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1.Don't be
very happy
2.
Sedentary lifestyle accelerates ageing process
3.
Using rear seat belts reduces death risk by half
4.
Drivers on cell phones clog traffic
5.7
steps to getting out of debt
6.A fight may
keep you and your marriage healthy
7.Strategies to
handle children's pester power
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Don't be very happy
Researchers
from the
University of
Virginia,
University of Illinois and Michigan State University
found that moderate happiness is preferable to extreme
happiness.
Happiness generally correlates with all kinds of
positive measures. In general, the happier you, the more
successful you are in terms of money, employment and
relationships. Happy people are also, on average
healthier than unhappy people and they live longer.
“Happy people are more likely than unhappy people, to
get married,
are more likely to stay married, are more likely to
think their marriage is good” said Ed Diener, an
Illinois psychology professor and one of the study
authors.
Do
you then have to become happier and happier? How much
happiness is happy enough?
The researches found that the highest levels of income,
education and political participation were reported not
by the most satisfied individuals (10 on the10 – point
life satisfaction scale) but by the moderately satisfied
individuals (8 or 9 on the 10-point scale).This might be
due to the fact that profoundly happy people may be less
inclined to alter their behaviour or adjust to external
changes even when such flexibility offers an advantage.
Diener suggests that being elated all the time is not
always good for one’s success-or even for one’s health.
Studies linking health and emotions show that for people
who have been diagnosed with serious illness, being
extremely happy doesn’t always improve survival rates.
This may be because happy people tend to be optimistic
and this might lead them to take their symptoms too
lightly ,
seek treatment too slowly or follow their physician's
orders in a half-hearted way.
“All in all, the evidence indicate that happiness is a
worthy goal for
those who lack it, but the endless pursuit of even more
happiness for the already happy
may
be counterproductive” said Diener.
The research reinforces the traditional wisdom.’ Too
much of anything is good for nothing.’
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Sedentary lifestyle accelerates ageing process
It
is a known fact that regular exercisers have lower rates
of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, high
blood pressure, obesity and osteoporosis. New research
at the King’s College London suggests that a sedentary
lifestyle may diminish life expectancy not only by pre
disposing to ageing-related disease, but also it may
influence the ageing process itself.
Researchers Lynn F Cherkas, Ph.D and his colleagues
examined the length of telomeres in the leukocytes
(white blood cells) of the volunteers. Leukocytes
telomeres progressively shorten over time and may serve
as a marker of biological age. Telomere length decrease
with age, with an average loss of 21 nucleotides per
year.
The study throws light on the phenomenon that some
40-year olds look as if they are already 50 and some 50
year olds look as if they were only 40.
The study also proves right the ancient wisdom.’
It’s only the stagnant water that stinks; Running
water never stinks’.
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Using rear seat belts reduces
death risk by half
In
most of the countries, wearing seat belts by occupants
of front seats of vehicles is compulsory, as a number of
studies found that wearing seat belts reduced fatality
rates.
Researchers at the University of Granada studied the
factors affecting the risk of death for rear-seat
passengers. The researchers Pablo Claret and Jose
Jimenez studied 2266 accidents involving 5260 rear seat
passengers in which 2851 died during a ten-year period.
They found that wearing seat belts by rear seat
passengers reduced the risk of death by 44 percent.
The research also found that the death risk was
70percent higher for children less than 2 years old and
28 percent higher for females.
Another factor analysed by the researchers was the death
risk with regard to location of the rear seat passengers
inside the vehicle. The research found that passengers
who occupy the left side of the vehicle carry more risk
when compared to passengers who occupy the centre or
right side of the vehicle.
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Motorists
who talk on cell phones drive slower, pass sluggish
vehicles less often and take longer to complete their
trips, found a study by the University of Utah.
“At
the end of the day the average person’s commute is
longer because of that person who is on the cell phone
right in front of them,” says Dave Strayer, a University
of Utah psychology professor and leader of research
team. Highway statistics suggests that drivers on cell
phoned are four timed more likely to be involved in an
accident." Cell phones not only make driving dangerous,
they cause delay too’” says Peter Martin, director of
the University of Utah Traffic Lab.
