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May 2010

Idle chitchat can leave you miserable — Indulging in deep and meaningful conversations makes people happier

By Raman Jokhakar
Tarunkumar G. Singhal
Chartered Accountants
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Those idle chats at the coffee machine about the weather or
last night’s TV may seem perfectly harmless. But don’t be so sure. Indulging in
chitchat, gossip and small talk can leave you feeling miserable, scientists
claim. According to psychologists from the University of Arizona in the US, a
person’s well-being is directly related to indulging less in small trivial talks
and more in deep and meaningful conversations. “Profound conversations have the
potential to make people happier. The findings suggest that a happy life is
social and conversationally deep, rather than solitary and superficial,”
co-author Matthias Mehl said.

The other, less surprising, finding was that happy people
tend to spend less time alone. The happiest participants spent 25% less time
alone and 70% more time talking than the unhappiest.

(Source : The Times of India, dated 8-3-2010)

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