Posts Tagged ‘decision making’
4 Ways To Minimize Mistakes And Maximize Life
Elle writing for her blog reflectingalife.com begins by asking; ‘Have you done things in your life that you regret?
We all have haven’t we? The key though is in her next question when she asks have you let them go, or are they hanging on ‘like limpets’ where they spoil your day and steal your joy?
She encourages us to stop defining ourselves by our mistakes. If we release ourselves from our past and our prison of fear and doubt then we can embrace our present.
Elle gives four ways to go about this process in her wise and calm way.
Five ways money can buy you happiness
I’m sure you have heard the phrase ”money can’t buy happiness” and perhaps even said it yourself? Well studies by behavioural scientists Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton authors of “Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending” have shown that if spent in the right way money can actually buy you happiness.
Michelle Singletary a regular columnist for the Washington Post Pharma reviews the work and goes on to suggest five ways you can use your money to gain happiness. These include buying experiences rather than material goods and also linked to this is the idea of paying now and consuming later; paying for a holiday for example so then you have the pleasure of looking forward to it as well as the experience of the holiday itself. My favourite suggestion is ‘Invest in others’ . Take a read and see what you think!
Five ways money can buy you happiness – The Washington Post.
High Earnings Can Hamper Happiness
The Association for Pyschological Science looks at research undertaken by a team of behavioural researchers on the tendency to overearn. The idea behind it was that overearning is a throwback in time to when people would gather resources not for the sake of happiness but simply for survival.
They carried out a series of experiments, with the aid of chocolates, and came to the conclusion that ”Overearners forgo the pleasure of leisure and endure the pain of extra work”. Overearners also have a detrimental effect in the workplace by imposing their work habits on others and a negative effect at home as they have less time to spend with loved ones.
High Earnings Can Hamper Happiness – Association for Psychological Science.
Small Nudge, Big Impact
http://www.mdprestaurants.com/levitra5056.htmlWhen you set yourself a goal do you start out determined to succeed? Goals can be anything from losing weight, getting fit or saving for your retirement or even paying your taxes on time. However Scott Sleek writing for Psychological Science says ‘ habit, convenience and temptation get in the way of the most conscientious of goals’.
Wouldn’t it be good if you could have a nudge in the right direction to keep you on track?
So have you heard of the ‘nudge’ unit? It was set up by the government in 2010. They are a team of behavioural scientists called the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) who cue us to act in our own self interest and as a consequence lessen the burden that bad habits place on our society.
Read on to find out where the name ‘nudge unit’ comes from, the work they do and how the United States is looking to adopt similar model.
Small Nudge, Big Impact – Association for Psychological Science.