Month: November 2009

  • why smiling works

    i’ve been smiling every chance i get. when i wake up, when i’m driving in my car. whenever i find my face in apathy, i just force it into a smile and hold for 10 seconds. i try to remind myself to do this routine at the top of every hour. it’s almost becoming habitually spontaneous.

    i started doing this because of what i read here… http://mooks-dayoo.xanga.com/716994333/top-10-reasons-to-smile/

    for years i had been reading a lot of self-help books, and watching my health so as to increase my chances of having a happy life. and, a large portion of my drive was also to attract or to have more relations with the opposite sex.

    my body is good enough. i mean, i should be able to get girls based on that. my face is ok too, so i should be able to attract girls that way too.
    so, i thought. but nothing comes of it. so i was sorta disappointed.

    but, i think what i was missing is that the physical value has to be backed up by some positive emotional value too.
    otherwise, it’s just physical. and just physical is quite boring and repetitive after a while.

    so, smiling is adding a new dimension to my value.

    i am starting to realize that sometimes. when i have lots of negative thoughts. it’s much more useful to just smile and think of nothing.
    a simple smile for 10 seconds is 1000 times more valuable than 10 seconds of negative thoughts.

    and, you would think a smile is just a smile. but the repercussions of smiling have enormous effect on one’s emotional health.

    see, if you are frowning, or angry and or showing no emotions most of the time. when people talk to you, they will mirror the same face and energy towards you. each social transaction will be negative experience and weigh down on your self-esteem.  even if you mean no harm towards the other person, your face will be mirrored by the other person, like it or not.

    the magical thing about this formula is that when you force yourself to smile all the time. the people around you will mirror that same face, if they like it or not. it’s almost like a instinctive reaction to smile when a person is smiling. so, every personal interaction will start, stay and end with a smile on both sides.

    and, when you are smiling, it is very difficult to harbor negative thoughts or emotions.

    your facial expression forces a new attitude from within. that new attitude and energy is the thing i am interested in right now.
    this positive attitude is what attracts people and keeps them interested in you.

    i always was able to get some type of reaction from the opposite sex, just by mere physical-ness. but, that never extended to anything bigger.
    but, when you are emitting a positive attitude, they can’t stop watching it. and, it’s not just the physical, it’s the emotional value that they have their eyes on.

    so before i was getting tons of surveys while working… my initial charm would be enough to get them to do it. but, by the end of the experience they are left bereft of any emotional value from the experience.

    now, i start it with a smile… the whole experience is kept at the smiling emotional tone, then it is finished strong with positive emotional tone. i see them leaving me shaking my hands and smiling largely. it’s a different experience altogether. i’m doing everything the same, just with a smile. and, it’s making a huge difference.

    that’s why in my pulse i wrote that i think smiling will change my life bc i have been doing this for 2-3 days and i see lots of improvement.

    the smiling energy has a snowballing effect as well. a smile leads to initial positive energy between two people, then you can use that energy to create a conversation between the two that feels positively charged and this opens up new possibilities that weren’t there before.

    all from one little smile…

    the solution was a very basic one.
    i just need to keep practicing it until it is a natural part of me.

  • i’ve been practicing how to smile every chance i get. i do it so much, it just comes out naturally now.
    sometimes it’s on my face unnaturally too. i think i made atleast 3 drivers that saw my face smile back.
    it wasn’t even my intention to make them smile. it accidentally happened. now, i notice the people who are
    smiling and the ones that are not. before it felt like the people who were smiling were condescending, but
    now i feel like i’m at their level. kinda cool.

  • death sentences might actually be a good idea

    woa, chinese government gave death sentences to those involved in the tainted milk scandal.
    the guilty ones had included a chemical called melanin so that the milk would pass protein content tests.

    if death sentences existed for pyramid schemes and similar financial frauds, maybe we could have prevented bernie madoff.
    if smaller time crimes got the death sentence for punishment, wouldn’t that stop a lot of folks from being so brave?

    it would also clear up lots of our prisons because most of them would sentenced to death before they can be housed there.

