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How to beat the worst job culture of India?

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Productivity describes various measures of the efficiency of production. Most Indian bosses are obsessed with more working hours, but the paradox is the more working hours you have the less productive you become. The Relationship Between Hours Worked and Productivity https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/crunchmode/econ-hours-productivity.html According to data provided by Ohio University, the average worker is productive for two hours and 53 minutes out of an 8-hour workday. https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/blog/benefits-of-a-shorter-work-week/ But its not only about productivity but its also about income. In India, a newcomer researcher, programmer or engineer is exploited with long working hours by giving them as low as Rs. 5000 to 10000 per month. You have to pay room rent, transportation charges, electricity bill, for food and clothing as jobs are not available near your home.  The traveling time, which can take more than 4 h...

Learning about Relationships, Emotions and Happiness

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What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness So what have we learned? What are the lessons that come from the tens of thousands of pages of information that we've generated on these lives? Well, the lessons aren't about wealth or fame or working harder and harder. The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier . Period. Robert Waldinger, Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen priest Emotional Safety: When we talk about discipline, a lot of time we are punitive because it's faster, restorative takes more time.  Using restorative measures is hard, because learning about emotions is hard, it requires lots of reading and research. Master most of the vocabularies of emotions. Study each of them in detail, learn about its definitions, compare and contrast the terms and find out subtle differences. Find out books of best researcher and psychologist, and go through them. Does punishment prevent cr...