How helping others can benefit us all

Let's help your neighbors, lonely acquaintance, families of troubled strangers. Small-scale aid programs are on the rise. Why is this, and what kind of benefits does it bring to all of us? Renate van der Zee investigator surveyed this trend

Interest in participation in the small-scale aid program seems to be growing. These are different from the sharing of economic plans such as volunteer activities, support from families, support from neighboring people, borrowing someone's tools without expecting returns, cutting off hedges in exchange for homemade apple pie. I think that this new trend was promoted by the financial crisis of 2008. This made many people realize that even though our society is very individual, it does not give us reasons for not helping others. Especially when they need it, especially when things go wrong. This crisis reminds us not to concentrate on earning money and starting business but also to build good relationships with local communities and to invest in building sustainable friendship.

An American psychologist and researcher, Daryl van Tongeren, says, "During uncertainty, people need to connect with others, helping each other is a very good way to feel this connection." One of the problems studied by Van Tongeren is that people It is to give more meaning to life. manner

He said: "We asked a group of 400 subjects why they helped others or volunteered." People who help others to test more meaningfully. This difference is truly amazing. "

Van Tongeren believes that helping others not only makes us feel a meaningful life but also has other positive psychological effects. "It will strengthen our self-worth," he said. "When we help others, we feel better about ourselves, we have aspects that we have not studied yet, but we believe that people can relieve by helping others. Because people understand the expectations of other people well, I hope to help other people and make people safer. "

Marshall Kirkpatrick, director of marketing and marketing products, says: "We all help to create a culture that appreciates thoughtfulness, self and others, the exploited mercenaries of growth hackers who have" problems "are cynical. Anonymous respondents stated that: In the 24 hour "open" and crazy sports, there is little time to rest, restore or allow valuable free-form thinking and brainstorming. You will react to stress within 24 hours, and within a few minutes, and health and happiness will be useless. "

We all want to become more selfless. Helping others is an obvious benefit, from reciprocity to our values, just to feel good. Unfortunately, stress and competition in everyday life tend to forget the importance of altruism. The following touching quotes can remind you why altruism is so important. Everyone wants to control themselves. As a human being, it is natural that we feel autonomously. However, in our life, there are things that you can not choose what will happen. It is difficult to know when to accept your situation, when to accept control, and to work together to influence your life. When we need to decide to take responsibility for our experience, the following quotation can help us maintain the foundation and bring out strength