Are These Just Words? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” – Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. All Your Employees Deserve Respect We tend to think that we owe it to ourselves to be happy, but we must take it one step further and acknowledge that our happiness is tightly inter-connected with our employees, co-workers, vendors and customers happiness. Happiness and unhappiness are both contagious.