The Price of a Smile

Mỹ Linh |

The old guard at my office became special just because of his smile and greeting.

Every morning, this guard stands in front of the office door, smiling and greeting everyone. From the big boss, the middle boss and the employees, everyone receives sentences like: “Hello Long, hello Hoa. Have a nice day.”

The same thing happened when leaving. Perhaps it was not just greetings for the sake of it, but an industrial smile because the old guard remembered almost everyone's name. To the point that when a guest came to the office for the first time and was asked what was most impressive, the guest said: "One of the people I was impressed with and had a good feeling about when I came here was... the guard". And perhaps, the important contract signed that day had the silent contribution of the guard.

Busy, stressful lives may cause many people to forget the basic need to cultivate a smile. There is a solid study that shows that when you start a new day with a smile, that day will be very favorable and gentle.

There is a famous rule called Neville's 17-second rule. The 17-second rule is simply understood as: When starting a new day, stand and look at a picture of someone (or stand in front of a mirror) with a big smile for at least 17 seconds. And the result is usually that on that day, you will have a lot of luck and everything will go smoothly. Neville continued to do the experiment but in reverse. He changed to another picture with an annoyed, resentful face. Also focused on it for 17 seconds. As a result, he had a bad day, and bad things happened. One morning, after standing and staring at a picture with a frowning face, he changed his clothes and went out. As soon as he drove out of the gate, he was hit by a car that had lost its brakes. This accident took away 3 of his ribs. That was also when the experiment ended after 844 days of research.

Neville's 17-second rule simply reflects the nature of the law of attraction. Emotions, are a type of energy that is easily transmitted, whether we like it or not.

So, stay close to people with positive energy. And according to the law of attraction, when you are happy, life will be lucky. Sometimes in life, we feel like we are forgetting something. Maybe, it is very simple: Forgetting the price of smiling.

Mỹ Linh
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