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Kindness: The Secret Of Success By Stephen Einhorn

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One reason that being kind is good is that if you are kind it will increase your success and the success of others. In an article called “The Secret of Success? Kindness” Stephen Einhorn who has a MD, PhD, and is chairman of the department of oncology-pathology at the Karolinska Institute of Stockholm says “On the contrary, being kind to our fellow human beings is preconditioned to becoming successful. Goodness and kindness are the single most important factors when it comes to how successful we will be in our lives”(Hill 1)To be successful you must be nice to others or you will not get super far in life. When you are mean and ruthless others will not be happy to do there job and do it poorly but, if you are kind they will show you appreciation …show more content…

In an article titled “5 Side Effects of Kindness on Health” David R. Hamilton who has an honors degree in biological and medical chemistry, and a PhD in organic chemistry states “Acts of kindness are often accompanied by emotional warmth. Emotional warmth produces the hormone, oxytocin, in the brain and throughout the body.” When you are kind it increases the amount of oxytocin in your body so when you are kind it helps you out. Oxytocin is a hormone in your body that helps to protect the heart so when you are kind and you release the hormone oxytocin which in turn protects you. Kindness also slows aging, also on the article it says “Aging on a biochemical level is a combination of many things, but two culprits that speed the process are free Radicals and inflammation, both of which result from making unhealthy lifestyles choices. But, remarkable research now shows that oxytocin (that we produce through emotional warmth) reduces levels of free radicals and inflammation in the cardiovascular system and so slows aging at the source” When you are kind you release oxytocin which is proven to reduces levels of free radicals and inflammation which are known as the 2 main factors about aging. By reducing blood pressure being kind protects your heart, helping you live longer, and slow down aging so in theory kindness is good for the heart.When you are kind to others it will slow down aging and make you have a healthier

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