Happy as a Dane 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World (Audible Audio Edition) Malene Rydahl Hillary Huber LLC Gildan Media Books
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This international best seller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be, too.
For decades Denmark has ranked at the top of the world's happiness surveys. How is it that these 5.6 million Danes are so content when they live in a country that is dark and cold nine months of the year and where income taxes are at almost 60 percent? At a time when talk across the Western world is focused on unemployment woes, government overreach, and anti-taxation lobbies, our Danish counterparts seem to breathe a healthier and fresher air. Interweaving anecdotes and research, Malene Rydahl explores how the values of trust, education, and a healthy work-life balance with purpose - to name just a few - contribute to a "happy" population. From eye-opening stories about open-air vegetable stands to babies safely left unattended while parents have coffee, to very generous paternity leave policies, Rydahl provides tips that we can all apply to our daily lives regardless of where we live.
Happy as a Dane 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World (Audible Audio Edition) Malene Rydahl Hillary Huber LLC Gildan Media Books
Interesting but not as much as a "how to" book as I was hoping for. In other words, how do we apply it to our own lives? Also, interesting to note that there are high depression and alcoholism rates for some but the majority of the country seems to be happy that Big Brother is taking care of them. If you are for socialism, this might be the book for you.Product details
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Happy as a Dane 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World (Audible Audio Edition) Malene Rydahl Hillary Huber LLC Gildan Media Books Reviews
I'm always seeing stories about how "Danes are the happiest people in the world" and the stories are usually accompanied by notes that they're happiest because healthcare and higher education are provided for. So when I started flipping through this book and saw other reasons, I knew I wanted to find out more.
The book started off well (talking about reasons such as the Danes' immense trust in their institutions to make the right decisions for them) but started to peter out towards the middle, in chapters such as "relationship to money" where the author mostly quotes studies on happiness (the one we've all heard, where happiness from money peters out) and talks about her brother's journey from social media entrepreneur to restaurant owner. Missing from the book is a chapter on the immense benefit of having health care provided for, of particular interest to Americans, who, when not being gouged by insurance premiums, are regularly bankrupted by medical expenses.
The author does bring up negative issues the Danes do have (high suicide, alcoholism and anti-depressant rates). I would have appreciated more details on these issues for balance.
Another issue I had with the book is the author's including information on her own life. It's one thing to bring up personal examples that illustrate the book's points, but the author would often bring up examples that didn't, regarding issues she'd had in her life - IN PARIS. That's right! The author left Denmark for Paris (where she currently lives) at age 18. Many of her personal stories illustrate problems in Paris. I'm an editor and found myself crossing out these sorts of sections, with notes "doesn't belong." For example, in her money chapter, she talks about a rich friend's unhappiness. This is a rich friend, IN PARIS. I got tired of all the Parisian anecdotes. Also, one wonders if Denmark is so great, why she needed to leave, and also, why she is writing a book about it.
For the last chapter, the author decided to write a sort of self-help list for the reader, of her own life experiences. I thought that was a bit pretentious. My take on the book is that life in Denmark obviously was a positive for her, but she'd done so well in life because she was advantaged, and this would have been a benefit no mattered what country she'd been raised in. When she mentioned to her father at age nine that she wanted to work in the hotel industry, her father arranged an interview with a fancy hotel owner. She also mentions that she attended a private school.
So, I guess take this book with a grain of salt. I hope the author next writes a book on why Paris is so great, since she obviously loves it.
I checked out a bunch of Hygge books from my library. There isn't a lot to Hygge--I mean to giving a "how to" of how to do it. Basically get cozy with your family and turn off the screens. Or buy some board games and invite friends over. Also get outside. I don't mean to diminish Hygge which encourages all the right brain health but by book 4 I had deeper questions like "How did former Vikings get so happy anyway?"
For my 4th Hygge book I read this one and unlike the other reviewers I really enjoyed it a lot precisely because the author speculated about why there is Hygge in Denmark, what is different about their culture than other places, how their education system works, their life goals. So yes, this isn't the how to Hygge book but if you want some other different information about Hygge to better understand the practice it's a really good read.
Also, in 2017 this book really resonated with what is going on in American culture. I valued how Ms. Rydahl explained the level of corruption in Denmark versus the belief of citizens that there is corruption. And she did this other issues (welfare system, honesty, feelings of helping others) and other countries making the valuable point that it does matter 1) what are a country's problems AND also 2) if citizens correctly understand what are the real problems. So which countries are working from a point of cynicism and which are not. If you know about anxiety, anger, mindfulness and brain health, you begin to see why Denmark is happy. The people feel trust, they can relax with family, they can take healthy risks in their lives, they can continue to enjoy learning, they don't assume the worst of one another.
I loved her personal stories which made me feel like I had a chance to visit with someone of a foreign culture who explained it to me. That's pretty rare honestly. When you visit a place you rarely make a friend that lays it out for you. Finally, I won't forget that in Denmark the best Christmas present is underwear.
Interesting but not as much as a "how to" book as I was hoping for. In other words, how do we apply it to our own lives? Also, interesting to note that there are high depression and alcoholism rates for some but the majority of the country seems to be happy that Big Brother is taking care of them. If you are for socialism, this might be the book for you.
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