say before Trump was elected because my best guess is that the score for the United States will plummet in the years to come. Anyway, I doubt it comes as a surprise to you that the United States wasn't listed as the happiest place on earth. That's Norway. Again, just like the measurements for the best healthcare systems, the United States didn't come in a close second, or third, or place in the top five or even in the top 10. No, from 2014-2016, our nation was evaluated to be the 14th happiest country on Earth. Before you blast the study as some esoteric evaluation of emotion, it's much deeper than that. The score is based on six key variables, including GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption. If our nation was an NFL team, at 14th place, we wouldn't even make the playoffs when evaluated on those six factors. Forgive my sports metaphors, but in a country obsessed with sports that also claims it's the greatest nation in the world, these studies help illustrate that we simply aren't winning the way we say we are.