Baseline

For some XYs: work less / be happier
For some XXs: be happier / earn more
Also: be more like Europe!

Ha ha:

"Don't brag to other people about how hard you work. If you go up to someone in Europe and say 'I work 10 hours a day, six days a week, 51 weeks a year. Look how much I achieve!' you'll get the same reaction you would in America if you said 'I wash my hands exactly 169 times a day. Look how clean they are! Look! Look!!!'" 

~ http://andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys/2005/07/the_european_wo.html