Huffington Post reports of an unusual experiment going on in Sweden at the moment. A test group of government workers will scale back to work 6 hours per day, while a another group of participants will continue to work 8 hours per day. Continue reading
Posted in Behaviors, Organizational Psychology, Psychology, Work Life
Tagged mental downtime
We all get bored once in a while, but how do we overcome it? There are three ways to do it.
Overearning is a new phenomenon in human history. It means that we earn beyond our needs. It is only possible to overearn (i.e., accumulate resources) due to the efficiency and advantages of modern technology. This seems nice and innocuous, indeed, it never hurts to earn more. However, overearning has a downside as well. Continue reading
Posted in Behaviors, Organizational Psychology, Work Life
Tagged evolutionary theory, happiness, overearning, workaholism
A medium has no value in itself, but it can be traded for another desired outcome. An effort may lead to a medium that, in turn, may lead to an outcome.
Posted in Cognitive Bias, Organizational Psychology, Success
Tagged happiness, the medium effect
My name is Simon Moesgaard, a psychologist from Denmark, and this is my blog about psychology.
