Figure that out….. 300 calories = 3 packages of 100 calorie Keebler chocolate cookies so that’s only 42.9 laughs in the am and 42.9 from 12 – 5. Laughter releases endorphins that are more powerful than morphine. These endorphins can lead to a sense of well-being and optimism.
So tell me an employer that wouldn’t appreciate having a person with a sense of humor on their team vs. the doom and gloom guy that is so down he won’t be happy until everyone is where they are… in the dumps!
Who are these guys??
It’s really the employees that create a fun workplace. It’s a managers job to appreciate and facilitate fun activities and to not get in the way of them.
An organization’s work environment is both tangible and intangible. It has its physical structure the boards and mortar but it also has spirit and heart, is yours in the right place….. Very punny staff member – enjoys - Humor for Lexophiles (Lover of words) Did you hear about the guy who was in a car accident and his left side was cut off? He’s all right now. One for today’s economy – A lot of money these days is tainted: ‘Taint yours and ‘taint mine.”
The Fish Philosophy – “Pike Place Fish Co.” Seattle Washington Follow four basic principles: Play! Make their Day! Be There! Choose Your Attitude!
Adults learn and retain information best through interaction and involvement. Experience in Dr. Latches class – Analysis of Northern lands (natural science class)
A plateau is a high form of flattery. Bet you work 5 days a week – but you’re calendar’s days are numbered. At SCNM – A successful Acupuncture is a jab well done.
People will generally respond more favorably to you if you smile while talking to them – Use a constant reminder of the importance of smiling keep a mirror near the phone you can look at your smiling reflection, which of course will keep you smiling. Or tack a smile post it on your phone. Kind of like … A will is a dead giveaway. Or a backward poet writes inverse.
Bulletin boards, electronic mail, intra-office memos, voice mail, etc. all offer mediums through which we can share humor with co-workers. Golf outing – Bowling – Team challenges – “best” hat, tacky tea shirts, junk jewelry, cubicles …… Imp define what is fun and what is not good humor – harmful humor, off color jokes, negative humor, sexual humor can get us all in trouble.
Now we know how lucky we are to not have any stress in our day to day interactions with student, parents, faculty,….. Dr. Cousins refers to it as a “train wreck of the mind” At the moment we experience humor, feelings like depression, anger, and anxiety dissolve.
Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams, M.D. (born May 28 , 1945 in Washington, D.C. ) is an American medical physician , social activist, citizen diplomat , professional clown , performer, and author . He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1972. Each year he organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns, to bring hope and joy to orphans , patients, and the people. In 1998 he also visited Bosnia , one of the Balkan Peninsula countries torn apart by the war that started after the break-up of Yugoslavia.
Brilliant (real name) Brilliant Thoughts / Pot-Shots: No man is an island – put some of us are long peninsulas – (As a UP-per) “ I always know the right thing to say. After the right time has passed to say it.” “The older you get, the more important it is to NOT act your age”.
Cheryl Crow’s All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling I’m not the only one. - Girls just wanna have fun Cindy Lauper – Girls Just wanna have fun
Katherine Hepburn said “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun”
Abe Lincoln said “A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. How about the guy that broke into song because he couldn’t find the key.
If you can’t find it fake it…. If you suffer from terminal seriousness or know others that do, just start laughing and smiling for no reason and you and those around you will catch the contagiousness of the moment.
“ Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius
They say it takes 30 days of repetition to make any action a habit
Groucho glasses – kind with the big nose and mustache, Card – I’ts a nice twist and sends some humor to someone who’s young-at-heart. OR eggs and bacon arranged on the plate like eyes and a mouth.
Everyone is curious to check out the new cartoon
Behavioralist know that if you want to reinforce a habit just recognize that habit. Remove a bad habit by ignoring it or apply a consequence to the habit. Simple psychology. So if you want to improve attendance reward attendance.
Dave Hemsath – “301 ways to have fun at work” compiled from a survey
Dozens of companies are finding out that employees who laugh together stay together, produce more, invent more and work more cohesively as a team. – HR Magazine March 1994