Brief warm-up or micro-exercises
If you can't cycle to work every day, consider other forms of activity. “For example, I drink a lot of coffee. Where I work, the coffee machine runs very slowly, and while waiting for a cup to fill, I walk up four floors. For a week, I actually climb the Empire State Building, ”Mike explains.

Put your smartphone away for a while
“When I'm with my family, we turn off our phones from 18:00 to 20:00: that's dinner time in Denmark. So we get the opportunity to exchange views and really feel like a single family, ”says the expert. Viking is highly critical of social media, which he says makes us unhappy because it actively stimulates us to constantly compare ourselves to others.

Meditate
“When I'm not working, I try to find time to practice mindfulness and focus on myself. In Bhutan, some schools have a minute of silence for meditation. One study of more than 8,000 students found that group members who practiced mindfulness exercises were happier,” Wiking says.