DEPRESSING NEWS\u203c\ufe0f
\n\ud83d\ude12 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
\nIs that your case? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n
\ud83e\uddd0 People avoid humor at work because they fear their jokes will miss the mark, fail to get a laugh or, worse, offend someone \u26d4\ufe0f<\/p>\n
This book \ud83d\udcd6 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 \ud83d\ude1c<\/p>\n
\ud83e\udd23 Laughter releases the feel-good chemicals dopamine, oxytocin and endorphins, and it lowers levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
\nA brain \ud83e\udde0 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 \ud83e\ude7a<\/p>\n
\u26a0\ufe0f Humor is fraught with danger. It pushes the bounds of appropriateness \u2013 and NOT EVERYONE WILL AGREE ABOUT WHAT\u2019S FUNNY OR OFFENSIVE.<\/p>\n
\u270d\ufe0fThere are a whole lot of gray areas when it comes to humor.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd34The 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.
\nIF YOU BREAK THESE UNWRITTEN RULES, APOLOGIZE FAST \ud83d\ude14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DEPRESSING NEWS\u203c\ufe0f \ud83d\ude12 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? \ud83e\udd14 \ud83e\uddd0 People avoid humor at work because they fear their jokes will miss the mark, fail to get a laugh or, worse, offend someone \u26d4\ufe0f This book \ud83d\udcd6 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 \ud83d\ude1c \ud83e\udd23 Laughter releases the feel-good chemicals dopamine, oxytocin and endorphins, and it lowers levels of the stress hormone cortisol. A brain \ud83e\udde0 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 \ud83e\ude7a \u26a0\ufe0f Humor is fraught with danger. It pushes the bounds of appropriateness \u2013 and NOT EVERYONE WILL AGREE ABOUT WHAT\u2019S FUNNY OR OFFENSIVE. \u270d\ufe0fThere are a whole lot of gray areas when it comes to humor. \ud83d\udd34The 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 \ud83d\ude14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership","category-personal-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}