Dr. Kaushik Sridhar

Happiness

The Complainers’ Dilemma: Unraveling the Paradox

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The modern workplace is a diverse ecosystem where employees possess varying attitudes and behaviors towards their jobs. Among these, a notable paradox exists: individuals who incessantly complain about their work are often found to be the ones who remain with the same employer for the longest periods. This intriguing correlation has puzzled researchers and organizational …

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Is the state of happiness truly a good thing?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes ‘What is happiness?’ is a question that has intrigued individuals for eons. They have climbed the highest peaks, dived to the deepest oceans, sat in caves for months and isolated themselves on islands, and yet still not found the secret to this billion dollar question. When people describe what they most want out of life, …

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Exercise and Relationships: The Second and Third Roots of Happiness

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Exercise Exercise promotes health and the natural flow of energy. It helps you fight stress by augmenting your strength, vigour, flexibility and overall hardiness. It relieves depression and insomnia, and boosts your immune function. It is essential to healthy aging, because it keeps your body agile and enhances brain function. Be sure to breathe deeply …

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Money Makes the World Go Round, or Does It?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Comparing rates of happiness across countries can be tricky, given cultural, economic and social differences that testing may not capture. However, while some “outliers” defy the idea that wealthier nations are happier – Nigeria is very happy; Japan, not so much – other factors, such as age, marriage and jobs, regularly show up in happiness …

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Is Money the Root of Happiness?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Economics may be a great science for understanding numbers, but it does a poor job of predicting wellbeing. “When income exceeds a certain threshold, it no longer brings more happiness,” according to the “Easterlin paradox.” Within a country, the rich are generally happier than the poor, but that’s not true over time or in comparisons …

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Love, Health and Happiness

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Health and Happiness Worldwide, health is the major variable that influences joy, even more than money. Contented people are healthier, and healthy people are more content. In the developed nations of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), the higher the blood pressure, the lower the happiness level, and vice versa, indicating a “virtuous …

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