Make yourself happy
A new study shows that giving money to a social cause like OLCV makes people happy.
As reported in the Vancouver Sun,
Dunn and her colleagues -- UBC grad student Lara Aknin and Harvard researcher Michael Norton -- designed and conducted a survey on money, happiness and giving. They found greater happiness among people who give money to charity and buy gifts for friends, regardless of income.
The researchers measured the happiness of middle-income employees at a Boston-area health industry firm before and after the employees received profit-sharing bonuses of $3,000 to $8,000. People were happier after spending their windfall, but only if they spent it on others, Dunn said. "It was a remarkably strong effect," said Dunn. "So strong that we had other people analyse the data again just to make sure."
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