Since releasing Smile & Move™ in November (my follow-up to 212), we've been having a ball creating a dictionary of words (a smictionary?). Something fun about the "sm" sound. (thanks to all our readers and smovers out there who've added to the fun)…

smove: ('smoov) verb: to smile & move  (Let's smove!)

smover: ('smoo-ver) noun: one who smiles & moves (Now that guy's a smover.)

smovement: ('smoov-ment) noun: an organized effort to create a world of smovers (Obviously what's happening here is a part of a smovement.)

smoved: ('smooved) verb: 1. to be positively affected by coming into contact with a smover or experiencing a smovish act 2. past tense of smove (We were so smoved when we checked into our hotel because everyone smoved at all moments.)

smovish: ('smoo-vish) adjective: having qualities that illustrate a smile & move character or demeanor (You want to hear something really smovish?)

smoment: ('smo-ment) noun:a point in time of a smovish experience (Isn't this a beautiful smoment?)

smission: ('smi-shun) noun: a specific smovish task with which a group or person is charged (We're on a smission and nothing can stop us.)

smeltdown: ('smelt-down) noun: a breakdown of smovish characteristics by smover (She obviously had smeltdown.)

smovology: (smoov-'a-la-jee) noun: a branch of knowledge that deals with smiling & moving (Are you taking smovology this semester?)

smovoscopy: (smoo-'vas-ko-pee) noun: endoscopic examination of the heart and mind for smovish characteristics (We're a little concerned with your approach to things lately so we've scheduled a smovoscopy for you later in the week.)

smovotomy: (smoo-'va-te-me) noun: surgical severance of any smovish characteristics (What an @ss#ol&! The guy must have had a smovotomy before he left the house today) smovectomy can be substituted

smulch: ('smulch) noun: a protective covering spread or thrown over a complainer or non-smover to prevent their negative attitude from spreading (It was a great meeting. We had to throw a little smulch in one area of the room but other than that, things went very well.)

Got an idea? (comment, please)

tgim

(don't know about Smile & Move™? a quick little excerpt after the jump or you can read the whole thing online at SmileAndMove.com)

I want to be needed. You want to be needed.

We all want to matter to the world.

And the way we matter is through our service to others… by giving more.

If we want to matter and to be happy, if we want more freedom, more flexibility, more responsibility or more money, we need to give more to those we’re supposed to be serving.

We need to get over ourselves.

We need to smile & move.

To smile is to…

• Be awake, attentive, and engaged with others.
• It’s being thankful for our opportunities, for our people, and for the occasional chance we have to be in the path to serve.
• It’s being approachable and accessible to our customers, our subordinates, and our leaders.
• It’s complaining less because we all have work to accomplish.
• It’s smiling, really.

To move is to…

• Start our days early and go long more than once in a blue moon.

• It’s exceeding expectations for others and dismissing mediocrity in our work.
• It’s having a sense of urgency with our efforts, predicting and pre-sweating the details for others.
• It’s being resourceful and resilient when we fall short, making it all about results – exceptional results.

The truth is… You’re at my service and I’m at yours.

To enjoy more, we need to give more.

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Smile & Move reflection…

When asked to do something for someone else (customer, friend, family member, colleague) does your YES say “yes, if I have to” or “yes, it would be my pleasure”?
 
How patient are you with the first from someone else?

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Generosity is more fun. That’s the key. (print this)

– Robert Thurman (1941 -    )
   American scholar and Buddhist monk

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"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."

– George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
   Irish playwright and critic

(here's the story that inspired Smile & Move™)