There’s something magical about smiling. It is a universal language which we learn before we can even talk or walk. It is an inborn talent which some of us tend to forget from time to time, others again carry it through their lives constantly.

Smiling mixes a positive chemical cocktail within your brain which appears on the face sometimes as subtle dimples, sometimes as a wide happy ear-to-ear grin. Smiling doesn’t only create new positive neural pathways into your brain, it also alleviates stress almost like a good night sleep.

It is interesting that smiling doesn’t affect only our inner wellbeing, it also creates success: What is common for successful people is that they have the ability to work and meet people with a smiling face. Emotions are contagious and a person reacts subconsciously to the light shining from a smiling person by shining back. When smiling, your message becomes more powerful and is accepted more easily.

Spreading smiling vibes doesn’t even require physical presence. Joy springing from inside can be heard in your sound, its contagious positive energy flows even along telephone lines. Not to even mention how an e-mail written with a smiling face can overflow solar energy. Did you know by the way that seeing a☺-sign provably creates a similar reaction of pleasure as a live smile?

Everybody knows the talent of smiling, even if for some that talents may be rustier than for others. Human brain is, however, a brilliant machine in a way that it can be taught — you can practice new thought patterns which eventually become a habit. The more you consciously practice smiling, the more often you’ll smile automatically in the future.

Another great thing is that your brain can be fooled. Even if you only manage to make an unnatural grimace now and then, your brain considers it as a sign of real satisfaction which can turn you into a brighter mood. Have you ever thought, by the way: Do we smile because we’re happy or are we happy because we smile? Smile, even if you don’t feel like it, and you will!

We at ZEF have noticed that saving smiles is a complete waste of time. Greeting a college or customer with a smiling face guarantees that things get done with positive vibes. And when we do our job with joy, working turns out to be beer and skittles. Joy, passion and love are prerequisites not only for work welfare but also for getting results; they are vital ingredients for reaching our dreams.

Every time you give a smile to another, you let that person to experience a moment of beauty. Who would like to resist a giver of such a precious gift? And who would like to waste a moment to feel the joy of giving?

As a great thinker has put it: Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. All the goodness that you face on the way towards your dreams again, originates fundamentally from love.