Laugh out Loud!
Although a major part of running a business today is focused on legislative conformance and financial planning – let us not forget the humour in business.
- Create opportunities to laugh
- Laugh out loud – LOL
- Laugh to relieve stress
- Laugh to communicate easier
- Laugh to get rid of conflict
- Laugh to create social platforms
- Laugh for survival
- Laugh your way to healthier teams
In a world filled with demands and stressors – we need to nurture our “laugh button”. Have you ever been in the company of someone with an “infectious” laugh? It does not take long before you just cannot help yourself but to laugh as well. In the face of conflict when you see a calm reassuring smile – it is easier to open communication and respectfully find solutions.
Let us spread the good news – laughter is the best medicine!
It is for free!
It is easy to do!
We all have it!
- Look for humour around you
- “Wear” a smile
- Take a laughter break – you can!
- Put on your “silly hat” and laugh
Interesting enough, Cleveland Clinic research describes laughter as a mechanism to relieve stress, strengthen relationships and a way to make the body feel good. Laughter can increase oxygen levels and have an influence on heart health.
Some Company wellness programmes include laughter therapy where participants break out in laughter and before you know it, everyone else is laughing out loud. Even a subtle smile – the forerunner of laughing out loud – can relieve stress and help someone else to relax and become more focused. When our brain is in stress overload, it becomes cluttered with a heap of possible fearful outcomes. Yet, when the stress hormones are diminished, clarity returns to the cognitive thinking process to be able to make clear and informed decisions.
Happy laughing!