Topic: Eric Weiner

. How to Escape Perfectionism

According to the World Database of Happiness (yes, there is one), Iceland is the happiest place on earth. Eric Weiner, Author of The Geography of Bliss, traveled to Iceland to find out. After interviewing a number of Icelanders, Weiner discovered that their ...

Ode to joy

The Geography of Blissby Eric Weiner409pp, Black Swan, & Different cultures do indeed follow different roads to bliss, and many offer handy tips to the cheerless.His first port of call is the Netherlands, partly because this uniquely tolerant country scores highly in ...

Escape from Commuter Hell

Like many business owners, Eric Weiner was recently forced to pass on higher gas prices to his customers. The president of All Occasion Transportation, a Pawtucket, R.I.-based car and limousine service, Weiner says the added fuel surcharge has yet to ...
In his book The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World, Weiner immerses himself in the cultural fabric of the world's happiest countries to pinpoint exactly why residents of some countries, like Iceland and ...