Quick benefits of smiling, humor and laughter

• Get people to trust you • Perform better • Hide what we really think • Make more money • In leadership, smile when defeated will give the winner a tasteless victory • Smile at the world and it smiles back • Improve intimacy • Reduced stress • Elevates the mood and feelings of well-being • Reduces depression, anxiety, and tension • Increases self-esteem and resilience • Increases hope, optimism, and energy • Increased endorphins and dopamine • Helps you stay emotionally healthy • Laughter Increase relaxation of the body • Reduced pain - Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, a natural pain and stress reliever • Dissolves distressing emotions • Reduces levels of cortisol (a steroid hormone) • A good laugh can be beneficial to the lungs • Boosts the immune system • Increases positive affect • Lowers blood pressure • Enhances other people’s perception of you • Happy people are thought to have more friends • Happy people are thought to be more successful • Smiling can help you avoid feeling overwhelmed • Laughter boosts the immune system • Helps recover from social slip-ups • We move toward laughter when we hear it • Studies show that women who smile a lot, enjoy taking care of children more • Smile is a reason for success and happiness • Smile is something you remember more • Smile is a sign of warmth , relationships and love • smile will cause small problems go away • It draws a good picture in the mind of other • If you face a problem you can use smile, it sends a signal to people and brings more friendship • A smiling person if a safer person to resolve problems A smiling person is a person more balanced • Humor shifts perspective • Humor allows you to see situations in a more realistic, less threatening light • Humor Increase creativity • Humor Improves problem-solving ability • Humor enhances memory • Humor increases ability to cope with stress • Humor providing an alternative, less serious perspective on one’s problems • Helps bonding with friends and family • Increases friendliness and altruism • Increases attractiveness to others • Happier marriages • Makes You Look Younger • Closer relationships • Humor overcomes challenges • Humor enhance your life and life of others • Smiling changes attitude • Smiling connect with people • When you smile, you look good and feel good. • When others see you smile, they smile too. • When others smile, they look good and feel good, too.

So put a smile on, even if you don't feel like it, and pretty soon you'll be smiling for real.