I know some people who really have done rather well for themselves, yet in the same are some of the most self-centered people I know. I would go as far to call them narcissist, always looking out for their own well-being, sometimes you can even catch them forgetting other people even exist. Yet they are among the most well-off people I know. And yes, yes I know money can't buy happiness, but when you talk to them they don't seem the lest bit down. They're so cuaght up with themselves that they cant think that maybe there's something else... sometime I wish I could be this numb (dumb) and just stop thinking/caring.

"The young child is totally egocentric -- meaning not that he thinks selfishlly only about himself, but to the contrary, that he is incapable of thinking about himself. the egocentric child in unable to differentiate himself from the rest of the world; he has not separated himself out from others or from objects. Thus he feels that others share his pain or his pleasure, that his mumblings will inevtably be understood, that his perspective is shared by all persons, that even animals and plants partake of his consciousness. In playing hide-and-seek he will "hide" in broad view of other persons, because his egocentrism prevents him from recognizing that others are aware of his location. The whole course of human development can be viewed as a continuing decline in egocentrism." - Harverd Developmental Psychologist Howrd Gardner

I thought this rather interesting when I read it. And while reading it something triggered that made me think about how many times I heard people say that childhood is one of the happiest/greatest times in ones life because your still so innocent. I think it's put something close to that most of the time.
Now I dont necerssarily believe what I'm about to say, but I thought it fun to at least congar the idea for a while that in narcissism (excessive self admiration and self-centeredness) one might truely find happiness. Now from that statement alone, in narcissism one might truely find happiness, I think I would hear a lot of rebottles right of the bat.
The thing I find is that every one is looking all over for "true happiness" right now, but when I suggest looking in an odd place everyones sure it's not there. I thought this would be a fun debate to cerry on for a while, purely for amusement.

And maybe just for fun debate the otherside just to see if you can. I think this good to try with all debates.