Today's topic is "smile". As I mentioned in previous posts, controlling your facial expression can be a weakness in professional environments. Particularly, not knowing when to wear a smile shows tears in your emotional intelligence. Imagine that you have just apologised to a co-worker for a small mistake. If that said co-worker maintains a blank face, perhaps due to stress or focus, you might feel rejected. Meanwhile, that co-worker may simply not realise the affect of their face.
We all do this. It's too common for us not to. Yet smiling can evoke powerful responses, enlightening moods and strengthening relationships, while branding us as generally likeable people: all without a single word.
If you want someone to like or acknowledge you, then smile but do it naturally. If you fake smile, people can tell, as we're all familiar with the subtle creases in your face and the angle of you shoulders, and many other other factors that we don't notice ourselves. A person can identify a fake smile with unbelievable speed and intuition. When it comes to smiles, it's all or nothing.
I don't know how many awkward situations I escaped by just smiling. For instance, smiling at someone you don't quite recognise can buy you a few seconds of thought. Smiling while you hold the door open for someone shows co-operation and subservience, whereas not smiling can show irritation.
Did you know that smiling can better your own mood? By smiling, we reverse engineer our emotions. The shape of our face actually produces hormones and [insert scientific jargon here] that make us happy. While smiling when you're in a bad mood may feel silly, you're likely to cheer yourself up.
Go, on. Pass it on. Those smiles are free anyway: something that any student can appreciate.
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We all do this. It's too common for us not to. Yet smiling can evoke powerful responses, enlightening moods and strengthening relationships, while branding us as generally likeable people: all without a single word.
If you want someone to like or acknowledge you, then smile but do it naturally. If you fake smile, people can tell, as we're all familiar with the subtle creases in your face and the angle of you shoulders, and many other other factors that we don't notice ourselves. A person can identify a fake smile with unbelievable speed and intuition. When it comes to smiles, it's all or nothing.
I don't know how many awkward situations I escaped by just smiling. For instance, smiling at someone you don't quite recognise can buy you a few seconds of thought. Smiling while you hold the door open for someone shows co-operation and subservience, whereas not smiling can show irritation.
Did you know that smiling can better your own mood? By smiling, we reverse engineer our emotions. The shape of our face actually produces hormones and [insert scientific jargon here] that make us happy. While smiling when you're in a bad mood may feel silly, you're likely to cheer yourself up.
Go, on. Pass it on. Those smiles are free anyway: something that any student can appreciate.
Article by Sae
Find more about Sae