Lykke Book Quotes

Like most things, the more we have of something, the less happiness we derive from it. The first slice of cake: awesome. The fifth slice: not so good.

See experiences as an investment in happy memories and in your personal story and development.

(P)sychologists at the new School for Social Research found that fiction books improve our ability to register and read others' emotions and, according to an article in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, research also shows that literary fiction enhances our ability to reflect on our problems through reading about characters who are facing similar issues and problems.

Remember: Danes are direct descendants of Vikings, so we enjoy watching things burn: bonfires, candles, villages. It's all good.

A city is successful not when it’s rich but when its people are happy. Creating bikeability and walkability shows respect for human dignity. We’re telling people, ‘You are important—not because you’re rich, but because you are human.’ If people are treated as special, as sacred, even, they behave that way. We need to walk just as birds need to fly. Creating public spaces is one way to lead us to a society that is not only more equal but also much happier.

A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transport. It is where the rich walk and where they use bikes. We should create cities where rich and poor meet as equals: in parks, on the sidewalks, on public transport.

Take time to enjoy the journey toward your goal while also being mindful that achieving your goal will not fulfill you completely.

The most successful countries in the twenty-first century will be those that most efficiently turn wealth into well-being—and this also applies to the individual.

For the ambitious among us, once we reach our goal we soon formulate another to pursue. This is the hedonic treadmill. We continuously raise the bar for what we want or feel we need in order to be happy - and the hedonic treadmill spins faster with ambition. In other words, the downside to being ambitious is a constant sense of dissatisfaction with our achievements.

Expect the hedonic treadmill Take time to enjoy the journey towards your goal while also being mindful that achieving your goal will not fulfil you completely. Expect and understand that reaching your goal might make you happy - but only for a while. We continuously raise the bar for what we want or feel we need in order to be happy.

No people can be truly happy if they do not feel that they are choosing the course of their own life,” states the World Happiness Report 2012—and it also finds that having this freedom of choice is one of the six factors that explain why some people are happier than others.

The results of five experiments involving more than a thousand participants showed that reading literary fiction improves our ability to detect and understand other people's emotions. But it can't be any sort of fiction. The researchers distinguished between "popular fiction" (where the author leads you by the hand as a reader) and "literary fiction" (in which you must find your own way and fill in the gaps). Instead of being told why a certain character behaves as they do, you have to figure it out yourself. That way, the book becomes not just a simulation of a social experience, it is a social experience.

Some of the best decisions we make come from that inner voice that says, "Why not?" That says, "Andiamo." So much disappointment arises from what is desired but not chosen.

What makes me proud to be part of the human race – with all our faults and failures – is our endless curiosity and imagination.

When we discover that our happiness does not rest on the foundation of money, we have found a true treasure.

our wealth is not measured by the size of our bank accounts but by the strength of our bonds, the health of our loved ones, and the level of our gratitude. That happiness does not come from owning a bigger car but from knowing that we are part of something bigger—part of a community—and that we are all in this together.

So perhaps we need to consider how to turn the idea of the pursuit of happiness into the happiness of the pursuit. People on a quest for something they find meaningful - whether that is building a boat or growing the perfect tomato - tend to be happier; they know that happiness is the by-product of the process and not a pot of gold at the finish line.

six factors: togetherness or sense of community, money, health, freedom, trust, and kindness.

So perhaps we need to consider how to turn the idea of the pursuit of happiness into the happiness of the pursuit.

happiness is the by-product of the process and not a pot of gold at the finish line.

The more people we have with whom we can talk about personal matters, the happier we are.

Take the scenic route. There are apps (try Kamino and Field Trip) that will tell you not the fastest route but the prettiest.

I’m not sure how long Jean-Paul Sartre’s commute was, but it might have been where he first came up with the phrase “Hell is other people.

Whether you look at the English word 'companion', the Spanish word 'companero' or the French 'copain', they all originate from the Latin 'com' and 'panis' meaning 'with whom one shares bread

Veronica, after discovering that most women in prison in developing countries are incarcerated for poverty-related crimes, established the Copenhagen-based fashion label Carcel—which enables women in prison to turn wasted time into skills and paid jobs so they can support themselves, send their children to school, and save up for a new, crime-free beginning, in the hope, ultimately, of breaking the cycle of poverty and crime. Each product carries the name of the woman who made it and is manufactured inside women’s prisons that pay fair wages to the women to help them support themselves and their children.

