Why Helping Others Is More Rewarding Than Helping Yourself
New research on the link between altruism and happiness
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3 min readJul 14, 2021
Suppose you’re given $10 that you can spend either to benefit someone else or to benefit yourself. Which course of action do you think would make you happier? A growing body of psychological research shows that, surprisingly, people are happier when they act to benefit…