The 5-foot-10 Wong lived, as he still does, in a stuccoed house in the university neighborhood of Manoa with his wife, Trudy, and dog, Samuel Sprocket. His two children are in their 30s; his son lives in Washington, D.C., and his daughter lives in Honolulu.
After being given the label of the country s happiest man, Wong says he felt a certain responsibility to be more introspective about his happiness and good fortune. He considers the title both an honor and a duty, and has
pursued a second career in motivational speaking.
People are looking for a quick fix, Wong says of his many questioners. But it doesn t happen like that. Like marriage or anything else, you ve got to work at it.
Wong says the mantra that kept him happy before the fame still works for him today. Since being named the happiest man in America, I ve done a lot of reading and research on this stuff, he says. I learned about myself ... And I think, for my own sake, I ve come to terms with what is the secret to my happiness. It s attitude.
Wong -- in the way only a happy, self-assured person can -- boils it down to basics. Remembering a convention for people with disabilities, Wong notes that the audience, not the invited speaker, was most inspiring. They ve come to realize, he said about the people he met, If I don t have a positive attitude, then I m going to have a very rotten life. It s either a rotten life, or try to create a positive attitude. So they work at it.
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