Smile

• Trying to avoid negative emotions just to appear youthful or thin or even eternally positive can eventually have a psychological cost.
• Other people can detect a fake smile. Try to make your smile real for yourself.

Smiling may seem like a simple gesture, but its impact is enormous. When you smile, you communicate to others that you are happy to see them. People are drawn to those who exude positivity and warmth.

If you're not in the mood to smile, make an effort to do so anyway. While actions often st...

The Pygmalion effect is where an individual’s performance is influenced by others’ expectations.

In other words, higher expectations lead to higher performance.

However, the Pygmalion effect specifically refers to how our expectations of others affect our be...