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This weekend as I went out for a cup of coffee with my friends, Kerri started narrating an incident at her work. Basically, one of her co-workers got a nice raise this quarter, even though she is not getting along types. Kerri thinks this coworkers should not have gotten the raise because she does not agree with most people, argues about every proposed change to the system and basically make huge deal out of insignificant issues. She mostly argues about how a project should proceed or what should be the guidelines.

This had me thinking, Do Mean People Really Make More Money?

At the time I just advised Kerri not to overreact to the situation, but after coming home I researched the topic. I was surprised to find so much has been covered on the topic.

According to the study titled “Do Nice Guys and Gals Really Finish Last”?, men who disagreed far greater make 18% or $9,772 annually more in salary than those who agree, and women who disagreed make 5% or $1,828 than those who agree more.

Reports published by The Wall Street Journal suggests that the more agreeable you are, the less income you’re likely to make. The difference is particularly significant for men.

The study contained data from over 20 years from three different surveys, and interviewed 10,000 workers from a wide range of fields. The researchers found that men “earn a substantial premium” for being disagreeable while the same behavior has a negligible effect for women.

So, basically this study suggests that the “disagreeable” behavior does not effect women much. What do you think?

Do you experience any such disagreement at work and think mean people are getting rewarded for being not so pleasant with other people?

According to a new study (yes, there has been another study) people are happiest when they are having sex, working out or visiting a theatre. This study is based on iPhone users regularly posting updates of their levels of contentment via an app.

Well, I understand the sex and the working out part, but what it this all about being happy when visiting theatre? I am not a keen theatre fan and do not have many friends who visit theatre frequently, but whatever I watch on TV or reality shows, people do not look super thrilled when they are exiting out of the big halls. I am not sure what this study has been based on, but it does not add up.

Also, Christmas day is the happiest day of the year with contentment levels peaking at 1.50pm. This is understandable since the happy hormones are on the high after opening all the surprise gifts received.

Everyone has happy moments. I can count the moments when I am happiest. Let’s see. I am happiest when,

• I watch the sun rise early in the morning,
• I am done exercising (there you go),
• Commuting back from work, listening to my favorite music,
• Watch a movie with happy ending,
• My favorite show is about to start,
• I find that the shoes I have been drooling over are on sale,
• Same with clothes, outfits
• The day is warm and cozy,
• I talk to my long lost childhood friend,
• hmmm ….. maybe more.

I will keep adding as I think of more.

How about you? When do you feel happiest? What day of the time do you feel most relaxed?

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