Have a smile

A psychologist said, "People who smile tend to manage, teach and sell more effectively, and to raise happier children. There's far more information in a smile than a frown (皺眉). That's why encouragement is a much more effective teaching device than punishment."

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness -- and there is one sure way to find it. That is controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

"There is nothing either good or bad," said Shakespeare, "but thinking makes it so."

"A man without a smiling face must not open a shop." It is a proverb in ancient Chinese.


Carnegie, D.D. (1981). How to Win Friends & Influence People (Revised Ed.) New York, NY: Pocket Books.