Why Finnish People Are The Happiest on Earth

Melanie Dower’s Incredible Audiobook — Highly Recommend Listening!

If you haven't listened to Melanie Dower's audiobook, "The Finnish Guide to Happiness" (see https://amzn.to/43khNrm), you're going to want to download this book. It's rich with insights on what I can only describe as the "right way to live."

I was so moved by this book, that I changed our travel plans to visit Finland to see all of this in real life. I then took the extra step of reaching out to Melanie and let her know of my plans to visit. She graciously offered to meet me and my daughter Violet during our time in Helsinki.

In this discussion, I bring up some of the highlights and my takeaways from her book and share my deep admiration for the work she did to create it. She resisted writing this book initially as she saw herself as an outsider observing the Finnish people rather than being raised in this environment.

I believe this is the very reason her book is so powerful. It is my belief that Finnish people would have a hard time writing such a book given the lack of contrast of how much of the rest of the world lives.

Enjoy this brief exchange and for the deep dive, life-affirming insights on the best way to live for maximum happiness and fulfillment, download Melanie Dower's audiobook, "The Finnish Guide to Happiness" (https://amzn.to/43khNrm). You'll be glad you did.