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Advantages of smiling: 1) Improve mood When you  smile ,  your  brain releases tiny molecules called neuropeptides to help fight off stress. Then other neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin and endorphins come into play too.  The  endorphins act as  a  mild pain reliever, whereas  the  serotonin is an antidepressant. 2) stress reliver The endorphins act as a mild pain  reliever , whereas the serotonin  is  an antidepressant. One study even suggests that  smiling can  help us recover faster from  stress  and reduce our heart rate. In fact, it might even be worth your while to fake a  smile  and see where it gets you. 3) better relationships That's a very scientific way of saying that you feel happy and relaxed. As such, you  are  more pleasant to be around and you allow your partner to feel happy and relaxed, rather than stressed out about what's bothering you. 4) younger appearance S...

How to increase will power and self-control: 1) Learn how to manage stress. The biology of  stress  and the biology of  willpower  are simply incompatible. So any time we're under chronic  stress  it's harder to find our  willpower . The fight-or-flight response floods the body with energy to act instinctively and steals it from the areas of the brain needed for wise decision-making. 2) Avoid temptation . Example: If you have decided to stop smoking, do not go to the places where you find people smoking. If you have decided not to see mobile while studying, keep your mobile far from the place where you are studying. 3) Meditation,  Exercise Practicing mindfulness  meditation  for a few minutes each day  can  actually  boost willpower  by building up gray matter in areas of the brain that regulate emotions and govern decision making. ... Practice once a day to train your overall  willpower , and practice in diffic...