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Super Soul Special: Shawn Achor: The Life-Altering Power of a Positive Mind

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How to Spread Stress and Negativity to the People on Your Plane

"If you want to spread stress and negativity to the people on your plane, which do? I always do this one at a different gait. But the reason i love this experiment is because it shows us, not only do smiles and yawns spread, but it turns out negativity, stress, uncertainty and anxiety, we can pick up like second hand smoke," he says. "Our brains have been designed to be wirelessly connected through a mirror neuron network... We don't process happiness. We co process optimism and belief."

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