In this episode the topic is of masssive importance to your quality of your life, and to your ability to achieving your goals: Your habits. The episode is a recording from a webinar I did on May 19th 2020, and I cover why shaping habits is ofte

HW 033: A conversation with Nikola Danaylov

Mar 21st, 2020 51m 31s

My guest today is bestselling author Nikola Danaylov, from Singularity Weblog. His book, Conversations with the Future, is available on Amazon. We discuss where the world is headed, and more importantly how we will get there. We cover the curre

HW 032: Happy Henry interview

Aug 15th, 2018 43m 54s

HW 032: Happy Henry interview on good management and a happy workplace

Aug 15th, 2018 43m 54s

We're back! Henry Stewart founded and runs Happy, a London-based training company. The company has purposefully been moulded into a happy workplace, and in this episode Henry shares some of his secrets. We discuss good and bad managers, e-ma

HW 031: Goals and resolutions that work

Jan 12th, 2017 27m 24s

Each year in January millions of people struggle to meet their New Years resolutions. Struggle and fail. In this episode, Jon from http://happyways.com deconstructs goal setting and resolutions, and takes a different approach: Try with a theme

HW 030: TEDx talk: The Powerful Difference of Happy Work

Nov 18th, 2016 14m 45s

This episode features the audio recording from the 2012 TEDxSquareMile conference in London, where your host Jon Kjaer Nielsen from http://happyways.com gave a 10-minute talk of happiness in the workplace. For the video, go here: https://www.

HW 029: Being Trumped, and dealing with it

Nov 16th, 2016 16m 48s

Jon does a short episode about how he chose to handle his motorbike getting stolen. Chosing neither anger nor sadness, he looked ahead and chose action and a positive mindset, thereby harnessing what is called the undoing effect. What follows i

HW 028: On the incompetetence of bosses, and others

Oct 28th, 2016 22m 53s

Jon goes back to sharing facinating findings from science on this episode. This time it all recolves around incompentece. In this show you'll learn the priciple of Hanlons Razor, saying simply: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequat

HW 027: Hacking Productivity for Happiness part 3

Oct 20th, 2016 24m 9s

This is part 3 in a series on personal productivity. For an expanding article with tips and show notes, go to http://happyways.com/productivity Building on part 1 and 3, Jon shared insight from brain science that shows that your ability to ma

HW 026: Picking the best job, part II: Pick your boss

Oct 12th, 2016 19m 28s

This is part 2 of giving an answer to the question of what your should look for when getting a new job, and in this episode Jon explores the importance of who your boss is. A boss has a massive impact on the quality of your life, both at work a

HW 025: Picking the best job: On culture

Sep 22nd, 2016 28m 49s

Picking a job is one of the most important choices in life. Besides sleeping, a full-time job is your number one activity, so it really counts! In this episode Jon answers three questions with just one answer: - What should I look for in a jo

HW 024: 100 Tips Book Preview

Sep 14th, 2016 20m 39s

In this episode Jon read from his just-translated and upcoming book on happiness at work. You'll get three out of the 100 chapters, and they are: Yell At The Pages The Order Of The Elephant Trial Periods To be notified when the book is releas

HW 023: Lee Caraher on Millenials

Sep 7th, 2016 45m 55s

Lee Caraher is the CEO of Double Forte, a consultancy with offices in San Fransisco, New York and elsewhere. She is also an expert on Millenials in the workplace, and author of the book Millenials and Management. On the show we talk about h

HW 022: Seduction in Meetings

Aug 31st, 2016 31m 35s

Meetings can be an aweful waste of time, or they can be the place where you recruit people to your cause. In this episode, Jon shares three simple and powerful tools that will make you more succesful at persuading people when you present, be to

HW 021: The Dangers of asking for an oppinion

Aug 24th, 2016 21m 3s

Just like we saw with BREXIT, asking people for their oppinion on a matter can be a dangerous thing. Despite best efforts to keep it about one thing, people thend to make it about everything else. In the workplace we see this when we do employe

HW 020: Love Your Job Or Die Trying. My interview on DojoLIVE

Aug 10th, 2016 1h 1m

In June 2016 Jon was interviewed for the live show DojoLive, broadcast online from Mexico. Here you get a slightly edited version of the audio, as well as Jon elaborating on a few points made there. For the full video from the show, visit here:

HW 019: The good old days - on Rosy Retrospection

Jul 6th, 2016 19m 44s

Science shows that people consistently rate past experiences better that they actually did at the time, something called Rosy Retrospection. This is true for holidays where it rained a lot, it's true of past job and past relatonships, and it's

HW 018: Tips for a stress-free vacation

Jun 22nd, 2016 19m 16s

It's summer, and your host is planning to go on vacation. In preparing for a month of riding Europe on his motorbike, Jon shares his approach to really taking time off and not working. In this episode you'll hear though on: - How to set things

HW 017: Hacking productivity for happiness part 2

Jun 15th, 2016 27m 44s

Part 2 in the series on productivity talks about procrastination and how we ofte get distracted from doing the important stuff... stuff like recording this episode! The show then moves on to cover how there is no longer a link between hours spe

HW016: Hacking productivity for happiness part 1

Jun 8th, 2016 27m 58s

This is part 1 in a series on personal productivity. For show notes and a text version, go to http://happyways.com/productivity Most people seem to be struggling with getting enough done, or with finding the right "work/life balance", and this

HW 015: Giving experiences as recognition, with Blueboard

May 25th, 2016 40m 19s

Blueboard is a San Francisco based startup helping clients use experiences as recognition, in place of traditional methods like the classic (and boring) Amazon gift card. On todays' show Jon interveiws Blueboard founders Taylor Smith and Kevin

HW 014: On digital stress and detoxing

May 18th, 2016 25m 39s

As more and more studies show, being constantly connected via our computers and smartphones can lead to stress and anxiety. Facebook Stress is now a thing! This episode explores the issue and looks at both consequences and possible solutions. I

HW 013: A year traveling as a digital nomad

May 11th, 2016 36m 28s

Jon Kjaer Nielsen shares his experiences and learning points from one full year of living and working as a digital nomad. On the show he shares the concerns his friend had, including the humorous "aren't you afraid you'll gain weight?". For not

HW 012: The Trees Remember

May 4th, 2016 11m 14s

This is a special episode of the HappyWays Podcast.In the early summer of 2015 Jon rode through beautiful Croatiaon a motorcycle, and on the trip he was inspired to write a speech.What follows is a recording of that speech, along with a shor

HW 011: On gratitude and stolen iPhones

Apr 20th, 2016 23m 4s

Following the theft of his iPhone, Jon looks at different strategies for taking a bad turn of events and responding in such a way that it does not end up killing your happiness.Resources mentioned:The books "Learned Optimism" as well as "Flou