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...understand why, researchers at the University of Warwick and Cardiff University decided to break down how individual people evaluate their income. What does wealth mean to people? Previous work has suggested that people tend to value their own wealth more - and are happier - when it compares favorably to everyone else's. The so-called reference-income hypothesis holds that it's not simply how much money you make that contributes to satisfaction, but how much more money you make than, say, the national average. The higher your salary than the norm, the happier you tend to be. That could explain...
...didn’t believe any of them were like numbers. It’s just we have to do it,” said Eve. “But some people are a ten in the morning and a one in the evening, you know what I mean? Like, Jesus—we’re human, it changes...
...These statistics are unacceptable to many German women, who applaud Deutsche Telekom's attempts to level the playing field. But the initiative doesn't mean the telecom giant has gone soft and discovered feminism - the company says the move just makes good business sense. Women comprise around 60% of all business graduates from German universities today and the company says it can't afford to miss out on this pool of talent. On top of that, Deutsche Telekom cites recent studies pointing to the profitability of companies that have women managers. "Taking on more women in management positions...
...drink--and monumental, including the dilemma of parents faced with whether or not to keep brain-damaged infants on life support. Through personal stories, her own experiments and other research, she dissects perceptions of choice (do we actually have it, and how desirable is it?) and what those perceptions mean. While Iyengar's often strained attempts to affect a colloquial tone are jarring, her point is well taken. As she suggests, in a world with ever increasing options, understanding choice may be more important than the choices themselves...
...hard was it to balance school and domming? Surprisingly, it wasn't. I mean, in terms of pure time management, I worked less hours at the dungeon than I would have had to in a lower-paying gig. I often did homework at the dungeon. I'd also had practice juggling different lives, seemingly disparate lifestyles; I enjoyed it. The exhilaration of it gave me a lot of energy...