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Light Up With Laughter
A NEW Book by Speaker/Humorist Mike Moore
Facts
The World Health Organization says that by the year 2020 anxiety and depression
will be the leading causes of disability throughout the world.
We are living in an age of rage.
Stress is killing us.
We really don't enjoy the only life we have.
Children laugh over 400 times a day. Adults laugh a mere 15 times a day.
We must start laughing again.
We aren't here for a long time so let's make sure we're here for a good time
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Sharpen Your Sense of Humor and Improve Your Relationships
Five Ways to Sharpen Your Sense of Humor and Improve Your Relationships
By Mike Moore
Humor has long been considered one of the most effective tools to judge the quality of any relationship. If there is laughter present you can be sure the relationship is a healthy one. When the laughter ceases the relationship is on the down slide. If you want to have more fulfilling relationships you might want to consider sharpening your sense of humor as a great place to start.
Here are five ways to improve your sense of humor and improve your relationships in the process.
1. Begin to cultivate an atmosphere of humor and laughter in your relationships by focussing on the funny things in life and enjoying the laughter they evoke. Soon you will be seeing humor all over and enjoying it fully.
2. If you don 't laugh as much as you used to and want to correct the situation start associating with humorous, fun loving people and avoid the downers.
3. Learn to laugh at yourself. If you don't you leave the job to others. So many people are unable to laugh at themselves because of their own insecurities and fears. We are afraid to look foolish in the eyes of others and appear to be incompetent. It is important to realize that we all make mistakes and when we do a good laugh makes the mistake seem trivial and human.
4. Collect cartoons and jokes and put them on display on the fridge or the bulletin board for all to see and enjoy. Make sure to avoid racist, sexist or filthy humor. There is plenty of good clean humor to go around without resorting to these. Remember that there is a difference between dirty and earthy humor. I personally like earthy humor. I don't appreciate dirty material.
5. Use humor to neutralize conflict in your relationships. When things get tense use self deprecating humor to lighten things up. I remember one evening having an argument with my wife, Carol. In the heat of the moment she said something totally out of character. She said something hurtful. In my surprise I looked at her and said, " Carol, when you say things like that you stoop to my level." She started to laugh and so did I. It wasn't long before things were back to normal.
Remember that a sense of humor is learned, not inherited. You can sharpen your sense of humor if you really want to. When you do, you
By Mike Moore
Humor has long been considered one of the most effective tools to judge the quality of any relationship. If there is laughter present you can be sure the relationship is a healthy one. When the laughter ceases the relationship is on the down slide. If you want to have more fulfilling relationships you might want to consider sharpening your sense of humor as a great place to start.
Here are five ways to improve your sense of humor and improve your relationships in the process.
1. Begin to cultivate an atmosphere of humor and laughter in your relationships by focussing on the funny things in life and enjoying the laughter they evoke. Soon you will be seeing humor all over and enjoying it fully.
2. If you don 't laugh as much as you used to and want to correct the situation start associating with humorous, fun loving people and avoid the downers.
3. Learn to laugh at yourself. If you don't you leave the job to others. So many people are unable to laugh at themselves because of their own insecurities and fears. We are afraid to look foolish in the eyes of others and appear to be incompetent. It is important to realize that we all make mistakes and when we do a good laugh makes the mistake seem trivial and human.
4. Collect cartoons and jokes and put them on display on the fridge or the bulletin board for all to see and enjoy. Make sure to avoid racist, sexist or filthy humor. There is plenty of good clean humor to go around without resorting to these. Remember that there is a difference between dirty and earthy humor. I personally like earthy humor. I don't appreciate dirty material.
5. Use humor to neutralize conflict in your relationships. When things get tense use self deprecating humor to lighten things up. I remember one evening having an argument with my wife, Carol. In the heat of the moment she said something totally out of character. She said something hurtful. In my surprise I looked at her and said, " Carol, when you say things like that you stoop to my level." She started to laugh and so did I. It wasn't long before things were back to normal.
Remember that a sense of humor is learned, not inherited. You can sharpen your sense of humor if you really want to. When you do, you
The Healing Power of Laughter
Why You Should Put The Power of Laughter To Work For You
The Healing Power of Laughter
By: Mike Moore
Laughter isn't just fun and enjoyable, it's good for our health. Each month modern medicine is discovering more about the therapeutic dimension of humour and laughter and is encouraging us
to add them to our wellness program.
The Health Benefits of Laughter
When we laugh we...
* lower our blood pressure.
* promote relaxation and reduce stress.
* increase the oxygen level in our blood giving us more energy.
* increase the endorphin activity in our body resulting in a sense of well being.
* are able to keep things in perspective
* banish boredom
* are more socially attractive. People enjoy being with those who laugh easily and often.
* increase our enjoyment of life.
Laughter has been called social glue because it bonds us to the people we laugh with.
The message is clear: To live better....Laugh more.
If it feels good to laugh then laugh to feel good.
