Do you ever have one of “those” days? How about weeks? Murphy was looking at me when he said that everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. So how do we persevere and get over the trials and challenges? We laugh. You heard right, we need to laugh them off and today we will talk about the How and the Why of laughing through our trials.
[callout]This episode originally appeared on the Family Before Fortune Podcast which is now the Modern Leadership Podcast. To listen to Modern Leadership click here. To see the Family Before Fortune Podcast archive click here.[/callout]
Episode Summary: If I Couldn’t Laugh, I’d Go Insane
10 Benefits of Laughter- the free medicine of laughing
- Binds people together as friends – or as collegues/coworkers
- Increases intimacy
- Strengthens your immune system, improves blood flow and Gamma waves
- Relaxation- a good internal massage
- Boost your energy
- Overcome stress and anxiety by boosting resiliance
- Good for your health- tones your abs
- Changes your perspective
- Be more spontaneous
- It’s contagious and it’s a renewable resource
How do you laugh more? 6 ways to increase laughter in your life
- Put yourself in situations where laughter is abundant
- Smile
- Take yourself less seriously
- Keep things in perspective
- Find your inner child by emulating children
- Read a funny book, the comics or watch a funny movie
Book on The Shelf
[callout]In Search of the Wise Men: Lessons from the Three Wise Men by Justin Jepsen[/callout]
Learning From Leaders
[shareable cite=”Corey Clark”]It’s not so much ‘fake it until you make it’ as it is ‘fake it until you become it[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Jimmy Buffet- Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes”]If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane”[/shareable]
Explore Additional Resources
Interview w/ Hal Elrod and the Miracle Morning: Familybeforefortune.com/episode033
Jimmy Buffett: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes