{"id":2835,"date":"2015-08-14T09:52:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T09:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fnp.com\/blog\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2015-08-14T09:52:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T09:52:52","slug":"send-flowers-stay-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fnp.com\/blog\/send-flowers-stay-positive","title":{"rendered":"Send Flowers, Stay Positive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Women love flowers. Receiving a bouquet or a single flower gives them a feeling of being loved and valued, but not every men consider sending flowers to be a good idea. Flowers die, they are expensive, they are over the top and clich\u00c3\u00a9 in their opinion. A message to all the men out there reading this\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iStock_000023613006Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2836\" alt=\"iStock_000023613006Large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iStock_000023613006Large.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flowers bring happiness<\/strong><br \/>\nThe act of giving flowers elicits a real smile more often than other gifts of similar cost, according to research from Jeannette Haviliand-Jones, psychologist at Rutgers University. Men are conditioned to react very positively to a real smile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>People think you are smarter if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a guy who gives flowers<\/strong><br \/>\nThat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right! Send the flowers to your significant others\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 workplace. Science says that people will perceive you as having higher emotional intelligence than your peers. Next step: Start milking your significant other\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s network of contacts since they are already impressed with you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your will be a better manager<\/strong><br \/>\nMen give flowers at work, too. Not every bouquet means I love you. Some bouquets mean, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Get the project done on time or we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doomed!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Give flowers during crunch time because flowers and plants at the workplace increase productivity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ReceivingFlowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2837\" alt=\"ReceivingFlowers\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ReceivingFlowers.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"813\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Etcoff, an evolutionary psychologist at Harvard concurs that flower make people happier. She found that if you see a vase of flowers in the morning, you have more spunk all day and less stress and anxiety at work. So don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just send flowers to your girlfriend and your co-workers. Send flowers to yourself too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women love flowers. 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