Which criteria should be observed when choosing a career? This was also interested in a research group at Harvard University – which has actually found an answer to this question with the data from a long -term study.
What is happier – a job as a programmer or in the bakery? Robert Waldinger knows the answer: he is a psychiatrist at the Harvard Medical School and current head of the long -term study “Harvard Study of Adult Development”. With his research team, he found out as part of this study which jobs really make you happy.
Loneliness does unhappy
For the answer to the question of the professions that make the (un) happiest, the researchers from 85 years were available, the study was started in 1938. Since then, over 700 participants have been interviewed every two years – including former US President John F. Kennedy.
The clear result: the most unfortunate is in the job who is lonely and does not lead to positive relationships with colleagues or customers. This is due to the CNBC that positive relationships are an important social need for humans and should be lived in all areas of life.
Relations and interactions must be explicitly positive
“In addition, you feel more satisfied with your work and do better work if you are more connected to other people,” says Waldinger. According to the Harvard study, the most unfortunate do jobs such as truck drivers, night security service or parcel deliverers because the employees have little positive interactions with other people here, spend a lot of time alone and as a result. The research data of participants who work in the call center have shown that positive relationships and interactions are required for happiness in the profession: these participants were not much alone, but because of many negative calls were unhappy in the job.
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