Karen Susman Article - How 's Your Laugh Life?

How's Your Laugh Life?
By Karen Susman

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Are you one of the laughlorn? Do you know people who are smile challenged, dead serious or weaned on a pickle, you might want to share these ideas from the handy guidebook, 55 Ways To Improve your Laugh Life.

If you haven't smiled or laughed much since 9/11/01, you're missing out on many health benefits. The latest medical research supports what we've known all along. Humor and laughter are good for you. A room rattling belly laugh can lower your blood pressure, reduce pain, increase brain power, cut the risk of repeat heart attacks and more.

Laughter is a career builder. It boosts creativity, reduces tension and conflict and makes you more promotable. It's time to lighten up.

Karen Susman, national speaker on humor, life balance and networking skills uses humor as her main survival skill. When struck with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Karen used humor to reduce pain, stay sane and recover from paralysis. She even managed to amuse herself by flirting with the men in those nifty hospital gowns passing by her hospital room. That they were hanging on to their catheter bag carriers didn't dampen Karen's wit.

A few ideas for maximizing your mirth are:

Distribute cartoons with the captions removed. Ask employees to make up their own captions. Display.
Have a contest for creative ways to use duck tape (or is that duct tape?)
Use a baby picture to announce the employee of the month. Let everyone guess who the honoree is.
Blow $10 at a toy store.
Wear a clown nose to a meeting.
Fly a kite during lunch break.
Jot down things, people or events that make you smile. Keep the list handy for those down times.
Search for mirth. Look for it everywhere.
Pick someone to lift with laughter.
Come up with your own ways to improve your laugh life. Hint: Funny videos, books, cassettes or CDs are abundant.

For more information on 55 Ways To Improve Your Laugh Life: How To Have More Fun at Work, contact Karen Susman today.

Karen Susman, Speaker/Author/Coach, works with organizations and individuals that want to maximize their performance and quality of life. Check out her free tips and articles at www.karensusman.com. Karen can be reached at 1-888-678-8818 or karen@karensusman.com.