Humour, Seriously: Why Humour Is A Superpower At Work And In Life

when I feel stressed, anxious or drained by my work, it’s easy to forget to be sincere and to flip towards being too serious instead. In these moments, the stakes feel overwhelming. But there’s a way to lower them. The trick is simple: when you feel like your work is draining or overwhelming, try asking yourself, ‘How can I approach this with a lit

To have a sense of humor is to be strong: to keep one's sense of humor is to shrug off misfortunes, and to lose one's sense of humor is to be wounded by them. And so the mark-- or at least the prerogative-- of strength is not to take oneself too seriously.

I think laughter in the workplace is critical. Even in life-or-death institutions like hospitals, it is important to enjoy the work. If we cannot laugh and enjoy the good times, it is hard to handle the inevitable difficult times. We spend more time at work than we do with our families. Work that is drudgery doesn’t create proper work–life balance

The rewards of laughter come with memorable cautions against the distractions of trivia: the recognition that a sense of humor can preserve purpose and proportion, and that even the smallest “but” can topple unjustified authority. Its fun packs a wallop.

• Stories should never only be funny. The best ones are those that use humor strategically. Ideally you want your audience to experience a range of emotions over the course of your story. You can’t achieve this if your audience is laughing for the entire time.