humor as a superpower
we don’t need to take ourselves so seriously in order to grapple with serious things.
from Humour, Seriously: Why Humour Is A Superpower At Work And In Life by Jennifer Aaker
by baja · updated 10d ago
humor as a superpower
- Your sanity depends on you finding the comedy in the chaos
from Tweet by Dylan O'Sullivan
baja added 10d ago
Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
from Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
baja added 1mo ago
Why has the online world made the world such a scary place?
Because everyone is being followed.from 15 Hilariously Terrible Dad Jokes to Brighten Up Your Day by David Graham
baja added 1mo ago
- Fliiiiiirting
Flirting isn’t limited to romance. Flirting is an attitude that only playful and happy people can have and enjoy. It’s the virtue of being uncommitted—to people, to philosophies, to bets. Flirting turns uncertainty, something we usually fear, into pleasure.
It’s being able to take yourself less seriously. It’s being able to react to di... See morefrom Diary of A Lover Girl by Sherry Ning
baja added 2mo ago
- There’s also a great anecdote from Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman, where he talks about how physics used to delight him when he used to play with it, but then it started to disgust him when he got burdened by this idea that he was obligated to advance the future of science. That he was supposed to be doing “important” work.
It’s quite poe... See morefrom Article by visakan veerasamy
baja added 2mo ago
If we’re comfortable being wrong, we’re not afraid to poke fun at ourselves. Laughing at ourselves reminds us that although we might take our decisions seriously, we don’t have to take ourselves too seriously.
from Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
baja added 3mo ago
- I read somewhere: “The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act.”
from real confidence is status fluidity
baja added 4mo ago
- Truly confident people are fluid with status.
They can accept criticism. They can be teased and laugh at themselves. They can even be cringe and not care. But they also avoid false modesty and lean into moments where the attention is on them, stepping into the spotlight rather than shying away from it.from real confidence is status fluidity
baja added 4mo ago
- Humor is an essential part of spontaneity, an essential part of playfulness, an essential part of the creativity that we need to solve problems, no matter how ‘serious' they may be.
from "Creativity in Management" by JamesClear.com
baja added 6mo ago