1. Humor reduces stress levels and stress is the number one
problem confronting employees today.
2. Laughter boosts morale while stress erodes staff morale. It
is in the best interest of any business to invest in the
happiness of its employees. Laughter is an effective barometer
of just how happy your people are.
3. Keeping things in perspective tends to boost morale and humor
helps us keep things in perspective.
4. Humor helps facilitate change. Change is inevitable and
people who laugh well and often tend to be more flexible and
adaptable.
5. Communication improves when humor is used appropriately. The
timely use of humor can get a point across effectively and
assists in the process of problem solving.
6. Laughter and humor relieve boredom and increase creative
energy.
7. Humor builds confidence. When we laugh at ourselves we are
less rigid and more spontaneous. We tend to bounce back more
quickly when negative things happen. Humor also makes us less
fearful of making mistakes and more confident about overcoming
setbacks.
8. Laughter and humor promote positive relationships. When you
hear a funny story your first impulse is to tell someone and
share the laughter. When laughter is shared a natural bonding
takes place.
9. Humor promotes happiness and joy. It's good to be alive.
10. Quality relationships are measured by the amount of laughter
present. When relationships are good, people laugh a lot. The
same applies to businesses. When employees enjoy one another and
laugh easily and often, we see performance improve and profits
increase.
11. The humor I speak of here must never be based on laughing at
someone, racism, sexism, put downs, sarcasm or ridicule. These
forms of humor are destructive attempts at making one look good
by making another look and feel badly. There is enough good
humor to last a lifetime. Just look for it.
THEY WHO LAUGH............LAST
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Mike Moore is an international speaker on Humor in the
Workplace/ Humor and Stress Management/ Humor and Staff Potential
About Author :
Mike Moore is an international speaker/ humorist whose cartoons
and articles have appeared in magazines and newspapers
throughout the world. He speaks on Humor in the Workplace/ Humor
and Stress Management/ Humor and Staff Morale
