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. From the author of the million-copy bestseller The Little Book of Hygge.
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.
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" - arbejdsglæde. Meanwhile, the rest of the western world is struggling with a burn-out epidemic - but where are we going wrong? There is an alternative, and The Art of Danish Living will provoke and inspire.