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Is a marriage worth more to a man or a woman? By how much?:
at's a marriage worth? To an Australian male, about $32,000. That's the lump sum Paul Frijters says the man would need to receive out of the blue to make him as happy as his marriage will over his lifetime. An Australian woman would need about $16,000. But when it comes to divorce, the Australian male will be so devastated it would be as if he had lost $110,000. An Australian woman would be less traumatised, feeling as if she had…
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You have to earn 2.5x as much to be as happy working for someone else as you would be working for yourself.
il Dhingra posted these two quotes from Malcolm Gladwell's new article in The New Yorker, "How to succeed as an entrepreneur": This is consistent with the one undisputed finding in all the research on entrepreneurship: people who work for themselves are far happier than the rest of us. Shane says that the average person would have to earn two and a half times as much to be as happy working for someone else as he would be working for himself.…
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Malcolm Gladwell on office chairs, the Pepsi challenge and do we know what we want?: (Video)
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Why Americans hate their jobs:
re and more Americans are miserable in their jobs. The Conference Board research group found that only 45 percent of people are satisfied at work, the lowest percentage since the survey started in 1987 (when the figure was 61 percent). The Conference Board's Linda Barrington says the results are "not about the business cycle or one grumpy generation," but rather point to "something troubling about work" in this country. What does it mean that most Americans now hate their jobs?…
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Is giving really better than receiving?
s. Via predictablyirrational.com: Whatever your gift philosophy, you may be thinking that you would be happier if you could just spend the money on yourself – but according to a three-part study by Elizabeth Dunn, Lara Aknin, and Michael Norton, givers can get more happiness than people who spend the money on themselves. Liz, Lara and Mike approached the study from the perspective that happiness is less dependent on stable circumstances (income) and more on the day-to-day activities in which…
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Are fans of the winning or losing team more violent?
nning fans. Via mindhacks.com In an initial study they found that violent incidents rose when the home team, Wales, won, rather than lost, regardless of the sport being played. A subsequent study evaluated fans on measures of aggressiveness, happiness and intention to drink alcohol before and after the match. It turned out that aggressiveness was increased in winning fans but not losing fans. A win did not increase happiness but losing or drawing decreased it and intention to drink was…
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Are angry women more like men?
two studies, researchers asked subjects to identify the sex of a series of faces. In the first study, androgynous faces with lowered eyebrows and tight lips (angry expressions) were more likely to be identified as male, and faces with smiles and raised eyebrows (expressions of happiness and fear) were often labeled feminine. The second study used male and female faces wearing expressions of happiness, anger, sadness, fear or a neutral expression. Overall, subjects were able to identify male faces…
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Hourly employees happier than salaried
ople paid by the hour exhibit a stronger relationship between income and happiness, according to a study published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Researchers explored the relationship between income and happiness by focusing on the organizational arrangements that make the connection between time and money. They found that the way in which an employee is paid is tied to their feeling of happiness.…
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