Laughter without Humor .
. . is it possible?
Humor
First, let me say that I'm all for humor! After all, the world would be a mighty
sad place without it. I am simply offering another option that has all the
benefits of humor, without the downside risk of offending others.
Let's begin by looking at the jokes in our email inboxes. Is it overflowing
with anecdotal stories forwarded from friends, family, and coworkers? Did you
find them all funny? Probably not, maybe some were funny, but others were,
well . . . just dull.
Somehow the people who passed them on to you thought they were pretty humorous,
right? They assumed the stories would make you chuckle or at least bring a
smile to your face, but very often, they were wrong.
The truth is...we don't all find the same things funny or clever or even in
good taste. We don't laugh at the same jokes. We don't enjoy the same comedians.
We don't find the same things humorous.
The reason is, our sense of humor is dictated by our:
Culture
Language
Intelligence
Taste
Preferences
Values
And . . . probably the most important
is our mood at the moment.
You know it's true. You can hear a joke on Tuesday night, and laugh yourself
silly, but by Wednesday morning, you can't understand why you thought it
was funny in the first place?
Humor is quite personal and very subjective. What is funny to one person may
be highly offensive to someone else. Especially in today's business world we
must be cognizant of what is appropriate and what is not.
What this program offers is laughter in the absence of humor . . . laughter
for laughter's sake. With our program, you can enjoy all the physical and mental
benefits of laughter, without running the risk of offending anyone. Not only
that, but your company can reap the financial benefits as employees begin enjoying
a higher level of morale and worker-satisfaction by participating in daily
laughter classes.
Laughter
Laughter is a learned physical act. We are not born laughing are we? No . .
. actually, most of us come into the world screaming and crying. It takes an
infant 10-14 weeks to learn how to laugh.
Although you may not laugh, as often or as freely as you did when you were
a child, you can actually relearn to laugh with abandonment once again. Think
about it . . . children laugh without provocation hundreds of times a day,
while we adults may only offer up a small social tee-hee a few times per day.
In contrast, children will burst into robust laughter for absolutely NO reason
except to feel the pure joy of the laughter itself. Wouldn't you like to be
able to do that again?
Our program has taken Dr. Kataria's "laugh for NO reason" principles
expanded them to include modules of communication and team-building exercises
suitable for business and industry. We have designed our training program to
span a 4-week period of time. Why? Because science has proven that it takes
21 days of repetitive action to create a new habit. One, two and three-day
workshops are great for introducing new skills but have NO long-term impact
in changing habits or creating new ones. You'll get the maximum benefit from
laughter when it becomes a daily habit.
Humor
may be funny or not, but laughter is
always healthy. . .
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