humor
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
humor
The balance of gravity and levity gives power to both.
Jennifer Aaker • Humour, Seriously: Why Humour Is A Superpower At Work And In Life
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.
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.
real confidence is status fluidity
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.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Your sanity depends on you finding the comedy in the chaos
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
Viktor E. Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
psychological safety—the belief that we won’t be punished or ridiculed when we make a mistake—makes us more open-minded, resilient, motivated, and persistent.
Jennifer Aaker • Humour, Seriously: Why Humour Is A Superpower At Work And In Life
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.
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