# Professor Scott Galloway's comments on how science shows there is an arc to happiness are mentioned

1 Faculty News May 13, 2020 ![CNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027305.jpg?itok=Ipx0jiaQ)>

Excerpt from [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/13/reddit-crowdsourced-tips-for-young-people-on-happy-life-and-success.html) -- “'Science shows there is an arc to happiness. Specifically, it looks like a smile,' [Galloway](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/scott-galloway) previously told CNBC Make It. 'So, your younger years, your childhood, your teens, your college years \[and\] young adulthood are the stuff of college football games, time with friends, sexual exploration, experimentation — a lot of great stuff. And, you’re taught that the world is yours for the taking and you believe it,' he said."

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