Job: A healthy love life should make you more successful
Created: 01/14/2023, 11:00 am
By: Carina Blumenroth
Some employers may be hoping for more commitment at work - according to a study, a healthy love life should also be beneficial for one's own career.
Strictly separating private and working life can be the goal of some employees - after work they no longer think about their job and they try to ignore private life at work.
It probably won't work out completely, because one's own physical and psychological condition has a lasting influence on everyone.
A US study shows that employees who are generally satisfied can also increase their commitment at work.
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Healthy love life reduces stress and strengthens the immune system
A healthy love life is said to be beneficial for one's career.
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Sexual intercourse is supposed to strengthen the immune system, according to a study
quoted by the newspaper
BZ .
As a result, there should be more so-called killer cells in the blood, what exactly is the reason is not clear, but there are assumptions.
This way you get very close, which would activate the immune system, which would send defense cells against possible pathogens.
A healthy love life should also prevent high blood pressure, Business
Insider informs
.
However, that's not all, according to a study by Keith Leavitt from Oregon State University that you should also have a career advantage at work through a healthy love life.
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Love life helps your career
They become happier and have a "potential career advantage," as quoted by
business
insider Leavitt.
For his study, 159 married couples were asked to indicate how often they had sexual intercourse in the previous night and how motivated and enthusiastic they were.
After work you are said to have been asked how satisfied you were with your work that day.
The survey was conducted for two weeks.
The results are according to
Business Insider
suggested that more frequent intercourse was related to mood, satisfaction, and engagement at work.
Likewise, the stress level and the conflicts in a partnership would be influenced.
To see such a healthy love life in terms of "sustainability" and thus as a "potential career advantage", as
Business
Insider quotes the researcher.
At the same time, a stressful day at work can also have a negative impact on your love life.