A smile is an expression symbolising pleasure, sociability, happiness, joy or amusement. A smile is an important, free thing that can cheer up someone’s day.
Behind every smile of a psychologist, there is successful business or successful service rendered. Imagine you run a business and your employees are not specialised in the customer care market.
The question might be, is your business going to make a profit and is it going to be productive with angry employees? Obviously not. No one will ever want to support where they are not appreciated and are not allowed to feel more important and alive.
A smile can make you own or have the whole world with you. If you do not smile you will then have to walk a lonely way of life.
There is great power in a smile because it makes you feel comfortable and the people around you will appreciate you more. Imagine going to a class in a negative mood, and your fellow students notice that you are not okay. They will come and greet you by your name with a touchy and heart-warming smile, and the bad mood will disappear. Didn’t that help you to concentrate? It’s called the power of a smile.
Nowadays human beings believe that if you have money then you have everyone or everything, but money can never make a person feel alive or important. Yes, you will only be appreciated but a little bright smile can allow you to be welcomed in new vicinities wherever you go.
American investor and financial executive, Charles Schwab once said: “The secret to my success and my ability to make people like me, the most delightful factor in my personality is my captivating smile.”
Actions speak louder than words, but a smile says it all: “I like you. You make me happy, and I am extremely happy and glad to see you.”
I am talking about a real smile, that comes from deep inside you. The kind of a smile that can bring good prices in the market place. People who smile sell more effectively, manage and teach others. They even raise happier children.
The power of a smile is very powerful, even if it can’t be seen. We are living in a world of complaints and criticism but if we all work together, we can overcome this. A smile can change someone’s day.
Martha Uusiku is a disaster risk reduction student and likes to motivate her peers. You can find her on
Facebook at Martha Usiku or on Instagram @simplymartha.
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