The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed. Sebastien Nicholas de Chamfort
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Smiling is not just a reaction to something funny. It is something that has positive effects on our mood and on everybody around us, no matter if it is forced or not.
In her article, Alyssa Detweiler lists nine positive effects of smiling which will make you want to smile more:
- Smiling is contagious
- Smiling lower stress and anxiety
- Smiling releases endorphins
- You will be more attractive
- Smiling strengthens your immune system
- You will be more approachable
- Smiling will make you more comfortable
- You will seem more trustworthy
- You will be a bettere leader
Read the full article here
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In this TEDx, Patti Dobrowolski discusses the importance and power of imagination. Imagination is the engine of our life. It can be used in an expected and confined way and we call ii “brainstorming”. However we can also use imagination in unconstrained ways, as children do. In these cases, imagination becomes the fuel of everything, as the experience of genius like Eisntein can prove.
If you can’t afford to ignore the annoying and troublesome people in your life, then Dealing with Difficult People is the book for you. Learning the 21 ‘tried and true’ tools will be useful in many situations. For example, to be a viable and successful business person, you have to be able to deal with all sorts of people.
To discover more here is the full book.
In this TED talk, Ida Abdalkhani enagages the audience in a laughter yoga session. Laughter session forces oneself to laugh but within 2 minutes the forced laughter becomes real. “We laugh 300 times a day as children but only 30 as adults”. Laugh makes people release a flood of positive neurotrasmitters which stimulate our brains, our immune and our nervous system.
As Ida Abdalkahni concludes, “it’s within your power to make your narrative a joyful one”.
Terrible and awful is the power of laughter, he who has the courage to laugh is the master of the Others like he who has the ocurage to embrace death. Giacomo Leopardi
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In this article published by The Telegraph, Rebecca Burn-Callander gathers nine tips for negotiation.
Negotiation in an art, hard to learn and even harder to master. It is something we need in our everyday life, in our jobs as much as in our private life.
Here nine useful advices to be a good negotiator:
- Don’t talk too much
- If that fails, try talking too much
- Force a “no” out of your opponent
- Know your stuff
- Try to use open-ended questions
- Fix an end for negotiations to end
- Fake empathy
- Don’t try to lie your way into a deal
- Volunteer for the Samaritans
You can learn more about each advice by reading the full article.
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Our body shapes who we are.
In this TED talk, Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist, explains how our body language can influence our life, detrmining what people think of us. This is why she suggests to take few minutes before our next stressful situation to change our body language in a way to cope with that situation. Our bodies change our mind, our minds cand change our behaviour and our behaviour can change our outcomes.
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The executive leadership coach, Lolly Daskal, lists a few tips to follow in order to improve your leadership skills.
No courses or teaching sessions can make you an exceptional leader. The key element to become an amazing chief is to get out of the office and follow some simple advices:
1.Smile to connect with people and make them feel part of a great project.
2.Becoming the best leader possible is not only about talking, but also about listening, asking the right questions and answering earnestly.
3.Make sure your team constantly exchange information.
4.Always give and ask for feedbacks.
5.Make people understand that you care: leaders are remembered for how they make people feel.
If you want to read more, see the full article
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Do you need some tips how to become the best leader? Or you are simply tired of fighting with your partner?
These are the 7 indispensable secrets than can change your personal and professional life:
- Stop ignoring people;
- Stop faking it;
- Stop controlling people;
- Stop projecting;
- Respect your fellow human;
- Empathize with your fellow human;
- Use generative listening.
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