Jan, 29th, 2009
Michael W. Kublin and Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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"When the going gets tough, the smart lighten
up.” -John Morreall
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©John Baldoni, 1998 Excerpts on Laughter As
Learning
“Laughter may be the best medicine. But is it
possible that laughter also enriches the mind?
John Cleese, the English comedian, recalls the Dalai
Lama as telling him that laughter is good for thinking
because-quote–”when people laugh, it is
easier for them to admit new ideas to their
minds.”
Trainers use humor to point out negative behaviors in
ways that teach rather than preach. Mediators tell us
that the right joke, or the right moment of levity, can
reduce tensions to the point that two adversaries can
sit down at the table to consider the possibility of
agreement.
So why does humor work? Because it shatters
preconceptions at the moment when people are forming
new perceptions-about their work, their spouse, or life
itself. Laughter is a release; it is a moment of sheer
pleasure. And in our world of tension and turmoil, the
belly laugh is a physical escape valve.
Good humor, nourishing humor for example, enables us