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SMILE
Activate Immediate Connection
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
—CHINESE PROVERB
Do you want to get happy at work immediately? Catch my smile. Did you feel it? Quick, toss the smile to the person on your left (or right) and set off a chain reaction of positive feelings. When you smile at people, strangers included, 80 to 90 percent will return the gesture with a grin, even if they don’t want to. We are wired from birth to mimic the people around us. Try contaminating your occupational ecosphere with happiness. Even a well-placed, forced smile is a mood enhancer.
Humans are so inherently social that the best predictor ...
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