Smiling will help you become more positive
A guide to a better smile
One of the best ways to make your smile more genuine, smile with both your mouth and your eyes.
If you’re in a situation and finding it hard to smile, visualize someone you love, or recall an event that brought you deep satisfaction and joy.
Smile before a phone call or even before writing an email. You’ll find that people can always tell if you have a smile on your face, even if they don’t see you. Smiling affects the tone of your voice. If you don’t believe me ask a visually impaired person.
Practice smiling in front of the mirror
Here is something you could practice in the morning. Stand in front of the mirror and smile. Practice to activate both your mouth corners and your eye sockets. You will know whenever your smile is genuine, because you will immediately feel happy and relaxed. The power of a smile, even practiced in the mirror triggers a chemical reaction within the brain and can invoke the emotion of positiveness immediately.
Become comfortable with smiling
A lot of people see smiling as something that makes you vulnerable. Personally, I’ve found that developing a better smile starts with being very comfortable to smile a lot. If in your head, you can imagine yourself going through the day and smiling lots to everyone and everything, that’s often when a happier life starts.
Women smile more than Men.
Researcher LaFrance concluded that overall women smile a lot more than men. This comes not just from the fact that they might be happier, but also, that socially, it is more acceptable for women to smile.
“In general women are more accurate than men in detecting what is really going on with someone by looking at their face and listening to their voice. Women are more likely to tell the difference between a felt and a fake smile.”
Smiling is definitely more than just a contraction of muscles in your face. This small change in your thinking will make you more approachable, so smile and become more positive in 2014.
Posted by Nigel Moore www.tenimc.com