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5 Reasons You Should Smile More as a Leader

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5 Reasons You Should Smile More as a Leader

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Several years ago, when I was the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, I was presiding over our monthly business review meeting. One by one, each of our divisional managers would appear before the executive team and review their operating results for the previous month.

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Smiling is important for leadership

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It helps others relax. A smile communicates that you are safe and can be trusted.
It draws people to you. If you want others to follow you, you can start by smiling...

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5 Polite Ways to Deal With People Who Not-So-Politely Keep Interrupting You

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"I've been giving it some thought," I said in a team meeting at one of my previous full-time jobs, "And I really think the partner listings on our website would function better if we..." "Let me jump in," interjected one of my co-workers, before I was even able to finish my thought and put my idea out on the table.

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Let it Go

Interruptions can be frustrating. But, the point here is that not all of them are worthy of addressing.

Sometimes, the best thing you can do when faced with an interruption is nothing at all,...

Set Expectations From The Beginning

Whether you’re speaking up in a team meeting or you’re conducting a presentation, it’s important to be clear that you'll need to get all of your ideas out there before opening the floor to questions and contributions.

This sets the tone right from the get-go that you’re aiming to share your ideas free of interruptions. This also makes it easy to halt an interrupter in his tracks.

Keep Going

Sometimes you can only fight fire with fire.

Refuse to pause for interruptions, and instead continue moving forward with your ideas. If needed, you can even pause for a second to address the interrupter and say, “one moment,” and then finish off your thought.

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The Secret to Happiness Is 10 Specific Behaviors

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Happiness is the purpose of life. Despite this, only one in three Americans say they're very happy. Several years ago in an interview with Conan O'Brien, Louis C. K. tells of flying on a newly equipped Wi-Fi airplane. He was amazed by the new technology. Until, during the flight, the Wi-Fi went down.

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10 Behaviors for Happiness

Let go of the need for specific outcomes
Define your own success and happiness
Fully commit to the things that make you happ...

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There are 19 types of smile but only six are for happiness

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As they hovered over their victims, knives at the ready, Carney Landis issued his instructions. The beheading was ready to commence. It was 1924 and this particularly sadistic grad student had lured an assortment of fellow pupils, teachers and psychology patients - including a 13-year-old boy - into a room at the University of Minnesota.

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Smile ≠ happy

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Those who smile often are thought of as more likeable, competent, approachable, friendly and attractive.

Of 19 different types of smile, only six occur when we’re having a good time...

Duchenne smile

Duchenne was interested in the mechanics of facial expressions, including how the muscles of the face contract to produce a smile.

The Duchenne‘ smile is long and intense, though it involves the contraction of just two muscles. First the zygomatic major, which resides in the cheek, tugs at the corners of the mouth, then the orbicularis oculi, which surrounds the eye, pulls up the cheeks, leading to the characteristic ‘twinkling eyes’.

Fear smile

“When bonobo chimpanzees are afraid they’ll expose their teeth and draw their lips back so that their gums are exposed,” says Zanna Clay, a primatologist at the University of Birmingham.

In babies, a broad grin can either mean they’re happy or distressed and studies have shown that men tend to smile more around those considered to be higher status.

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