The Art of Danish Living: How the World’s Happiest People Find Joy at Work

A beautiful, research-backed guide on how to work like the happiest people in the world, the Danes

It is well known that the Danes have a fantastic work-life balance, that working late is discouraged, parental leave is split equally, and long summer holidays are the norm. They even have a word meaning ＂happiness at work＂--arbejdsgl de. Meanwhile, the rest of the western world is struggling with a burn-out epidemic--but where are we going wrong? Based on a new study from the Happiness Research Institute, Meik Wiking reveals the main factors that build happiness at work--purpose, trust, relationships, balance, and more--to show how we can reduce stress, increase productivity, and find fulfillment, both in and out of work.

Meik Wiking is a happiness researcher and founded the world’s first Happiness Research Institute in 2013, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author whose four globally bestselling books have sold over 2 million copies worldwide: The Little Book of Hygge, The Little Book of Lykke, The Art of Making Memories, and My Hygge Home. He has been called the Indiana Jones of Smiles and probably the World’s Happiest Man by the Times.