Laugh

DEPRESSING NEWS‼️
😒 A typical four-year-old laughs 300 times in a day, but a typical 40-year-old takes a 10-week span to laugh that much
Is that your case? 🤔

🧐 People avoid humor at work because they fear their jokes will miss the mark, fail to get a laugh or, worse, offend someone ⛔️

This book 📖 shows that HUMOR IS A SKILL, and the authors set out to help you improve your humor chops. They will convince you that HUMOR CAN CREATE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS AND FOSTER TRUST 😜

🤣 Laughter releases the feel-good chemicals dopamine, oxytocin and endorphins, and it lowers levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
A brain 🧠 experiencing a flood of mood-enhancing hormones becomes MORE CREATIVE AND RESILIENT. Authors highlight laughter as a panacea that boosts blood flow, eases muscle tension and even helps prevent heart disease, because laughter can promote arterial wall flexibility 🩺

⚠️ Humor is fraught with danger. It pushes the bounds of appropriateness – and NOT EVERYONE WILL AGREE ABOUT WHAT’S FUNNY OR OFFENSIVE.

✍️There are a whole lot of gray areas when it comes to humor.

🔴The authors are adamant that jokes relying on stereotypes about race, gender or sexuality are NEVER acceptable. Mocking someone of higher status can mark the humorist as a fearless truth teller, but poking fun at a lower-status target is bullying.
IF YOU BREAK THESE UNWRITTEN RULES, APOLOGIZE FAST 😔