Happy Donors
So many cultures and faiths teach the adage that it is better to give than receive. While it is done to encourage selflessness while helping those less fortunate. Research indicates, however, that giving isn’t quite the selfless act we think it is, in that is also beneficial to the giver.
Giving both time and money actually ratchet ups a giver’s oxytocin (the “compassion hormone”), as well as endorphins and dopamine, producing what some refer to as the “donor’s high” (akin to a runner’s high).
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Do it with Joy
Occasionally, when there’s no soap box on which I want to climb; no proselytizing that needs to spew forth, it just feels right to share some interesting facts which caught my attention.
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New research results published in the Journal of Economic Psychology reveal the dollar value of working for a nonprofit. Using the British Household Panel Survey, containing almost 12,800 employees of for-profit organizations and just under 1000 employees of nonprofits, the researchers found that nonprofit employees were, simply put, happier Read more
