Flirtology - Fearless Flirting Module Two | Page 11

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o make a difficult task seem easier,
smile.
Charles Garfield, the author of Peak
Performance, once coached the
Russian Olympic weight-lifting team.
Garfield noticed that when team
members lifted to exhaustion, they
would invariably grimace at the painful
effort.

In an experiment, he encouraged the athletes to smile when
they got to that point of exhaustion. This seemingly minor
difference enabled them to add 2-3 more reps to their
performance.
Smiling not only releases lots of good hormones in your body,
including oxytocin, it will excite the mirror neurons of the
person sitting across from you. They will be much more likely
to “catch” the emotion that you are sending them.