Economic Wisdom to Apply in Your Twenties

Chapter 89

Chapter 11 Section 5 The depreciation of life is the depreciation of happiness

In September 2005, 9-year-old Netease acting CEO Sun Dedi died of illness;
In July 2005, the famous actor Gu Yue died of myocardial infarction;

In April 2005, the famous painter Chen Yifei died of gastric hemorrhage;

On November 2004, 11, Wang Junyao, chairman of JuneYao Group, passed away at the age of 7;
On April 2004, 4, Yang Mai, President of Ericsson (China) Co., Ltd., died of a heart attack;
On March 2004, 3, Hu Kai, the 4-year-old general manager of Dazhong Electrical Appliance Company, suffered a heart attack.

There are also Peng Zuoyi, Tang Junnian... On this long list, all of them are very successful entrepreneurs with unlimited bright prospects, but because of fatigue, the strings of their lives were broken. The golden years passed away early, and people couldn't help sighing.

In recent years, the new term "death from overwork" has frequently appeared in the newspapers and has increasingly become the focus of people's attention. "Death from overwork" is a new term originated in Japan. It is usually understood as a sub-health state of exhaustion due to long working hours, aggravated labor intensity, and high psychological pressure. Timely and life-threatening.

According to statistics, among the people aged 30 to 50 who died young, 95.7% died of fatal diseases caused by excessive fatigue.In Shenzhen, along with the rapid economic development of the special zone, nearly 3000 entrepreneurial elites have died. The average age at death was 51.2 years, which is 76.52 years lower than the average life expectancy of Guangdong Province in the second national census of 25.32 years.

According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, the prevalence of death from overwork has been recorded in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and other places; on January 2002, 1, the word "Karoshi" was listed in the authoritative English dictionary "Oxford English Dictionary Electronics". "Edition" officially entered the room to meet the needs of the 17st century and the latest real look.

As the phenomenon of "death from overwork" has been paid more and more attention, the concept of "depreciation" in economics has begun to be introduced into people's health calculations.

Depreciation refers to the systematic apportionment of the accrued depreciation amount according to the determined method within the service life of the fixed assets.The term depreciation rate first came from the second-hand car market.When a car is changed hands after being used for a period of time, if it is maintained properly and the performance loss is not large, it is a good car with a low depreciation rate, and it will soon find the next buyer.

The same is true of our view of life.

According to the research report of physiology, it is found that 30 years old is the peak of a person's vitality, but every year after that, his organ function will decline at a rate of 0.8%. Only 40% of the function at the age of 30 remains, and if the individual can live to the age of 92, the natural depreciation rate of its organs is as high as 80%; at this time, only 40% of the individual's function remains.Moreover, it is impossible for a person not to experience pain in his life, so natural depreciation plus improper use of depreciation will also reduce the life of the individual.

Corresponding to the depreciation of life is the depreciation of our happiness.A person's happiness is composed of many parts, such as wealth, emotion, health, etc., are all indispensable parts of happiness.Among the many factors above, no one should deny that the most directly related to happiness is health.

There is a saying that health is 1 and everything else is 0.Without this 1, no matter how many 0s there are, there is still nothing.Even if a person has a wealth of wealth, a family full of children and grandchildren, and a precious love that will last until death, if he does not live to tomorrow, then he still has nothing.It can be seen that the first prerequisite for feeling happiness is that we have a healthy body and a happy body and mind.

The depreciation of health is the depreciation of happiness.Today's work pressure is increasing, and the pace of work is getting faster and faster, but when we are desperate for higher salaries and better development prospects, we ignore the depreciation of life.A sub-health assessment center in China obtained the following result after assessing the health status of 898 adults: 78% of men and 72% of women were in sub-health.The survey of elites is even more surprising: 20% of elite white-collars hardly do any form of physical exercise; half of elite white-collars say they have no time or work too tired to exercise; and 40% of elite white-collars say they don’t want to Spend time exercising because there are important things to do.

Everyone has only one life, and once it is depreciated, we have no chance to change it.The same is true for happiness. When the past is gone, there is no chance to "regret less than before".Therefore, from now in our 20s, we must learn to take care of our bodies and be a happy person who does not depreciate!

Wisdom Pieces: Ten Warning Signs of Karoshi

Japan's "Karoshi Prevention Association" lists the top ten warning signs of overwork death:

1. At the age of three or 40, I have a big belly.Obesity is often associated with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, fatty liver, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.
2. Severe hair loss.This is especially true when the work pressure is too great and the spirit is tense.
3. Frequent urination.Three 40-year-old middle-aged people, if the frequency of urination is often more than ordinary people, it shows that the function of his urinary system has begun to decline.
4. Decreased sexual performance.Premature symptoms such as loss of libido, impotence or amenorrhea, weakness of the waist and knees, fatigue and timidity, chills and cold limbs are early signs of physical decline.
5. Memory loss.It's easy to forget the names of acquaintances and things to do.
6. Mental arithmetic is getting worse and worse.
7. Frequent regret, irritability, irritability, pessimism, depression, etc., and it is difficult to control one's emotions.
8. Difficulty concentrating, or the period of time you can concentrate is getting shorter and shorter.
9. Unsteady sleep and decreased sleep quality.After waking up, the spirit is not good, and I still feel tired.
10. Frequent headaches, tinnitus, dizziness, irritability, and depression, and there is no clear result when I go to the hospital for examination.

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