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Lifestyle

People in Nordic countries certainly know something about achieving happiness since the World Happiness Report consistently ranks them at the top. In 2023, for instance, Finland won the title of the happiest country in the world - for the sixth time. So, does this mean that moving to Finland increases your chance of becoming much happier? According to Katja Pantzar, the answer is: yes! Of course, the moving itself won’t make you happy, but embracing the centuries-old Finnish concept called sisu (pronounced see-su). Get ready to discover what it is about!


The Finnish Way

New products, new technologies. See the future with the eyes of ingenuity.

Technology & Innovation

Are you constantly checking your Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter feeds, so much so that you forget to live your life? Jaron Lanier presents 10 arguments for why you should delete your social media accounts, addiction being only one of them. Social media has been designed to spy on and manipulate people and has therefore rapidly changed what it means to be human in the current world of information technology.

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Understanding the science behind your decision making and behavior is a great asset in the battle to a more fulfilled life.

Psychology

In “Stumbling on Happiness,” Daniel Gilbert looks at why it seems so difficult to plan for a happy future. Using insights from cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, he attempts to understand how the human brain makes predictions about the future and shows in the process that accurate predictions about the future are impossible.

Stumbling on Happiness

Test new diets, routines, workout regimens and see what best suits your body and mind

Health & Diet

An unusual self-help book on healthy aging, “The Telomere Effect” is a joint effort by respected psychiatrist Elissa Epel and Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Elizabeth Blackburn. Drawing from original research on cell replication, the book establishes a link between one’s lifespan and the length of their telomeres (the caps that protect our chromosomes). It also explores different ways on how to improve your telomeres’ health.

The Telomere Effect

“Ikigai” is a Japanese word which can be loosely translated into English as “a reason for living” but which also entails “the happiness of always being busy.” Spanish writers Héctor García and Francesc Miralles explain both senses in this brief and absorbing book, which nevertheless has a lofty goal – to discover the meaning of life itself. García and Miralles go to Okinawa for inspiration.

Ikigai

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Emotional Intelligence

Get inspired, build great plans, reach your goals, live happier!

Self-Help & Motivation

In “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,” Mark Manson clears up some common misconceptions on how to live a successful and happy life. Through counterintuitive advice such as “don’t try,” he manages to convince us that we do not have to be famous to be immortal, and that we do not have to give a fuck about every little thing in life. This book teaches you how to take back control of your life in order to be truly happy.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

You may have heard of the Law of Attraction before and even tried to practice it yourself. But no matter what you have tried, you are still not closer to your dream life than you were at the start! “The Last Law of Attraction Book You’ll Ever Need To Read” finally provides the missing link to make your wildest dreams come true - all you need to do is bypass your ego.

The Last Law of Attraction Book You’ll Ever Need To Read

Danes enjoy the reputation of being the happiest people in the world. In ‘’The Little Book of Hygge,’’ the CEO of The Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen Meik Wiking introduces some simple Danish lifestyle habits that contribute to everyday happiness. Practicing these habits brings feelings of pleasure, peace, and coziness that are associated with hygge, the cornerstone of a happy life in Denmark.

The Little Book of Hygge

Explore the work-ethic of productive people and get a glimpse into the techniques that helped them reach a high level of success.

Productivity & Time Management

Have you ever struggled to concentrate on a task? Does your mind keep wandering off? Or do you let emotional events in your life distract you easily from what you’re supposed to be doing? “Focus” by Daniel Goleman explains why we struggle to concentrate, and the benefits of having more focus in our lives. Not only will you be more productive when you are able to focus your attention, but the improved focus is the way to achieve excellence. It also maintains successful relationships and helps solve and prevent global problems such as climate change and pandemics.

Focus

“The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify” by Francine Jay is a book with easily actionable steps to help you declutter your home, and simplify your life in the process. Through the concepts of minimalism and the STREAMLINE method, Jay shows us how to categorize and organize our belongings in a way that best reflects who we are.

The Joy of Less

Personal Development

This straightforward and comprehensive self-help classic, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey, supplants the personality ethic with an interdependence-based “character ethic.” Effective people align themselves with fundamental principles and universal values when making decisions or taking action. Search the win-win scenarios by understanding your partner first.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“Zero Waste Home” by Bea Johnson is simultaneously an honest, down-to-earth chronicle of the author’s highly experimental years-long endeavor to simplify her life by reducing her waste, and a practical guide that should provide you with all the necessary tools, tips and tricks to achieve sustainable living, as well as a better future for yourself, your family, and the entire planet.

Zero Waste Home

In this update to the original classic book on habits by Stephen R. Covey, titled “The 8th Habit,” he provides an addendum that is adequate to the new Knowledge Worker Age. The focus is on finding your voice, or the things that inspire you innately, followed by the tools to effectively express it.

The 8th Habit

Based on exhaustive research and years of reports, “The Blue Zones Solution” reverse engineers a diet for better health and longevity from the diets of the world’s five longest-living communities. It then translates this diet into 10 food guidelines and further simplifies it into the “four always, four to avoid” rule of thumb.

The Blue Zones Solution

“The 4-Hour Workweek” by Timothy Ferriss is a how-to guide for living life large and doing away with the commonly accepted deferred-life plan in which people work from 9 to 5, take one vacation a year, and save money to relax after retirement. The alternative? Creating a luxury lifestyle in the present using the currency of the “New Rich”: time and mobility.

The 4 Hour Workweek

Kat Duff employs an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing everything from myths and literature to psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to study sleep. “The Secret Life of Sleep” raises the right questions about sleep’s nature, structure, and objective while delivering some forgotten insights and surprising conclusions.

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