“Change Your Face”

During a TV game, a star college player said to his basketball coach, “Change your face, please. We are playing a game but your faces don’t reflect that.”

A wonderful wake-up call that now helps the team keep things in perspective and reminds me of an old Chinese proverb; Man without smiling face must not open shop. That is, if we want to sell anything (including our ideas or agendas), or if we want to enjoy our work, or if we want to connect with others—

Face power…

1. frees us from anxiety so we can have fun and enjoy our work
2. changes our energy
3. changes our relationships
4. attracts joy
5. renews our youth
6. sets us on an upward path
7. softens our harshness and makes us attractive
8. sends a message of hope to our mind and body (or team) that anxiously awaits our direction.

It might feel fake at first, but our nerve endings will quickly send messages throughout our cells. Sooner than we can imagine, things will begin to change inside…and around us.