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Happy Is How

Happy Does

By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)

Did you know that when you smile you actual- ĂďŽǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƟĐŬ ŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ͘ /Ŷ ŽƚŚĞƌ
ly feel happier? Research shows that the mus- ǁŽƌĚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞƋƵĂƟŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ůŽŽŬ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ͗
cles that move when you smile trigger neuro-
ƚƌĂŶƐŵŝƩĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŝŐŶĂů ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ďƌĂŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ Ğ ,ĂƉƉLJ p 'ƌĞĂƚ tŽƌŬ p Big Success.
are feeling happy and therefore smiling. This
means that if you are feeling sad, you should /Ĩ ǁĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ Žī ŚĂƉƉLJ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĨĞĞů ŐŽŽĚ ĂďŽƵƚ
ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ƚƌLJ ƐŵŝůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĨĞĞů Ă ďŝƚ ŚĂƉƉŝĞƌ͊ ourselves and what we doing. If we feel good
ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ůŽŽŬ ŐƌĞĂƚ͘ tĞ ƚĂŬĞ ĐĂƌĞ
/Ŷ ŚŝƐ Ŭ dŚĞ ,ĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ ƋƵĂƟŽŶ͗ tĂŶƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ tĞ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐĨƵů ƌĞůĂƟŽŶ-
EŽƚŚŝŶŐ н Ž ŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ с ,ĂǀĞ ǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ships with those around us. And, we do great
Neil Pasricha argues that the key to happiness ǁŽƌŬ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ĨĞĞů ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĚŽ-
ŝƐ͙ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ͊ ,Ğ͛Ɛ ƐĂLJƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌ- ing it. That great work leads to great success
ŵƵůĂ ĨŽƌ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ ďĂĐŬǁĂƌĚ͘ ,Ğ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ͕ ͞tĞ and accomplishments. Therefore, we need to
ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŚĂƌĚ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ďŝŐ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŚĂƉƉLJ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĂƉƉLJ͘
ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŚĂƉƉLJ͘͟ tĞ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ
ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞů ĨŽƌ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ͗
Why aren’t you happy?
'ƌĞĂƚ tŽƌŬ p Big Success p Ğ ,ĂƉƉLJ
/Ĩ ǁĞ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƵƌ ĂŶĐĞƐƚŽƌƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ
WĂƐƌŝĐŚĂ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ŝƚ ĂŐŽ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂĚ ǀĞƌLJ ůŝƩůĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĂƉƉLJ͘ /Ŷ
works in reality. Instead, we do great work, fact, they were constantly running from dan-
ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďŝŐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ŚĂƉ- ŐĞƌ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂĚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ǁĞŶƚ
ƉLJ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚĂƉƉLJ͕ ǁĞ ƐĞƚ ŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƵůů ďĞůůLJ ƚŽ ŚƵŶƚ Žƌ ƐĐĂǀĞŶŐĞ ĨŽƌ
ŶĞǁ ŐŽĂůƐ͘ ͞EŽǁ ǁĞ ƐƚƵĚLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ũŽď͕ more. If they stopped to experience the feel-
ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ͘ tŚLJ ŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ůŽƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ
stop at a college degree when you can get ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ
Ă ŵĂƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ͍ tŚLJ ƐƚŽƉ Ă ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ thousands of years have passed since the so-
ĐĂŶ ďĞ sW͍ tŚLJ ƐƚŽƉ Ăƚ ŽŶĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ĐŝĞƚLJ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĐŝǀŝůŝnjĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ͕
ĐĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ƚǁŽ͍ tĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ͘ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŝŶƐƟŶĐƚƐ
/ƚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂƐ ŽƵƌ ĂŶĐĞƐƚŽƌƐ͘ KƵƌ ďƌĂŝŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ƉƌŽ-
ĂǁĂLJ͕͟ ƐĂLJƐ WĂƐƌŝĐŚĂ͘ ŐƌĂŵŵĞĚ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ
ƐŽůǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ͘ KƵƌ ďƌĂŝŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞĚ
^Ž͕ ŚŽǁ ĚŽĞƐ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ ǁŽƌŬ͍ ,Žǁ ĐĂŶ ǁĞ to look for our next meal or next goal.
achieve it? Pasricha says we need to snap
Žī ƚŚĞ ͞ Ğ ,ĂƉƉLJ͟ ƉŝĞĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞƋƵĂƟŽŶ ,Žǁ ĐĂŶ LJŽƵ ďĞ ŚĂƉƉLJ ĮƌƐƚ͍

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