The more we have of something, the less happiness we derive from it. We continuously raise the bar for what we want or feel we need in order to be happy—and the hedonic treadmill spins faster with ambition. In other words, the downside to being ambitious is a constant sense of dissatisfaction with our achievements. What works well in Denmark is that enjoying a good quality of life does not have to cost a lot of money. If I lost my job and my savings, I would still be able to enjoy most of the same things I enjoy today. It is not only about how much money we make, it is also about what we do with the money we have. See experiences as an investment in happy memories and in your personal story and development. Our happiness has an impact on our health. A greater level of happiness predicts better future physical health. The biggest obstacles to happiness are feeling inferior or excluded. Some of the best decisions we make come from that inner voice that says, ‘Why not?’ You are likely to be more efficient if you have less time. Meetings are employees talking about work that they have done or work that they are going to do, and managers are people whose job it is to interrupt people. Both are killing our productivity.

Put yourself in the shoes of others and pick up some literary fiction. Go for books like To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, or The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Find social blenders that allow you to move beyond your normal social circles. Visit places that voted in the opposite end of the political spectrum from you. If you listen to people’s stories, you may find that you might have made some of the same choices if you had lived their life rather than yours. We are not so very different; we just had different starting points. And while it is easy to stop listening and dismiss people we disagree with as ignorant, as evil, and as the enemy, that will only lead us to misery. But perhaps if we listen we might learn that it is inequality, unfairness, and injustice that are the enemy and that empathy, trust, and cooperation are the way forward.

So, I think the key lesson from the Danish way of living when it comes to health is to build movement into your daily routine.

Find ways to bring happiness to others through acts of kindness.

Great things sometimes have small beginnings.

Мы тратим деньги, которых у нас нет, на покупку вещей, которые нам не нужны, чтобы произвести впечатление на людей, которые нам не нравятся.

Dezamagirile vietii sunt mai greu de indurat cand nu stii nicio injuratura.

My, ludzie, jesteśmy szczęśliwsi, kiedy czujemy się związani z innymi. Oczywiście za tym, co nas uszczęśliwia, musi stać coś więcej niż tylko zaspokojenie tęsknoty za miłością, przyjaźnią i wspólnotą. Na pewno ludzie pragną gdzieś przynależeć, tylko często nie są pewni, jak to osiągnąć.

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” To come at this from a different angle, schedule when you have to start a task—and when you have to finish it.

meetings are employees talking about work that they have done or work that they are going to do, and managers are people whose job it is to interrupt people. Both are killing our productivity.

I propose a new mandatory course for all university students. Every student in the class is squeezed into the smallest closet possible and they have to stand there for forty-five minutes without making eye contact with anyone. If you make eye contact, you fail. Then they are asked to move into an even smaller closet—in which they won’t all fit. If you don’t make it into the second wardrobe, you fail the course. I call it “Commuting 101.” I’m not sure how long Jean-Paul Sartre’s commute was, but it might have been where he first came up with the phrase “Hell is other people.

but I remember my dad telling me at a very early age that you should not focus on potential earnings when it comes to a job but on the satisfaction you would get from doing it. “You are going to spend a huge part of your life working—it should be something you enjoy.

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your freedom to choose what you do with your life?” What is certain is that having the freedom to choose what we do with our lives—feeling that we are the captain of our destiny—is linked to happiness.

Daca vrei sa construiesti o corabie, nu bate oamenii la cap sa stranga lemne si nu le da sarcini si nu-i pune la munca, ci fa-i, mai degraba, sa tanjeasca dupa marea indepartata, nesfarsita. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

Avem nevoie de mai multi creatori ai bunavointei, de eroi ai fericirii si de campioni ai schimbarii. Aceasta este perspectiva necesara careia i se poate alatura fiecare dintre noi. La felul in care merge lumea, unii ar putea-o numi speranta desarta - dar sperantele nu au fost nicodata desarte. Si nu uitati: nu are rost sa fim pesimisti, oricum nu functioneaza niciodata!

O tara dezvoltata nu este aceea in care saracii au masini. Este aceea in care bogatii folosesc transportul in comun. Este aceea in care bogatii merg pe jos si folosesc bicicletele. Ar trebui sa cream orase in care bogatii si saracii se se intalneasca in postaura de egali: in parcuri, pe trotuare, in mijloacele de transport in comun.

Freedom is organizing our lives so that our happiness does not depend on how much we earn.

... people have stopped thinking of themselves only as customers and have begun to act as citizens.

The biggest obstacles to happiness are feeling inferior or excluded.

A city is successful not when it’s rich but when its people are happy. Creating bikeability and walkability shows respect for human dignity. We’re telling people, ‘You are important—not because you’re rich, but because you are human.’ If people are treated as special, as sacred, even, they behave that way. We need to walk just as birds need to fly. Creating public spaces is one way to lead us to a society that is not only more equal but also much happier.” The words are those of Guillermo Peñalosa, whom I met at a conference

Shinrin-yoku literally translates to “forest bathing,” or taking in the atmosphere of the forest, and refers to soaking up the sights, smells, and sounds of a natural setting to promote physiological and psychological health.

In materialistic terms, Marcus Aurelius might have been right in saying that “a man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions,” but perhaps he overlooked the fact that a man’s worth does not equal his well-being.