Quote Originally Posted by T.Jackson View Post
In an attempt at bringing this thread back on topic ...

In my final assignment for Applied Reasoning I was given a rather interesting question to answer: How can you personally benefit from helping others to learn?

Hmm ... there's not an obvious answer to it, I spent a fair amount of time thinking about it, I got full marks for my response ...

Is there a better answer to this question?

Your thoughts are appreciated on this.

Regards,

Trent Jackson


Hi, Trent
I think This is the Health question of the week

"When you do good things for others, you do good things for your health. You may also be doing good things for the health of your community, research now shows. An Ontario study on the health benefits of volunteering reveals that it not only improves self-esteem and combats social isolation, but also reduces the impact of stress on the body, lowering blood pressure and even bolstering the immune system."

To be specific...

"Participants identified the following key benefits of volunteer work: skill development, coping with isolation, the chance to 'give back' to the community, to meet people, to enhance job prospects, personal growth, personal empowerment and to gain a new perspective on one's own problems.
"In addition, volunteering was reported to enhance self-esteem through the 'good feelings' derived from helping others and feeling worthwhile and needed.

"Volunteering was described as distracting one from one's aches and pains, providing motivation for rehabilitation and activity, helping overcome social isolation, and providing a sense of community and belonging."

Questions of the Week:
What skills and interests do you have that you could use to help others? What opportunities are available where you live? How could you encourage your peers, friends, and family members to get involved with a volunteer project? How could the community benefit from their involvement? How could they personally benefit?

See this engineers forum

http://cr4.globalspec.com/forum/instrumentation

1000s of engineers, asking nob answer.