"Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us. And wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe -- next year at this time -- we'd like each other a little more."
- Judy Garland
In his opinion piece "Beyond Random Acts of Kindness," PurpleAmerica.us CEO and founder Stuart Muszynski argues for valuing good deeds and "niceness" throughout the year, not just the holidays.
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Despite the old saying that "nice guys finish last," Muszynski cites books such as "Leading with Kindness" and "The Power of Nice" to support the idea that being kind can pay off big -- even in the typically cutthroat business world.
"Digging into the research, bio-ethicist Dr. Stephen Post, in Why Good Things Happen to Good People, explains that good people unleash positive physical and psychological forces that are self-fulfilling and cause other people to want to positively affect them back," Muszynski writes.
"Dr. Wayne Dyer reports that endorphins, the body's happy hormones, are not only released when you do an act of kindness, but they are also released in the bodies of the affected person as well as in people who are witnessing the act. Niceness is contagious."
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