GIVING IS GOOD FOR SOUL
The evidence is strong: helping others can actually boost your own wellbeing. By Professor Lea Waters and Hayley Jach, Centre for Positive Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. Which situation do you think would make you the happiest: spending money on yourself or on another? Contrary to what most people think, researchers at the University of British Columbia found that people were happier when they spent the money on other. What’s more there was no difference in happiness for the people who had $5 to give and the people who had $20 to give. The act of giving, no matter how big or small, makes us feel good.
The evidence is strong: helping others can actually boost your own wellbeing. By Professor Lea Waters and Hayley Jach, Centre for Positive Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. Which situation do you think would make you the happiest: spending money on yourself or on another? Contrary to what most people think, researchers at the University of British Columbia found that people were happier when they spent the money on other. What’s more there was no difference in happiness for the people who had $5 to give and the people who had $20 to give. The act of giving, no matter how big or small, makes us feel good.
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