If you were given the choice between a well-paid job with a reasonable number of working hours that allows you to enjoy your free time or a high-paying job that only leaves you six hours to sleep, what would you choose? A study by Cornell University (USA) reveals that most people opt for the second option, despite giving up their own happiness.
"We might think that happiness is the ultimate goal of people, but people have other priority goals such as health, family well-being and social status, " explains Alex Rees-Jones, author of a study published in the journal American Economic Review . In addition, the majority of the study participants (2,600) stated that they were willing to give up their happiness if they thus achieved a greater sense of control, or that their family members lived better and were happier. "What people choose to do and what those same people think would make them happy normally does not coincide," concludes Ress-Jones, adding that in today's society "there are things more important than happiness", and that happiness "does not. it is useful for predicting our decisions. "
