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Most business owners focus on profit, growth and efficiency. If people loved their co-workers and their work, the bosses would feel that the workers might spend too much time chatting away with each other on coffee breaks and lunches that no work would be done. It is about control and power, divide and conquer. When the focus is on money, people become robot-like “resources” whose function is not to maintain social relations but to obey and be productive. High productivity gets distracted by human interaction.
Solving problems and creating something new is done best within a diverse group of people with different skills and backgrounds. Discussions will then bring out fresh ideas and insights, challenging preconceived thought-patterns.
It is so true – whenever I’m faced with difficulty, there is a big difference whether I tackle it alone or can share it with a friend or colleague. It is a physical and mental relief that lifts half the weight of the problem immediately.
And the same applies with happy instances: it’s double the joy when shared with someone who you know will rejoice with you.
It’s not only about having someone to talk to but also about having people in your life that you can learn from and get useful tips and tricks for your everyday life, and share your own insights and talents with.
Well, first of all we live in world that is focused on individualism and self-centerdness, and success is often measured by what we own. In some circles, it would be considered a sign of weakness to share one’s wealth with others because it would diminish the abundance that is measured as one’s worth.
And then one might wonder who would be worthy of being on the receiving end of the spending: as Zied said in a previous comment, it would not bring happiness to give the money to a thief but the same applies to difficult family members or greedy friends with whom you might feel obligated to share your extra money but that would not bring you much joy. So the amount of happiness depends on many factors that may not have been considered in the research, thus making it difficult to accept the results at face value.
