Ravinder Taylor

But the benefits that come from smiling.

But the benefits that come from smiling...

Okay.

Okay.

When I first encountered the idea that putting a pencil between your teeth will cause your brain to release endorphins, which is one of the happy brain chemicals, I thought that was crazy.

When I first encountered the idea that putting a pencil between your teeth will cause your brain to release endorphins, which is one of the happy brain chemicals.

I thought that was crazy.

Absolutely crazy.

Absolutely crazy.

But I dug in and yes, that is true.

But I dug in and yes, that is absolutely true.

Absolutely true.

But then you want to look at some of the other evidence out there.

But then you want to look at some of the other evidence out there.

There are two research studies that I really appreciated totally independently.

There are two research studies that I really appreciated.

totally independently one looked at baseball cards and one looked at high school photographs and looking at those pictures the researchers were able to predict how long the person would live.

One looked at baseball cards and one looked at high school photographs.

And looking at those pictures, the researchers were able to predict how long the person would live.

So what they found was that in these pictures, if a person had a small smile on their face, they would live on average two years longer.