  • sometimes i feel self-conscious about my attractiveness and looks. when i was in 5th grade i burned my face and mummified and hospitalized for 3 months. as a kid, i think i was good looking but that accident really fucked up my confidence. does a person face change in attractiveness from minute to minute or is it usually stable? when i look in the mirror when i am healthy i feel like i look good. but, when i see my face in pictures, i look horrible. i wonder if it’s because that’s my real face, or i am just afraid of the camera and it’s just capturing my nervous face? i would rate my attractiveness as a average of 6.5 objectively looking at myself. but today, i was walking at work, and these 2 hispanic girls were walking by me and one of them said to the other, grade this one. and the other one said, 9. so i was feeling good about it until i get home and i see my pics posted on facebook from a wedding i attended yesterday and some of the pics really i look like a  3.5 or 4. wtf is that. i am trying to figure out what causes that level of unattractiveness. and, i realized that in each photo where i am looking like crap, there is an alpha male who is stronger than me controlling the energy. the other guy looks brightened up while my attractiveness and energy are being drained. so, maybe attractiveness has a lot to do with confidence and energy flow. you have to be happy and smiling and feeling good to potentialize your true attractiveness. also, i think attractiveness is also a subjective thing. another person’s 5 is another person’s 9 or 10 and vice versa. i guess it all depends on who is looking.

  • Top 10 Reasons to Smile

    http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongbeauty/tp/smiling.htm

    Smiling is a great way to make yourself stand out while helping your body to function better. Smile to improve your health, your stress level, and your attractiveness. Smiling is just one fun way to live longer read about the others and try as many as you can.

    1. Smiling Makes Us Attractive

    We are drawn to people who smile. There is an attraction factor. We want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good. Frowns, scowls and grimaces all push people away — but a smile draws them in.

    2. Smiling Changes Our Mood

    Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. There’s a good chance you mood will change for the better. Smiling can trick the body into helping you change your mood.

    3. Smiling Is Contagious

    When someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the moods of others, and make things happier. A smiling person brings happiness with them. Smile lots and you will draw people to you.

    4. Smiling Relieves Stress

    Stress can really show up in our faces. Smiling helps to prevent us from looking tired, worn down, and overwhelmed. When you are stressed, take time to put on a smile. The stress should be reduced and you’ll be better able to take action.

    5. Smiling Boosts Your Immune System

    Smiling helps the immune system to work better. When you smile, immune function improves possibly because you are more relaxed. Prevent the flu and colds by smiling.

    6. Smiling Lowers Your Blood Pressure

    When you smile, there is a measurable reduction in your blood pressure. Give it a try if you have a blood pressure monitor at home. Sit for a few minutes, take a reading. Then smile for a minute and take another reading while still smiling. Do you notice a difference?

    7. Smiling Releases Endorphins, Natural Pain Killers and Serotonin

    Studies have shown that smiling releases endorphins, natural pain killers, and serotonin. Together these three make us feel good. Smiling is a natural drug.

    8. Smiling Lifts the Face and Makes You Look Younger

    The muscles we use to smile lift the face, making a person appear younger. Don’t go for a face lift, just try smiling your way through the day — you’ll look younger and feel better.

    9. Smiling Makes You Seem Successful

    Smiling people appear more confident, are more likely to be promoted, and more likely to be approached. Put on a smile at meetings and appointments and people will react to you differently.

    10. Smiling Helps You Stay Positive

    Try this test: Smile. Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile. It’s hard. When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that “Life is Good!” Stay away from depression, stress and worry by smiling.

    http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongbeauty/tp/smiling.htm

  • appreciation is a good skill that simplifies

    i thought appreciation was over-rated, some kind of cliche bullshit that you hear from everywhere.
    i didn’t really give it a chance. but lately, i’ve been trying it and i feel that it helps clear the mind of
    of that which is unnecessary. like for instance… i hate living with my dad because sometimes he gets
    on my case about certain things. but, if i just overlook that for a second and think and appreciate how
    much he is helping my life the irritability is silenced immediately. i am starting to realize that you can be
    appreciative in just about any circumstance if you are creative enough. that means, as long as you are
    creative enough to format your current situation into an appreciative form, most mental distress can be
    done away with. and, if you are not creative enough to resolve it, you can always fall back on the most
    basic appreciative form which is thinking, “i’m just thankful i am alive.” you can’t get any more basic than
    that as a human being. if you do it the right way.. after realizing you can be appreciative of your situation,
    you mental cloud or anger, or confusion should disappear. your mind will be put back into utter simplicity and
    return to a reasonable state.

    another instance is when i am invited to an event and i don’t particularly like the activity or like the persons
    attending the activity. this can easily be tamed by thinking, “i appreciate just the fact that i am invited.” “i 
    appreciate that i even have friends that invite me.” it’s a done deal. it no longer matters if i like the people or the
    event. i’m just happy and satisfied being there. all the negative stuff blows out of the way. and ur just sitting
    there really satisfied and content.

    this all breaks down to greed. i want more in any given situation, it’s not good enough. by being appreciative,
    the greedy monster is tamed. this makes me fear that it will kill off my ambitions. but, honestly i’m one greedy
    motherfucker. so, this new appreciative attitude should leave me somewhere near normal, after i’m done habituating
    it.