Why should you buy someone coffee more often?

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A 2008 study by Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts concluded that making money has only a minor effect on how happy we are. On the other hand, how we spend the money is much bigger. Happiness researcher Reto Odermatt, 38, of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Basel, says several research results show that spending money on others makes us happier than ourselves. This applies above all to cheaper consumer goods, because we quickly get used to buying them. On the other hand, buying them for others is becoming less routine. “This speaks for people to give coffee more often.”

Researchers from the University of Chicago (USA) surveyed people making small gestures as part of an early 2023 study. For example, they offered someone hot chocolate at a buffet or brought a small gift to a colleague. Both parties said they felt happier afterwards. However, “givers” have systematically underestimated how happy “recipients” were with the gesture. Odermatt says it’s a lot more fun to invite someone if you keep that in mind. This also includes bringing flowers to your partner or helping someone move the reins. “In general, we are less generous than what is good for us.”

Volunteer work was common in the GDR. However, when the wall collapsed, the infrastructure collapsed. From one day to the next, people who made a strong commitment were deprived of the opportunity to continue to do so. In a 2004 study by the University of Basel, researchers concluded that these people were much more unhappy with their lives than those whose volunteering did not cease abruptly. Many of us would find that we are much happier if we helped others in any way during the pandemic, says Odermatt. “Young people went shopping for the elderly, cakes were placed in front of the door or masks were put on for those at risk.”

In connection with the hybrid workplace, which has become a reality in many companies since the pandemic-related home office necessity, a lot of attention is paid to the issue of information exchange in the working world. Businesses are looking for ways to connect teams when their members aren’t in the same office. After all, when employees are able to actively exchange specialist knowledge and other information, it is not only employers who benefit, but the workforce as well. Various studies show that job satisfaction increases sharply when knowledge sharing is possible.

Source : Blick