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The Power of Positive Thinking

Did you hear about the Dove 'beauty patch' experiment? Several women were told that Dove had developed a beauty patch which they were going to test - you wear it for two weeks and the patch releases chemicals that improves your beauty from the inside. And, sure enough after a few days, the women felt prettier, started dressing up more, felt more positive - smiled more, got positive comments from their friends, etc. - they felt more beautiful and made different choices that, in fact, made them more beautiful.

So, I was about to try to buy this beauty patch, when I heard the rest of the story - there was nothing in the patch. The beauty that the participants felt came from within and the power of positive thinking.

A powerful story that reminds us all that we can influence, and be influenced by, positive thinking, and, that positive thinking builds on itself to create more positive actions and thoughts.

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To see the feature story about this experiment, go to:

http://www.today.com/video/today/54906382/

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