The Secrets Behind The Simple Smile
Some say that a smile is the key to
success. Recently, Ron Gutman was so inspired by this simple look into
the hidden secrets of smiling, so he searched in psychology,
anthropology, sociology and many other “ologies” is order to find out
how influential a smile can be. The study started with a yearbook in
California. The people who had the largest smiles ended up having the
best results at exams, and in their life,in general. Next, the study
analyzed 1952 Major League baseball cards, the length of the players’
smiles is proportionally related to their life span.
The baseball players who didn’t smile at
all in the cards lived in average 72,9 years, where as the ones who
smiled widely lived to be more than 80 years old.
Humans belong to the species who
naturally smile, amazing 3d ultra-sounds show babies smiling from the
womb. After birth, babies still continue to smile, mostly when they
sleep. Blind babies are known to smile at the sound of their mommies’
voices.
The smile is the simplest form of
externalization. Tribes known for carrying out cannibal rituals also
use smile to express laughter or amusement.
Over 30% of us smile more than 20 times
per day, but kids smile almost 400 times a day and they’re catchy… have
you ever wondered why you find yourself smiling more when you’re around
children? Uppsala University from Sweden conducted a study that revealed
that when someone smiles, it’s a triggers your face muscles and you too
shall smile, and it’s almost impossible to frown when someone’s smiling
back at you. Smiles are contagious!
A smile can stimulate the cortex just as
much as 2000 bars of chocolate could. Actually, British researchers have
stated that smiling stimulates us in the same way that receiving 18 000
euros cash would.
So what are you waiting for? Just start
smiling. Smiling makes us more presentable, it makes other people smile
hence they start looking good and so on.
As Mother Teresa put it: “Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
Below you can watch a video of funny smiling animals, relax and smile with them.
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