{"id":999,"date":"2009-07-06T20:32:01","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T00:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=999"},"modified":"2018-10-02T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T21:02:08","slug":"come-to-work-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2009\/07\/come-to-work-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Come To Work Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reader from Singapore sent me this cartoon.\u00a0 Happiness in the workplace is a global concern.\u00a0 In an era of cost-cutting and bad news, this presents a clever, low-cost strategy for improving morale<span style=\"color: #333399\"> **<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1007\" title=\"cometoworkhappy\" src=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2009\/07\/cometoworkhappy.jpg\" alt=\"cometoworkhappy\" width=\"486\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">**<span style=\"color: #000000\">Funny, yes?\u00a0 The thing is, studies have shown that even FAKE SMILES can have an impact on mood.\u00a0 That stems in part from the &#8216;fake it till you make it&#8217; reality of the Mind-Body connection &#8212; when we act a part long enough, we eventually grow into the emotion, so smiling when you don&#8217;t feel it will, after a few minutes, lift your spirits a bit because you emotion races to match what you&#8217;re doing w\/ your body. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The other reason why the Fake Smile exercise works is that other people are more likely to smile back at you when you wear a smile. 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