Take the Smile-Therapy Challenge

A while back I wrote a post titled The Heart of Life, where I mentioned that world news seems to be quite grim these days. The question behind that post was what is at our core? In other words, would people rather hear positive, encouraging information or has there been a shift in society?

Recently I decided to take up a challenge from Smile-Therapy.com, a site that interestingly enough also recognises the value of good news. The basic premise of the site is that a membership gives you access to a “Wisdom & Idea Library” containing a growing mass of info, quotes, links and tips, and you also receive a daily positive email.

The Smile-Therapy Challenge

The first thing you notice if you visit the Smile Therapy homepage is that you are encouraged to take up the $15 Smile Therapy challenge, which (from the home page) looks a little something like this:

  1. Invest $15
  2. Try Smile-Therapy for 3 (three) months
  3. Receive your Daily Dose of OPTIMISM. (30 – 90 second SNIPPETS of Positive-ness)
  4. If not satisfied, request your $15 refund… PLUS 20%.

To me that sounded like quite a fair proposal, so when Tim from Smile Therapy encouraged me to take up his $15 challenge, I decided to give it a go.

The Verdict

I must admit that the main reason I was a little apprehensive at first was because I was worried about the quality of email I would be receiving. I already receive enough of those fluffy emails that are all soppy and sugary. You know the ones, with flashing teddy bears and some story about a little kid who died and the moral is we need to live each day as if it’s the last?

Turns out once I started receiving emails from Smile-Therapy I was pleasantly surprised. I’d go so far to call it “positive encouragement for adults”. I can assure you there are no flashing teddy bears, roses or pleas to “send this on to ten of your friends!”

The Good:
I think the true value of the Smile-Therapy challenge for me is the daily email. While the membership section of the web page has some interesting info, I find that I get the greatest value from discovering the unexpected in my inbox.

Generally the emails are relatively short, able to be read in a minute or two, but any longer than this and you’d never get around to reading them! There’s quite an array of topics that arrive through the Smile-Therapy daily email, for example: words of encouragement, tips about money, lessons from world leaders, the occasional quiz or brainteaser, links to videos or posts online, business tips, interpersonal skills and generally large doses of optimism to get your life pointed in the right direction.

The Bad:
I think the challenge represents really great value for money, so I don’t have a lot of bad points to add. One thing I will mention is that because I’m from Australia, some of the money / savings tips apply for American residents only. This kind of ‘bonus offer’ for smile-therapy members comes along fairly infrequently, and I was warned up front about it, so I’m not bothered in the slightest. If there’s an occasional email that doesn’t apply to me and my circumstances, big deal – I’ll see what tomorrow brings…

What Now?

Look, let me just add that the times I got the most benefit from the Smile Therapy emails was when I least expected it. Tim will never really know how applicable his positive email was just at a time when I needed to hear it. Either his sense of timing is impeccable, or someone else is watching over my life ;)

If you could do with a bit of positivity in your life from time to time, go over and check out the Smile-Therapy $15 Challenge. Remember, if you’re not that into it or find you’re not getting what you expected, you get all your money back – that’s a pretty good guarantee!

Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention. I don’t know Tim personally, but I’ve had some correspondence with him via email from time to time, and I get the impression that he’s a great guy. He’s polite, direct, and has a certain genuine quality which I’ve discovered is the exception rather than the norm in the world these days. So while I agree with the concept of Smile-Therapy and I like the daily emails, an added bonus is that the site master is a very approachable guy… thought I’d mention it!

Click Here to check out Smile-Therapy.com

NB – I have no affiliation with Smile-Therapy, and this is NOT a paid post. I just happen to like the concept!