Strayer’s earlier research found that
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Hands-free cell phones are no less dangerous while
driving than hand held cell phones because the
conversation itself is the major distraction.
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When young adults talk on cell phones while driving,
their reaction times become as slow as reaction times
for senior citizens.
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When people have tried to do cost-benefit analysis to
decide whether we should regulate cell phones, they
often don’t factor in the cost to society associated
with increased commute times, excess fuel used,
increases air pollution, as well as hazards associated
with drivers distracted by cell phone conversations,”
says Strayer.
“A fatal accident could cost as much as 5 million
dollars, if we take into account medical, property and
loss-of-income costs,” says Martin.
If we calculate the cost of accidents and delay, caused by drivers on
cell phones, it is likely to be in billions. Cell phones
cost the individuals as well as the society dearly.
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7
steps
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getting out of debt
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Your savings works for you, 24 hours a day. Your
borrowings also works 24 hours a day, but against
you. If you have debts, then one of your new year
resolutions must be to get out of debt.
Here
are suggestions that could help you to get out of
debt
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Avoid further debt: Resist your
temptations with all your might and say no to
any expenditure that increases your debt
further.
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Prepare a budget: If writing down your
expenses seems uninteresting, remember the
saying ‘failing to plan is planning to fail.’ If
your expenses exceeds your income take some
income –generating part-time activity. If that’s
not practical, eliminate or reduce expenses on
entertainment, restaurants, parties, vacation
etc.
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Tighten your belt: Implement money-saving
measures. Stop drinking. Go vegetarian. Give up
cable TV. Take public transport.
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Shop for low-cost funds: Call banks and
find out which bank charges the lowest interest.
Transfer your debt to that bank.
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Pay by cash instead by credit cards:
Using cash instead of credit cards ensures that
we limit our expenses as well as we avoid
unnecessary expenses.
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Adopt a simple lifestyle: Prefer
unbranded goods to branded ones. Use land phones
instead of cell phone. Steam cook your food
instead of frying. Take to walking instead of
paying for the gym.
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Step up efforts: Whatever you do to earn
your bread & butter do more of it. If you are an
employee, it will result in increased wages; If
you are a businessman, it will result in
increased profits.
Always Remember the ancient adage,’ The borrower
becomes the lender's slave’.
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A
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Couples
where both husband and wife suppress their anger
die earlier than couples where one or both express
their anger, according to a new study by
University of Michigan.
The researchers classified the couples into four
groups. Both partners express their anger , both
partners suppress their anger and the other two
groups one partner expresses, while the other
partner suppresses.
“When both spouses suppress their anger, earlier
death was twice as likely than in all other
groups”, said Ernest Harburg, a psychology
professor and lead author of the study. "If you
bury your anger and brood on it, and you resent
the other person and you don’t try to resolve the
problem, then you’re in trouble”, he said.
The study was conducted over a period of 17 years
and adjusted for age, weight, blood pressure,
smoking and cardiovascular risk.
The study only looked at attacks that were considered
unfair or undeserved by the person being attacked.
If the attack is viewed as fair or the attacked
person believed he or she deserved the attack,
then the victim did not get angry according to
Ernest.
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Parents need to learn how to handle their
children’s constant demands. Caving into their
pestering power will only lead to more demands and
could possibly make them spendthrifts when they
grow into adults.
Here are strategies to manage nagging children.
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Most of the things children demand are things
they see on TV advertisements. Hence explain it to
them that advertisement is for the benefit of the
sellers and not to the benefit of the buyers.
Explain them the difference between needs and
wants.
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Some of the things that children demand might be
due to peer pressure. Talk to them about your
family’s financial position and make it clear what
your family could afford and couldn’t afford.
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If their demand is reasonable, work out a plan
with their participation, to get it.At the same
time get a commitment that they would not demand
anything else for a certain period of time.
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Bring to the child’s notice the fact that things
bought previously were seldom used or used for
short periods only.
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Offer alternatives which are less expensive but
more useful. Help children develop hobbies which
will give them joy and satisfaction and ensure
that they do not crave for things.
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Resist your temptation to pamper them, because you
couldn’t enjoy those things when you were a child
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When one parent says no, the other parent must
stick to it. Pampering the children with gifts is
not an expression of affection. It’s an expression
of insecurity.
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