What does it mean to live a good life? For some, it’s a quiet existence filled with serene contemplation and steady calm. For others, it’s the pursuit of mythical inner zen. But for Poles, as I argue in my book Dobro, it’s something altogether different—a recipe for living life intensely, emotionally, and profoundly.

As one of the co-authors of Dobro, I had the privilege of diving deep into what makes the Polish approach to well-being so unique. It’s not just a cultural quirk or a passing trend. It’s a system—a philosophy—that could, in the words of the book’s motto, “save the world if applied globally.