Mehrabian’s findings:

7% of message pertaining to feelings and attitudes is in the words that are spoken.
38% of message pertaining to feelings and attitudes is paralinguistic (the way that the words are said).
55% of message pertaining to feelings and attitudes is in facial expression.

My goal this week is to focus on having pleasant facial expressions and try not to give out too many “wtf?” looks.

Though, on my day at the new job, I did laugh… alot… about my computer. The PC I will be using has not been re-imaged. There were 5 or 6 toolbars in IE, two coupon tools/printers/spamy things, and a ton of DVD burning software on it. Yes.. it actually looked like:

I like the way my fireplace smells like a campfire even though we have never used it. It is warm and comforting.

though i feel more like this right now.