If you're waiting for everything in your life to fall into place so you can be happy, you've got it all wrong. "Don't wait for that one thing to be happy," Goldman tells CNBC Make It. When I get married, when I get that job, when I lose X amount of weight, I'll be happy." Some days, you'll feel happier and more successful than others. Those peaks and dips make it additionally important to find ways to "create your own happiness," notes Goldman.

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Persons: you've, Rachel Goldman, Goldman Organizations: Oracle, New York University, CNBC