Want to give yourself a huge hit of oxytocin? No, don’t reach for the syringe and dosing schedule, do something nice for someone.

Called “the helper’s high” doing something nice for others gives you a hit of oxytocin. Maybe you’ll like doing what I like doing – drive-by’s. When running errands, I pay attention to the people around me and call it out. If a woman has a fabulous smile, I tell her she’s winning at smiles today. When a little girl has on sparkly shoes, I tell her she’s winning at shoes.

The smiles I get tell me that they appreciate being noticed, and the feeling that gives me is at least as good at what I gave them. So today, try doing some drive-by’s and let them lift your spirits too.

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