Written on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 at 3:18 pm by Christiane
Can money buy happiness?
An old question about which many books are written. To a certain degree, money is certainly important for happiness. Living in poverty is definitely no fun: If you have to worry day and night how to pay for rent and groceries,  it’s difficult to enjoy life. On the other hand, being wealthy is not equivalent to being happy – countless stories about with life struggling celebrities in the tabloid press may serve here as confirmation.
A worldwide Gallup survey shed now more light on the most important factors, which make up happiness and the role of money.
According to the Gallup World Poll (136,000 people in 132 countries participated), life satisfaction and enjoyment of life are the two main components of happiness.
Life satisfaction, defined as the feeling that life goes well, increased with rising personal and national income. Hence, money is an important factor for satisfaction. However, the other component, life enjoyment defined as positive day-to-day feelings, depended also on other factors, such as feeling connected to other people, having personal freedom and feeling respected.
Original report here
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Written on Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at 9:18 pm by Christiane
According to a recent survey by the Conference Board research group, job satisfaction is down to a record low in the US. About 55 % of Americans are unhappy with their work.
If you are one of them, this eWorkbook will help you to identify strategies to get a satisfying job.. “Learn to Love your Job” is not just a book to read. You will get 2 in 1, an eBook and an eCourse, because “Learn to Love your Job” combines information with questions and tests about your own experiences and attitudes. After reading the eWorkbook and doing the exercises, you will have a better understanding of your needs and what you are expecting from a job – besides a good salary, of course. You will know what makes you happy at your workplace and what triggers unhappiness. Perhaps most importantly, you will also learn how to change and improve the problem areas at your workplace so that you can finally say: I Love my job!
Readers of “Learn to Love Your Job” qualify for a personal analysis of their job satisfaction to a special low price. Just email your answers to the questions and self-tests to the author, Life Coach and Psychologist Christiane Turnheim. As soon as your email is received, we will schedule a 45 minutes phone call.
Get answers to your questions about your job satisfaction!
Readers of “Learn to Love Your Job” qualify for a personal analysis to a special low price. Just email your answers to the questions and self-tests to the author, Life Coach and Psychologist Christiane Turnheim. You will get a comprehensive email analysis of your job satisfaction/ reasons for dissatisfaction and tips how to improve your situation.
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• You decide the time and the pace of our coaching relationship.
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Written on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 10:50 am by Christiane
Overweight people just enjoy food more than people of normal weight and that’s the reason why they eat more and gain weight!
You think so? Think again!
Scientists at the Oregon Research Institute compared the brain responses of skinny and overweight people while drinking a milkshake. It turned out that a brain region called dorsal striatum, which the scientists describe as “a dopamine-rich pleasure center” became active. However, that brain region was less active in overweight people than in lean people.
Previous brain scans have already shown that overweight people have fewer dopamine receptors that normal weight people. This difference seems to be caused by genetics.
One of the senior scientists at the Oregon Research Institute concludes, based on the study results, that opposed to common belief obese people get in fact LESS satisfaction from food and to compensate for that they eat more.
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