10 Keys To Job Satisfaction, Backed By Research
ght now most people are unhappy with their jobs. A boring job can give you a heart attack. And those with no job are happier than those with a lousy one. Most people want to leave their jobs because they don't trust their employer. Know what the happiest and unhappiest jobs are and what motivates you. "...the strongest determinants of job satisfaction are relations with colleagues and supervisors, task diversity and job security." Job satisfaction isn't just about your job.…
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This is the easiest route to self-improvement and a long, healthy life
's your friends. The people around you affect you far more than you believe. The Longevity Project, which studied over 1000 people from youth to death had this to say: The groups you associate with often determine the type of person you become. For people who want improved health, association with other healthy people is usually the strongest and most direct path of change. In The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career,…
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This is Why Women Live Longer Than Men
isn't biology so much as behavior. Acting masculine predicted a shorter life for men and women while being more feminine predicted a longer life for both. Masculine men tend to take more risks and pay less attention to their health and relationships. Via The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study: The eye-opener in our findings was that the more masculine men and the more masculine women had an increased mortality risk,…
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Why You Spend Too Much Money And How To Stop
at our neighbors buy affects what we buy, as does our names, the weather, and the type of floor a store has. Music manipulates us into spending in flower shops and restaurants. Which products are next to each other on the shelf influences what we buy. In fact, one product can catch "cooties" from another. Attractive salespeople mess with our heads too, especially if they touch the products. Truth is, we're more satisfied after buying from good-looking people. Stores use…
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If you want to live longer should you give alcoholism a try?
avy drinkers live longer than abstainers. Moderate drinkers fare the best. Via Time Magazine (Hat Tip: Joyce) But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren't entirely clear — abstaining from alcohol does tend to increase one's risk of dying, even when you exclude former problem drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers. And: But even after controlling for nearly all imaginable…
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7 things you didn’t know about death:
car winners live longer -- unless they're writers. Rockstars really do live fast and die young. Famous people are more likely to die on their birthday. Lou Gehrig may not have died from Lou Gehrig's disease. The leading cause of death among pregnant women is homicide. Men are more likely than women to terminate a life-threatening pregnancy. Many car crashes are caused by drivers distracted by car crashes. Stop worrying about terrorist attacks and quicksand; voodoo curses on the other…
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Which personality types live to be 100?
ople who are extroverted, optimistic and easygoing. via Eurekalert: "When I started working with centenarians, I thought we'd find that they survived so long in part because they were mean and ornery," said Nir Barzilai, M.D., the Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Chair of Aging Research, director of Einstein's Institute for Aging Research and co-corresponding author of the study. "But when we assessed the personalities of these 243 centenarians, we found qualities that clearly reflect a positive attitude towards life.…
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10 steps to getting better at absolutely everything:
bsp; I've been doing a number of research compilations lately and in case you missed anything, here are the best of the bunch: What 10 things should you do every day to improve your life? What 10 things should you do every *week* to improve your life? What are seven things that can make you happier in seven seconds? 7 steps to being a better person Is improving your life as easy as changing how you sit or stand? 5…
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