Productive people are happy people

Twelve facts that relate to happiness-

1. Happy people live an average of 9 years longer than unhappy people

2. Happy people earn an average of $25,000 more per year than unhappy people

3. Smiling releases endorphins and makes us feel better. Even “faking” a smile can lead to feeling happier.

4. If you fake laugh long enough you’ll start to really laugh, really, really hard.

5. Despite high infant mortality rates and lower life expectancies, not one of your direct ancestors died childless.

6. For someone, somewhere in the world, today is the most amazing day of their life.

7. We now have less crime, a lower death rate and longer life expectancy than at any other time in human history.

8. It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown.

9. Neurologically speaking, seeing somebody else smile actually makes you happier.

10. Happiness has a fragrance.

Clinical experiments on body odor have proved your scent changes between when you are stressed or happy

11. A mere 20 minutes of exercise, three days each week will increase your happiness by 10 to 20 percent after six months.

12. Happiness is a skill. You can learn it and it’s not hard.

Have a happy and productive day! -WILL