Reviving the Handshake
Or..I’ve been hugging so long, I’ve forgotten how to shake hands.
This mania for hugging finally got to me when
I read an article about how shaking hands can get the body producing oxytocin faster than hugging.
Oxytocin is the “love hormone.” Wikipedia tells us: “It plays a role in social bonding”
Apparently, it takes a minimum of 20 seconds of hugging for the
hypothalamus to generate oxytocin, but shaking hands does it quicker. Well, well.
So I have been experimenting with and reacquainting myself with shaking hands with friends. We still hug as well so we get the best of both worlds.
One of the things I notice is that
we can have eye contact with hand shaking. That may explain at least partly how oxytocin is created quicker with a handshake than a hug. May also have something to do with skin to skin contact. (skin to skin hugging may work faster, but there is all that time taken up getting naked before a hug…not practical much of the time.)
Also started noticing the great variety in handshakes.
In the last few weeks, I have had many of them, including one bone crusher. Ouch.
Here is a great article on it:
Love, Laughter and Smiles.
Matti
In this issue also:
When you are 80 and feel like 60 you will be
glad you did these 3 things
What is Wealth?
Flipping elections without a trace
How to Hack an
Election
And:
►BOOKS WORTH READING
►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
►FUN
►FINAL WORD
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Quote:
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James
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HEALTH
When you are
80 and feel like 60 you will be glad you did these 3 things
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WEALTH
What is Wealth?
Definition from Investopedia:
How about considering all the intangible assets? Health, vitality, energy, joy, happiness, family and friends? These may be the true wealth in life.
The Beatles said: “The love you take is equal to the love you make.”
So, unlike
tangible assets, we may be able to take the sum of the intangibles with us to the next phase after physical body death…love.
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FREEDOM
And if you thought that is too far out, check out this Bloomberg story:
How to Hack an Election
Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections throughout Latin America for almost a decade. He tells his story for the first time.
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BOOKS WORTH READING
State of Fear -Michael Crichton
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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
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FUN
Is Windows a Virus
No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:
1.They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that.
2.Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so - okay, Windows does that.
3.Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay, Windows does that too.
4.Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. - Sigh.. Windows does that, too.
5.Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. - Yup, Windows does that, too.
Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences: Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.
So Windows is not a virus.
It's a bug.
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FINAL WORD:
Musical training
is a more potent instrument than any
other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into
the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily
fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul of him who
is rightly educated graceful. –Plato
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"When we open to our potential, the world changes...dramatically and for the better."
-Matti Anttila, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher.
Author of: The Zen of Joy. How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness & Success.
* Zen of Joy Questionnaire &
* 7 Step Zen of Joy Coaching
Publisher of Mastery Newsletter.
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