All men would be happy, but the problem is, we often fail to find happiness in the wrong place. If there is a prescription for happiness, everyone was lining up to buy. While experts believe that the recipe we PEEK, 7 things that make a man happy that the glasses Powdthavee Dr Nick, author of Equation Happinness: The Surprising Economics of our most valuable asset. Here are seven things that make men happy, namely:
1. Become a particular
"He wants to be a billionaire so bad Frickinger / Buy all the things I never had / Uh, I want to be on the cover of Forbes / Smile beside Oprah and the Queen," was sung lyrics billionaire Travis McCoy Bruno Mars. Obviously, being rich is everyone's wishes. Not applicable is not grateful, but through research, and it does seem reasonable. According to Robert Frank, professor of economics at the University Cornell, men were more concerned about others instead of earning their own income. It was a pay raise just to give a little happiness, if the ranking remains the same income as before, that lower than that of other friends. In other words, it would be happier if he became the biggest fish in a small pond.
2. Sex
It is not surprising. Two British economists David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald, conduct statistical studies of the relationship between the happiness of a person to sexual activity in the United States. Found, people who have sex on a regular basis in the week, for example 4 times a week, holding a list of people who are happy. Men also enjoy a better sex than women. Overall, the results of the study suggests, sex makes you feel happier. Either sex makes people happy or make people happy more people are having sex. The second statement is completely valid.
3. Being young and old
According Powdthavee, there is evidence to suggest that happiness is in the shape of the letter U. Generally, the happiness of a man began when he was young, and continued to decline as we age, reaching the lowest level when we reach our 40s, then rose again. As with depression, which peaked at the age of 40. Generally, because of this mid-life crisis.
4. Stay close to Office
This study actually found when searching for things that make a man unhappy. According to Swiss economists Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer, we spend time to and from the office to the residence resulting in very high stress. Even the burden of uncompensated distance, it is difficult to increase again. Especially if it turns out that the costs to and from the office and home that makes the most of his salary, coupled with the sacrifice of time not to far from family members in a long time.
5. Marriage
Statistics show that marriage was good for a man. Men who are married have a reduced risk of death by 9 percent that of men who are not married. Married men were also significantly happier than unmarried, living together, separated, widowed or single.
6. Volunteer
The ability to help others was able to make a man feel more happy. It was discovered by the economist Stephen Meier and Alois Stutzer. According to them, the volunteers feel more satisfied with their lives than those who were not voluntary.
7. Favorites have a job, a salary
It turns out, can do the job, and how the salary is probably an important element in achieving a happy life. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist, said, doing work that could produce a preferred form of highly focused concentration and absorption is very high. Currently do this, we feel very strong, vibrant, do not feel that it is difficult to control yourself, and very happy with me. These things can not be bought with money.
