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*You make your best decisions when you’re happiest. *Peter Thomson

Each morning as I make my way to Dunkin Donuts and the office I pass a sign that says, “Peace begins with a smile. We sell boxes.” One morning, as I drove past the sign, I heard a radio report about “laughter yoga”. Whoa, I thought, maybe there’s something to this. So when reader Jorge Parada sent his letter about a tip he got, it made me smile.

David Leadbetter’s Lesson Tee on your June 2008 issue (“Open Mouth, Lose Tension”) made me remember one of the best golfing tips I’d ever received. It came from a scratch golfer raised in China. When I asked him how to lower my handicap, he answered: “When addressing the ball smile and keep your smile throughout your swing.” I found out that not only it helped to keep my body tension-free (Mr. Leadbetter’s point) …