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Ideas for giving a bit back

Ideas for giving a bit back

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Ideas for giving a bit back

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- This next happiness idea is a really good one because it's about helping other people as well as yourself. The idea is that if you help other people then you get to feel good while you're doing it and you get satisfaction afterwards to see that you've made a difference, and there's also a chance that they'll return the favor and help you in some way at some point. Only good things can come from it. Especially if you honestly do the best you can with no thought of any reward. So, the question is who can you help, and how? Well, there are three levels of giving a bit back. The first is to just send some money, and although it's only my first level, it's still a lot better than nothing. In a recent experiment, it was discovered that people experience a greater increase in their happiness if they spend money on someone else than they do if they spend it on themselves. And the amount of happiness is not related to the amount that you give. So, giving a smallish amount quite often is the…

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