The Happiness Standard

•Develop happiness skills for yourself and society with Bhutan’s “minister of happiness”

•Worldwide project work by the author in schools, companies and organisations

translated by: Horst Kappen

What makes happy people different? Is there such a thing as a happiness standard? Dr Ha Vinh Tho was responsible for the implementation of the so-called “gross national happiness” in Bhutan for many years. In fact, Bhutan is the only country in the world which does not measure the “happiness” of its citizens on the gross domestic product. In their “ministry of happiness”, other qualities count. Now with Dr. Ha Vinh Tho we can develop self-reflection, mindfulness and social skills to be kind to each other as well as a responsible way to treat nature in order to live a purposeful and joyful life. To this end the Happiness Standard offers deep insights and a lot of exercises to implement it both on a personal level and in companies and schools.

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  • Publisher: O.W. Barth
  • Translated by: Horst Kappen
  • Release: 04.11.2019
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-29295-2
  • 320 Pages
  • Author: Dr. Ha Vinh Tho
The Happiness Standard
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Dr. Ha Vinh Tho

Dr. Ha Vinh Tho was for many years the head of the Gross National Happiness Center in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan. Now he is implementing the ideas of GNH around the world in companies, schools and organisations. He is Vietnamese by birth and has worked for many years with the International Red Cross in the world’s crisis regions. He supports aid projects around the globe, is married to an Austrian woman and lives in Geneva.