Before you rush off to the local plastic surgeon, consider this:
A Psychologist report says that people judge the genuineness of others by looking for their laughter lines. Experiments showed that the eyes, not the mouth, were the main focus of attention in a smiling face.
Tests focused on the "crow's feet" laughter lines that appear at the corner of the eyes when a person smiles. An experiment, in which 60 volunteers were shown pictures of smiling faces, showed most spent up to twice as long gazing at the "laugh lines" than anywhere else, including the mouth. (The direction of their eyes was detected by shining an infra-red beam and measuring the angle of reflection 10 times a second.)
The researchers suggested this could be an instinctive way of assessing whether or not a smile was genuine. Plastic surgery to remove those lines takes away more than just your wrinkles! If your work requires sincere smiling (acting, sales, etc.), removal of those lines will make it hard for others to believe your sincerity because you'll have a "plastic smile".
Plastic surgery is little more than a band-aid for a fragile ego. It's like wearing a mask over your face. People might say, "Hey, great look!" But you know it's the mask they are complimenting... not you. You're still not going to feel good about yourself because YOU know it's not you... it's the mask!
Genuineness is always respected... plastic is disposable, so keep those smiles REAL and respect yourself!
Until next week...
Terri Levine
http://www.coachinstitute.com
http://www.terrilevine.com
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