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Happiness Comes to Those Who Laughs Mac's Smile Therapy "Double Feedback Effect": when you smile by raising your mouth's corner by 10°, you really start to have fun. "Mirror Effect": if you're smiling, the other person will unintentionally start smiling. (Excerpt) |
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Better life with a bright smile |
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Mental and physical health via smiling An employee of a company smiled and raised his/her mouth's corner, and said that he/she "is now able to smile to a grumpy boss, and colleagues started helping him/her out at work" . (Excerpt) |
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Living Your Life After 50 Hair dyed to light gold, orange T-shirt, black jacket and colorful, polka dot spats. Having a flashy look, such as that of Kageki Shimoda, a writer and winner of Naoki Prize, symbolizes an active, positive and strong personality. He was excited, laughed and said, "What I now strive for is to smile and get the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm looking forward to living my life even brighter henceforward." (Excerpt) |
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Train your facial muscle, and turn ON your brain's "smiling switch" |
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Personal experience - "Rhythm of the Heart" Smile Therapy |
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Beautiful smile and body is my goal. " A challenge to sharpen yourself! This story is about a group called the Gets Team, which includes people who can't easily express themselves, especially at marriage meetings and speed dating, where their expression easily becomes rigid. They hear about a lesson called "Smile Therapy" that trains your facial muscle to attain an attractive smile, so they immediately go and experience it themselves. (Excerpt) |
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"A 100% smile is effective for business as well" At Mac Corporation, run by Mac Akasaka himself, they implement a U.S.-style smile therapy, and runs a salon called "Mac Akasaka" in Akasaka, Tokyo. Mac Akasaka enthusiastic proclaimed that he "wishes not just women, salesman or those who work in the hospitality industry, but also men to actively participate." They also hold a booth space at the "Diet & Beauty Fair 2004" that will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from Sept 13th through 15th. Various seminars are planned to be offered as well. (Excerpt) |
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In many cases, somebody with a great first impression has a beautiful smile. Are you confident in your smile? |
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"I like you!" Repeat this five times with "best smile" while looking at Tonami's eyes. You might be tempted to look elsewhere due to embarrassment, but this is not acceptable. The trick is to look at the other person's eyes intently. The latter half will focus on training your eyes and facial muscles. Tonami said, "the activation of the facial muscle prevents wrinkles and sagging, and sharpens your facial line. It makes you more friendly, and would lead to a better interpersonal relationships." (Excerpt) |
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Living in an era of lots of restructuring!
Many new employees may start to feel like they've been cheated once they enter a company. Makoto Tonami, president of the current Mac Corporation, felt the same disillusionment at the initiation ceremony when he entered the most popular general trading company at the time in 1972, after graduating with a liberal arts degree. (Excerpt) |
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"Smile therapy is a treatment that originated in U.S., which deals with training the eyelid's movement, method of raising one's corner of mouth, etc to create a smile, thereby improving one's first impression, and stabilizing their emotion. In the future, we are planning launching a training course with about six sessions to explain the logic behind the smiling effect, and putting it into practice. (Excerpt) |
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?Learning the Way of U.S.? Calling Out for Male Participation The U.S. smile therapy was introduced in Mar 15th, 2004 at "Mac Akasaka," a salon that opened in Akasaka, Tokyo. They offer courses that involve training facial expression by biting down on a smile trainer, a plastic correction rod. In the future, they are planning to offer practical courses with about 6 sessions that include psychological theories and explanation. President Makoto Tonami who operates a salon called Mac Corporation (Akasaka, Tokyo) enthusiastically proclaims "his wish for males, including sales reps and those in the service industry to participate as well." (Excerpt) |
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Protecting Yourself from "Stress!!" Smile Exercising |
