{"id":1764,"date":"2021-03-15T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:56:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T21:56:22","slug":"key-to-employee-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/key-to-employee-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Why A Stranger May Hold The Key To Your Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/PsihkFWDt3Y?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It turns out money can buy you happiness\u2014if you spend it on the right stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Norton, a Harvard Business School professor, studies how we feel about what we buy and spend. He shared his research on money and happiness in a TEDx talk, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Buy Happiness<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe the reason that money doesn&#8217;t make us happy is that we&#8217;re always spending it on the wrong things, and in particular, we&#8217;re always spending it on ourselves, and we thought: I wonder what would happen if people spent more of their money on other people,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>To test his hypothesis, the Harvard professor gave envelopes filled with $5-$20 to people in Canada. At the start of the day, he asked them how happy they felt. Then, he told one group to spend the money on other people and a second group to spend the money on themselves. At the end of the day, he asked people from both groups how happy they felt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People who spent money on other people got happier,&#8221; while those who spent on themselves didn&#8217;t, he said. The amount of money given didn&#8217;t matter\u2014people who gave $5 or $20 got the same &#8220;happiness&#8221; boost.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to do amazing things with your money to make yourself happy. You can do small, trivial things and still get benefits,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Michael has now studied the effects of giving in 136 countries around the world, and his findings hold true. &#8220;People who give money to charity are happier people than people who don&#8217;t give money to charity,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>After studying global charitable giving, Michael expanded the experiment to learn more about the impact of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-leadership\/post\/whats-better-than-a-bonus-prosocial-incentives--the-bonus-you-give-away\/2011\/04\/01\/gIQAlsLRHJ_blog.html?utm_term=.d757b73ac85a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pro-social incentives<\/a> (e.g., bonuses you give away) in the workplace. He gave some teams money and told them to spend it on their individual needs; others were told to spend it on their teammates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Teams that are pro-social sell more stuff than teams that only got money for themselves,&#8221; Michael found.<\/p>\n<p>Altruism has also been shown to relieve pain. Another team of researchers found people reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/pnas\/117\/2\/950.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that donating blood hurt less<\/a> than having their blood drawn for a routine test with a thicker needle. Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20201215-why-being-kind-to-others-is-good-for-your-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link acts of kindness with all kinds of better health outcomes<\/a>, including lower risk of early death and lower inflammation. Spending money on others can even lead to lower blood pressure and better cardiovascular health: yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/repository.essex.ac.uk\/16072\/1\/Whillansetal2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">science has shown giving is good for your heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>None of these findings are surprising to GlobalGiving&#8217;s Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships Ingrid Embree, who helps companies from Adobe to Zoom meet employee engagement and global citizenship goals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve developed many custom gift card programs for companies that want to foster a culture of giving in the workplace, and the impact on employee morale is really quite incredible,&#8221; Ingrid said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Employees at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/successstories\/employee-engagement-model\/?rf=learn_videos_happiness_research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dell EMC<\/a>, a global technology company that gave employees eCards to donate to charities of their choice, told GlobalGiving that the act of giving made them feel good about where they worked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am really proud that Dell EMC has this opportunity. It is far better to make a monetary donation for a worthwhile cause than receiving a trinket. It&#8217;s wonderful to work for a company that cares about not only its employees but the world around us!&#8221; one employee said.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to boost employee happiness? Learn more about GlobalGiving Gift Card programs for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/companies\/gift-cards\/?rf=learn_videos_happiness_research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">companies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/gifts\/?rf=learn_videos_happiness_research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kind-hearted people<\/a>. 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