About this talk
Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you'll live -- and that a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well-being? Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionarily contagious behavior.
About Ron Gutman
Ron Gutman is the founder and CEO of HealthTap, responsible for the company's innovation, vision and product. Before this, he was founder and CEO of Wellsphere, an online consumer health company that developed the world's largest community of independent health writers; it was acquired in early 2009.As a graduate student at Stanford, Gutman organized and led a multidisciplinary group of faculty and graduate students from the schools of Engineering, Medicine, Business, Psychology and Law to conduct research in personalized health and to design ways to help people live healthier, happier lives. He is an angel investor and advisor to health and technology companies such as Rock Health (the first Interactive Health Incubator) and Harvard Medical School's SMArt Initiative ("Substitutable Medical Apps, reusable technologies"). He's the organizer of TEDxSiliconValley.
Find links to all the studies that Gutman references in his talk right here;
Have a wonderful day,
R.
This is a nice talk and a good reminder in terms of social skills. I know that in some instances in my Asian culture, we tend to not smile enough when in public for some reason and it comes across as being distant or guarded when in actual fact, many Asians, especially when in western countries, are just shy. Smiling will certainly help break down barriers for sure.
ReplyDeleteClint, that is funny, here in Portugal my perception is that Asian people are always smiling. Now things are different, but a couple of decades ago most Portuguese employees who attended the public was unsympathetic, while Asians always met us with a smile. In this respect we have learned a lot, first with Asians and then with the Brazilians.
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