These data about the happiest countries in Europe led us to wonder what lies behind those results.
It is clear that happiness is closely related to leading a balanced life between the personal and the professional. Factors such as good weather, diet, and family relationships play a role, but all signs point to work-life balance carrying even greater weight. And as we always say, those who want to achieve that balance have to earn it through good organization and personal effectiveness.
That is why we decided to delve deeper into what these countries do differently when it comes to organizing themselves in order to achieve better work-life balance and greater harmony between personal and professional life. This translates into higher levels of happiness, despite not having advantages such as the Mediterranean climate or our gastronomic culture. The key lies, to a great extent, in how they organize their work, although there are also aspects of the Mediterranean lifestyle worth learning from that ultimately result in greater effectiveness.
That is where Work like a Nordic, live like a Mediterranean comes from. The ten commandments of the book summarize the keys to achieving it.