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The Power of a SMILE

Compiled by
Arun Vishwanath
arun@trainersforum.in
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• Smile and the whole world

smiles with you, and the grey
skies will really clear up if you
put on a Happy Face. 
• Anyone who has been around a
smiling baby knows how a
spontaneous grin helps build
kinship, strengthen social bonds
& release positive brain
chemicals that help us feel good
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Joyful smile also known as

“Duchenne Smile” –
Use both muscle sets & is spontaneous
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• Fake smile also known as www.trainersforum.in

“Flight Attendant Smile”

– uses only first muscle set
and is generally used as a
form of courtesy

Which one is
genuine?

Air-hostess Smile
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• A Shy smile
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• Embarrassed smile
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• Sarcastic Smile
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• Loving Smile
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• Studies have confirmed that people who

displayed spontaneous Duchenne smiles were:
 More apt to get married and remain married
 Scored higher on test of Emotional and Physical
well-being
 Able to overcome stressful events in life such as
death of a spouse
 Couples who show loving smiles release
OXYTOCIN – called the caring hormone – helps
in bonding and reproduction
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• Some people are born with

happier temperaments,
which set them up for
success, other can become
happier by being taught
how to cultivate a genuine
smile.
• Putting on a happy face
not only helps us make
friends, it translates into
altered brain chemistry
that helps us feel better.
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• Since smile is so important

to happiness and social
networking, losing one’s
smile is devastating.
• “You don’t realise how
essential a smile is until
you can’t do it”
• People who cannot smile
come across as Unfriendly,
Sad, Angry or Depressed
• A smile is a powerful part
of our conversational
capability
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• 30% of people claim that when

they first meet someone they
judge them by their smile.
• Smiling is great exercise! We
smile by contracting fifteen
separate muscles on our face, and
230 in our body.
• 70% of people agree that having a
good smile helps build their
confidence, psychologically and
socially - and it helps their love
life, too.
• The average smile lasts three
seconds.
• 26% of us don't like smiling
openly because our teeth aren’t
white or straight.
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• 80% per cent of us think that

having a smile they are proud of
makes them feel more confident
socially and psychologically
• One in four people have been
put off going out with someone
because of their smile.
• Smiling reduces stress-related
hormones and increases heart
rate and blood circulation.
• Smiling aids your love life! If
you smile at a stranger across a
crowded room they are twice as
likely to approach you.
• Smiling stimulates the human
brain to releasing morphine-like
chemicals that inhibit infection -
and lessen pain!
 So, smiling really is good for you. Keep
smiling & spread this message!
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