Father knows best

17 steps to a happy life. But really, 4. OK, maybe 5. Or else, maybe just open and read? Also: 7 other things worth your time!

I called my dad last night.

“Hey Dad,” I said. “I need a favor.”

Well, not really a favor, exactly, but I want to run something by you. Remember a few years back you emailed me, and I wrote that article about “17 bits of advice from my dad?” Would you mind if I used it for the newsletter?

“Seventeen?” my dad said. “No, there were four. ‘Four steps to a h…