The 24 Benefits of Being Happier: Achieving Success and Happiness both Personally and at Work

June 23, 2010 - PRLog -- ruHap, The Happiness Company has recently concluded a review of the Positive Psychology academic research since 1998, and the cumulative findings are nothing short of breathtaking.  

Individually, Happier people:

   * Enjoy Higher Incomes
   * Are Healthier
   * Live Longer
   * Perceive They are 150% Happier With Life
   * Feel They Have Almost Twice The Energy
   * Are 40% More Confident
   * Have More Successful Relationships (Including More Friends And Lower Divorce Rates)
   * Enjoy Better Mental Health (Including Less Depression)
   * Feel They Have Almost 50% More Potential
   * Have Better Coping Mechanisms
   * Think They Have 35% More Control Over What They Do
   * Have Greater Self Control

In the workplace, Happier employees:

   * Work At Firms with Higher Profits and Revenue
   * Are Almost 50% More Productive
   * Produce a Higher Quality Of Work
   * Are More Creative
   * Feel 50% More Motivated
   * Produce Customers with Higher Satisfaction Levels
   * Consider More Potential Alternatives Before Implementing a Solution
   * Have Higher Employee Performance Evaluations
   * Intend To Stay More Than Twice As Long at Their Present Firm (Even Before the Recession)
   * Take One Third the Sick Leave
   * Experience More Then Two and Half Times The Happiness In Their Career
   * Find The Work Almost Twice As Engaging

ruHap, The Happiness Company http://ruhap.com/ is dedicated to becoming the world leader in making people Happy and organizations more productive by bringing the leading academic research to individuals and companies in small, pragmatic, and very usable pieces.

Whether it is ruHap's extensive Free Happiness Resources, our blog "How to be Happier" or our effective and focused business services, ruHap, The Happiness Company works hard to make a daily difference in the lives -  and profits - of its Users.

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About ruHap, The Happiness Company: ruHap helps people and organizations be Happier by bringing the leading academic Happiness research to users in small, fun, bite sized pieces. Overloaded with information, people still want to learn how to be Happier, but in a quick non-intrusive way. ruHap’s free website (http://ruhap.com/) offers extensive Happiness Resources, a Daily Happiness Quote delivered to users by email, a blog (How to be Happier at http://ruhap.com/content/category/blog/), a Facebook Happiness application that shares your Happiness, a daily Happiness poll and index, and much more.

ruHap’s Happiness resources include ruHap’s 14 Ways to be Happier Right Now, Stress Reduction: the ruHap Way, Happiness Videos, Teacher Resources, and How to Get Good Grades in College.

For businesses ruHap’s Happiness Services include Happiness Coaching and three seminars: Happy Culture, Happy Hiring, and Happy Sales.

ruHap also offers offers Life Coaching for individuals.