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  • Great stuff goin’ on

    LaunchSince I released my book a mere two weeks ago a crazy amount of great stuff has happened.

    Here are some of my favorites:

    All of this and more in just two weeks. Things are almost happening too quickly now. I LOVE it!

  • New feature: Subscribe by email

    EmailI’ve just added a “subscribe by email” feature to the blog, meaning you can get an email every time I write a new blogpost.

    The advantage is that you can read the post right in the email, and you can be among the first to read it. The disadvantage is that I usually post twice a day, so you will be getting quite a few emails from me – just though I’d warn ya :o)

    Anyway: If you want to subscribe by email, click this link and fill out the form.

    And of course, there’s always the rss feed if you’re into that kind of thing.

  • Huh?

    This blog often gets trackbacks in languages I don’t speak but this one tickles me no end:

    Motivation

    It’s a summation/translation of this post. Woo-hoo!

  • Notice anything different?

    The site got a new look in preparation for… drum roll please…

    THE LAUNCH OF MY BOOK ON WEDNESDAY!!!!

    Yes, this wednesday you’ll be able to read and/or buy my book “Happy Hour is 9 to 5” right here on the site.

    The new design for the site was created by blog consultant extraordinaire Jacob Bøtter of Connecta. Thanks Jacob. If you’re in need of some corporate blog consulting, talk to Jacob or Hans Henrik – they know their stuff!

  • My favorites

    Happy SprayJust so you know it, I’ve put all my favorite blogposts from this site in one category, called best of site.

    Some of my all time favorites are:

    Enjoy :o)

  • A question for ya: Marketing my book

    Happy at work bookYesterday I finished the happy at work book, updating it according to all the great feedback you guys gave me. Thank you to everyone who read a chapter, and gave me their input. Today the book goes out to proofreading and then it’ll be done.

    Now I have a question for ya: How do I market and sell the book?

    Here’s what I’m currently thinking of doing:

    • The book will be available in pdf for $20 and on paper from lulu.com and amazon for $30.
    • I’ll give away 100 electronic copies of the book to the first 100 bloggers who sign up to ask for one. (Don’t sign up yet, there’ll be an official announcement later.)
    • I’ll contact all the bloggers that write about happiness at work or similar topics and offer them a free copy of the book as well as the chance to do an interview with me.
    • I’ll advertise the book in the sidebar here on the blog and at the end of every post.
    • I’ll be posting excerpts from the book as blogposts.
    • I’ll make the whole book available for free as html here on the blog.

    What else can I do to make the book a huge hit? Write a comment!

  • Book feedback

    Happy at Work BookThis post is for all the people who signed up to review a chapter of my book “Happy Hour is 9 to 5”.

    First of all: Thank you very much for your generosity! I’m so glad you’re willing to help me on this.

    I have emailed you guys the entire book as a pdf, and you now have a chance to tell me what you think. There are a few instructions in the feedback file I also emailed you. Please read that, write your feedback and write it as a comment to this post.

    Thanks again for doing this, and I’m not at all happy, nervous and totally fracking excited about this. At all :o)

  • Great comments

    CommentsThe best thing about writing this blog, are all the great comments it gets. As the blog gets more and more popular (and it’s totally getting out of hand right now, I love it), it seems that I get more and more great ideas, feedback, thoughts, input. Here are a few of my favorite recent comments.

    Mack asked why we want to be happy at work at all and a great conversation ensued, including this comment:

    I’ve seen businesses make drastic moves and have a groundswell of support from the employees regardless of the sacrifices they endure. I’ve seen businesses throw goodies at employees and they still complain. What it’s about is trust, and it’s more than just having an HR slogan of “we will be trustworthy???. The problem is that corporations don’t want people working for them, they want human resources. Trust?

    If you’re arguing to make corporations see the bottom line from the long term picture (by promoting trust and human decency towards employees), you’re fighting the entire history of business in this country, buddy. Good luck!
    – Jeremy

    Yes that is exactly what we’re up against – about 200-300 years of tradition for doing the opposite. Call me an optimist, but I really believe that us happy people are so much more efficient and creative that we are the ones who will define the future of business.
    (more…)

  • Help me name my book about happiness at work

    Happy at work bookMy book about happiness at work is practically done and is coming out in November. I’m revising the text one last time and I’m really, really happy with it.

    I had a meeting monday with Palle Schmidt who is going to illustrate it throughout. Palle is a great artist (you can see his work here – click under “gallerier”) and is really good at illustrating business concepts. The incredibly talented designer Lone Orum will create a beautiful cover and design the inside of the book so it will look not just good but grrrrreat!

    There’s just one, tiny, insignificant detail missing: A title! I really suck at coming up with names (always have) and the best I’ve been able to come up with so far is “Happy At Work Now”. Surely we can do better!

    What do you think I should call the book? I need a title and a catch-phrase, as in The Seven-Day Weekend – Changing The Way Work Works. I also like that title because it immediately evokes a positive image of what the book is about.

    The book is of course about happiness at work. What it is, why it matters and how we can get it. The book is for anyone who has a job and anyone who wants one. You can read all about it (and even read the first draft of it) here.

    Help me out here – I really need some ideas. Write a comment if you have any suggestion!

  • Fiddling while the blog burns

    As you can probably see, I’m fiddling with the blog layout, and things may look strange for a while.

    Yes, I code some of my own php. Yes, that makes me a geek :o)