Achieving Happiness: Reaching out for help puts you on road to success

Rick is on a downward spiral. A junior in high school, he's finding his courses to be significantly harder this year. When he got a failing grade in the first quarter for math, his confidence began to crumble and he started to feel - and act - like a loser. His initial response to failure made matters much worse, and his future was in serious jeopardy until he found someone who taught him how to turn his life around.

At first Rick was too embarrassed to talk to his teacher. He rushed out of her classroom to avoid her. As his grades got worse, he often skipped going to class. The math teacher tried to help Rick by giving him...