Life becomes much more fun when you can be genuinely happy for someone else's happiness or success. 

When I'm checking my socials, having a session with one of my coachees or talking to fellow entrepreneurs, the topic of receiving so many sour and hateful messages under posts or real-life comments - including my own - comes along quite often. Sometimes I can't understand how people don't realize you can't solve your insecurities or problems by just throwing negative and sometimes hateful comments at another. Not online, but not in real life either.

The people who understand that success and happiness are not like a cake - that if someone else takes a piece, there would be less for yourself - are really my people!

Like, complimenting, putting in a good word and helping someone else really helps you forward in your business and life's success. Those who do good meet well.

There are seven benefits of doing good:

1. DOING GOOD DECREASES STRESS - According to a 2013 study examining the relationship between volunteering and hypertension, giving back can have a significant impact on blood pressure. 
2. DOING GOOD INCREASES LIFE-EXPECTANCY - Yes, it's true! Researchers from the University of Buffalo found a link between giving, unselfishness and a lower risk of early death. The findings show that subjects who provided tangible assistance to friends or family members (running errands, helping with child care, etc.), reported less stressful events and, consequently, had reduced mortality. In other words, "helping others reduced mortality specifically by buffering the association between stress and mortality."
3. DOING GOOD MAKES US FEEL BETTER - Ever felt a sort of "rush" after performing a good deed? That sensation is known as 'helper's high' and is produced when your brain releases endorphins, the feel-good chemicals of the brain. When you do something good for someone else, your brain's pleasure centres light up, releasing endorphins and producing this high. Not to mention doing good has also been known to generate feelings of satisfaction and gratitude.
4. DOING GOOD MAKES US HAPPIER AT WORK - According to a study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, altruists in the office are more likely to be committed to their work and less likely to quit their jobs. 
5. DOING GOOD PROMOTES MENTAL HEALTH - After an extensive review of 40 studies on the effect of volunteering on general health and happiness, the BMC Public Health journal has concluded that volunteering is also good for mental health. The review found that - along with improved well-being and life satisfaction – volunteering is also linked to decreased depression.
6. DOING GOOD LEADS TO HAPPINESS - "People who engage in kind acts become happier over time." It's that simple, according to Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Lyubomirsky, who has studied happiness for over 20 years, found that performing positive acts once a week led to the most happiness.
7. DOING GOOD WILL MOTIVATE YOU TO DO GOOD AGAIN - A 2012 study published in Psychological Science found that thinking about times you've helped others will make you want to help others again. The research found that reflecting on your past good deeds makes you feel selfless and want to help more than reflecting on the times others have helped you. In other words, thinking about what you've given others – and not only what you've received - will motivate you to do good again and again.

Do you want success or happiness? Give it to someone else too!

Only when you give the best to someone else can you get it yourself! 🙏❤️