The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World's Happiest People (The Happiness Institute Series)

by Meik Wiking

In other words, we are spending money we don’t have to buy stuff we don’t need to impress people we don’t like.

And the US is a key example when it comes to looking at how we have failed to transform wealth into well-being.

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.

“One should not focus on potential earnings when it comes to jobs—one should focus on the satisfaction you would get from it.” Wolf Wiking