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"Smiling", like "Thank You" ( previous post ) has been thoroughly encouraged, the more the better. But there is one kind of smile that one should always avoid: the "Insecurity-Smile" (more popularly called the sheepish smile).  There is a section of people who smile all the time, and the smile doesn’t come out of a relaxed confidence self, but from a strong discomfort. These people keep smiling, on every instance. Suppose a group of people are sitting and gossiping, there will be one guy who will be 'bogus-smiling' to all the silliest jokes, not exactly because he enjoys them but because he wants to be liked by the person and the group, especially if the person making the so called jokes is of good importance. And chances are this guy is new to the group, and in efforts to win the belief of "belonging", he will keep doing it, sometimes even going overboard by unknowingly smiling to something which wasn't meant to be smiled at. Whe...

We have constantly been told how saying Thank You is always a good thing. From self-help books to our elders, they all keep reminding us the importance of saying Thank You, but is it really right saying Thank You everywhere? When you say Thank You to close friends with whom you sit and talk and see daily or stay in touch in strong terms then you push them away bringing a noticeable distance between you and the person. Because saying Thank You makes the whole deed look like it needs a repayment, the way we do to strangers or colleagues or someone who deserves a Thank You in the formal sense, in which case you become a lesser friend with him/her because till then the relationship didn't look for a repayment. Courtesy: Sean Gladwell If my friend brings me a candy bar every day and I take it without saying Thank You, it keeps the action, a deed that he should just do, whenever he's got a bar to share. ...