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“The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies” – Harvard Business Review, August 19, 2015

The bottom line: The “overwork story” is one of diminishing returns—keep overworking, and you’ll progressively work less well on tasks that are increasingly meaningless. There’s a large body of research suggesting that regardless of our reasons for working long hours, overwork does not help us. Not only does it not seem to result in more output, but considerable evidence shows that overwork harms both employees and the companies they work for. 

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) is joining hundreds of companies worldwide in “Saying Yes!” to Global Wellness Day (GWD), a one-day event celebrating health and wellbeing and taking place this June 13. The idea is to increase global consciousness of living a better life, even if for one day.

We would like to encourage you to spread the word by supporting proactive wellness among your customers and employees. To help, we have put together a press release you can use as a template to send out to local media telling them just what you’re “saying yes” to this GWD.

The third edition of the World Happiness Report just came out, research which uses six variables to identify the differing levels of happiness in countries around the world. And economist Thierry Malleret explains that while money and health are keys to happiness, factors like “social support” and “generosity”—and the fact that people are happier when they’re socially fulfilled as members of a group—that make Mexico (less wealthy and institutionally strong) a happier place than the richer U.S. Read which are the happiest countries and why.

“Wellness Warrior is proud to partner with the Global Wellness Institute. We believe that everyone has a right to health, and that government and private enterprise are still turning a blind eye to the many grave concerns today. We provide information on health issues, petitions and advocacy. As a long-time wellness warrior myself, I have seen the power of a unified voice, raised in the name of prevention. I look forward to collaborating with the GWI to spread our message to a global audience.”  — Deborah Szekely, Founder, Wellness Warrior 

The issue of how technology affects human wellness is reaching crisis proportions, as academic research conclusively demonstrates that the overconsumption of technology/social media is detrimental to mental health. And technology that tries to boost well-being – like most wellness/happiness apps – may do more harm than good by locking us up in private emotional experience rather than helping us connect with people.