It turns out smiling correlates strongly (I'm not sure what the r is, but I'm guessing at least .5 or more) with parameters such as standardized testing scores, financial wealth, longevity, success in life (as best measured quantitatively), marriage well-being (qualitative parameter), happiness (qualitative parameter), and even how inspirational you are to others (again, a qualitative parameter).
Moreover, smiling is naturally contagious, meaning that spending time around people who smile often is literally healthy for you.
Unfortunately, approximately two-thirds of adults smile less than twenty times per day. And guess what? Implicitly, this isn't normal (by normal, I mean that merely because it has its own respective normal distribution, this does not mean we should operate in such a manner), nor healthy. Children can smile as much as 400 times per day!
So smile more often - you'll live longer, be happier, and be more successful.
Quantitatively (see the video below), one smile (your smile) is worth 2,000 bars of chocolate! Or, one smile is worth approximately $25,000 USD.
See the video below for more information.
No comments:
Post a Comment