The Humor Habit

Paul Osincup , Jenn Lim 지음

Wiley 2024년 04월 17일 출간

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Discover and embrace the untapped power of your sense of humor In The Humor Habit: Rewire Your Brain to Stress Less, Laugh More, and Achieve More’er, veteran speaker, corporate trainer, and comedian Paul Osincup delivers a hilarious and effective new take on how to make yourself and your team more productive and resilient by focusing on the funny side of work and life. In the book, you’ll learn why humor isn’t an in-born quality you’re either born with or without. Instead, it’s a habit you can develop over time. You’ll find 100 ways to have more fun at work, methods to improve your resilience in dealing with adversity, and an explanation of the author’s “LAFTER” model that shows you how to leverage levity at work. You’ll also discover: The latest insights from contemporary positive psychology combined with timeless comedic techniques that enhance your wellbeing Strategies to help you battle “chronic seriousness,” a condition affecting virtually every professional, tradesperson, consultant, employee, manager, and business leader in the working world Ways to boost your team members’ brainpower and productivity using humorPerfect for managers, executives, team leads, directors, and other business leaders, The Humor Habit is the practical, hands-on guide to improved productivity that’s actually fun to read—and even more fun to implement.

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Foreword ix Introduction 1 1 Combatting Chronic Seriousness 13 2 Let’s Geek Out on the Research! (Why Humor Helps) 27 3 Improv(e) Your Mindset 41 4 Cultivate and Consume 57 5 Develop a Funny Focus 69 Bringing Humor to Work with L.A.F.T.E.R. 97 6 Lead by Example 99 7 Ask for Help 113 8 Fun over Funny 121 9 Tell Your Story 143 10 Earn It 161 11 Rituals 175 12 Take Your Pain and Play with It: Using Humor to Boost Resilience 183 Conclusion 207 Endnotes 209 Acknowledgments 223 About the Author 225 Index 227

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저자(글) Paul Osincup

저자(글) Jenn Lim