1. Smiling improves mood by instantly activates the release of feel-good neurotransmitters like dopamine, endorphins, and serotonin in your brain.
2. Smiles makes you more approachable. Smiles affect those around you as well. In the service industry, customers are happier with their purchases when working with employees who shared smiles.
3. Smiles makes you more trustworthy. Participants ranked models on three different conditions, that they overwhelmingly trusted the models more who were smiling. Basically, it conveys a sort of innocent kindness that translates to trustworthiness.
4. Smiles train your brain to think more positively. You can even train yourself to smile more, and therefore effectively train yourself to reach more positively to life events, no matter how gloomy they may be. It is about wiring yourself to positive instead of negative.
5. Smiling is contagious and will make other people happy. Due to mirror neurons that fire in the brain, humans are able to mimic the actions of others, like smiling, which has the ability to produce happiness.
6. Smiles boosts your productivity because you tend to work harder and feel more confident in your work, which inevitably boosts your productivity. And even a healthier work ethic & office environment.
7. Smiles make you more creative because dopamine released in a smile is involved in learning, processing, and decision-making, allowing for a heightened creativity as it pertains to problem-solving and artistic endeavors requiring much analysis.
8. Smiles open you up to new opportunities because it makes you more confident in yourself, & others.
9. Smile is the universal symbol of kindness.
10. Smiles can release emotions that have been burdening you because it helps you release negative emotions that have long been on your mind. It is akin to listening to your favorite music during a bad day at work.
11. Smiles make us more attractive to others. Furthermore, the muscles that you use to form a smile can also smooth the wrinkles on your face and make you appear younger.
12. Smiles make you more successful at work because coworkers learn to come to you with their issues, and your boss can even begin to trust you with bigger projects.
13. Smiles reduce stress because the levels of cortisol produced in your brain, effectively minimizing the stress you feel.
14. Smiles enhance certain hormones that are introduced into your system, specifically, norepinephrine, oxytocin, & phenylethylamine, responsible for feeling more sexually aroused & emotionally available.
15. Smiling can help you out of an embarrassing situation. Others feel instantly trusting of you and in return, see that you possess empathy and understanding in your smile.
16. Smiles reduce aggression based on experiments. This means that just witnessing a smile, a person about to perform an act of aggression was more likely to stop this emotion in its tracks.
17. Smiles make you a better leader because it draws people to you. Furthermore, when you’re constantly upbeat, it can make others feel more relaxed and able to be themselves, fostering a truly nurturing work environment that can only make others excel… the whole point of leadership.
18. Smiles make you more aware of your surroundings because your head is up and in the moment.
19. Smiles make you live longer. Yes, showing off your teeth has the ability to make you extend your lifespan. Studies have shown that people who smile more often are 35 percent more likely to live longer… & happier.
20. Smiles are just good business, and connect the world and are the best Dose of Hope God has gifted us.

by Ken Rochon, Jr., Co-Founder of The Keep Smiling Movement