So the next time you see a lovely smile—on a stranger in a grocery line, on an old photograph, on the face of someone you love—recognize it for what it is: a small, voluntary act of beauty in a world that desperately needs it. And if you can, smile back. That is how lovely smiles multiply.
In a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , researchers found that people who have a lovely smile are perceived as having higher moral integrity. We assume that happy people are honest people. In negotiations, a smile is worth an extra 10% of the deal value because it builds rapport faster than any logic or data ever could. lovely smile