This is an excerpt from Mike Moore's latest book Light Up With Laughter
available at www.motivationalplus.com/store.html
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mailto:sendlifeline@sendfree.com Committed to the enjoyment of life
Mike Moore is an international speaker and writer on human potential,
motivation and humor. He can be reached at http://www.motivationalplus.com
By: Mike Moore
Laughter isn't just fun and enjoyable, it's good for our health. Each month modern medicine is discovering more about the therapeutic dimension of humour and laughter and is encouraging us
to add them to our wellness program.
The Health Benefits of Laughter
When we laugh we...
* lower our blood pressure.
* promote relaxation and reduce stress.
* increase the oxygen level in our blood giving us more energy.
* increase the endorphin activity in our body resulting in a sense of well being.
* are able to keep things in perspective
* banish boredom
* are more socially attractive. People enjoy being with those who laugh easily and often.
* increase our enjoyment of life.
Laughter has been called social glue because it bonds us to the people we laugh with.
The message is clear: To live better....Laugh more.
If it feels good to laugh then laugh to feel good.
This is an excerpt from Mike Moore's latest book Light Up With Laughter
available at www.motivationalplus.com/store.html
Subscribe to Mike's FREE newsletter Lifeline at
mailto:sendlifeline@sendfree.com Committed to the enjoyment of life
Mike Moore is an international speaker and writer on human potential,
motivation and humor. He can be reached at http://www.motivationalplus.com
Mike Speaks on Humor and Stress
Laughter Cuts Stress In Half so Start Laughing
This is a clip from a talk I gave to a group of municipal workers on Stress Management
Humor and Stress Management
Speaker/humorist Mike Moore delivers a sample of a workshop on Using Humor and Recognition to manage stress at home, at work and at play
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Laughter Makes Great Things Happen
- Free Cartoon E-book
- I would like to give you all a free copy of my cartoon e-book " Let the Laughter Begin" ( 17 cartoons on managing people in the workplace)
All I ask is that you send the link to as many people as possible. - 50 Humorous Cartoons
- Visit my cartoon archives for 50 of my best cartoons on various subjects. " If it feels good to Laugh then laugh to feel good." Mike Moore
- The Role of Humor and Attitude in Health and Happiness
- This is a You Tube video clip from a presentation I gave to over a thousand people on Humor and Attitude and the Quest for Happiness
- Master the Art of Fearless Public Speaking
- Your fear of speaking in public: Gone in only two weeks. Let me show you how.
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- Check out Mike's site if you are interested in a speaker on the following topics:
Humor and Stress Management
Maximizing Staff Potential
Caring for the Caregiver
Light Up with Laughter
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- A lot of material to help you speak fearlessly and confidently.
- 44 Health Care Cartoons
- Health Care is the second most stressful profession. Let laughter go to work for you cutting your stress in half and developing a more positive attitude
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TEN TERRIFIC SELF- MOTIVATING TIPS
How to get up off your buns and start improving the quality of your life!
TEN TERRIFIC SELF- MOTIVATING TIPS By Mike Moore www.motivationalplus.com
No one can motivate anyone to do anything. All a person can do for another is provide them with incentives to motivate themselves. Here are ten very effective strategies to help you get up and get moving toward actualizing your enormous, untapped potential.
* Be willing to leave your comfort zone. The greatest barrier to achieving your potential is your comfort zone. Great things happen when you make friends with your discomfort zone.
* Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Wisdom helps us avoid making mistakes and comes from making a million of them.
* Don't indulge in self-limiting thinking. Think empowering, expansive thoughts.
*Choose to be happy. Happy people are easily motivated. Happiness is your birthright so don't settle for anything else.
* Spend at least one hour a day in self-development. Read good books or listen to inspiring tapes. Driving to and from work provides an excellent opportunity to listen to self-improvement tapes.
* Train yourself to finish what you start. So many of us become scattered as we try to accomplish a task. Finish one task before you begin another.
* Live fully in the present moment. When you live in the past or the future you aren't able to make things happen in the present.
* Commit yourself to joy. C.S. Lewis once said, " Joy is the serious business of heaven."
* Never quit when you experience a setback or frustration. Success could be just around the corner.
* Dare to dream big dreams. If there is anything to the law of expectation then we are moving in the direction of our dreams, goals and expectations.
The real tragedy in life is not in how much we suffer, but rather in how much we miss, so don't miss a thing.
Charles Dubois once said, " We must be prepared, at any moment, to sacrifice who we are for who we are capable of becoming."
No one can motivate anyone to do anything. All a person can do for another is provide them with incentives to motivate themselves. Here are ten very effective strategies to help you get up and get moving toward actualizing your enormous, untapped potential.
* Be willing to leave your comfort zone. The greatest barrier to achieving your potential is your comfort zone. Great things happen when you make friends with your discomfort zone.
* Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Wisdom helps us avoid making mistakes and comes from making a million of them.
* Don't indulge in self-limiting thinking. Think empowering, expansive thoughts.
*Choose to be happy. Happy people are easily motivated. Happiness is your birthright so don't settle for anything else.
* Spend at least one hour a day in self-development. Read good books or listen to inspiring tapes. Driving to and from work provides an excellent opportunity to listen to self-improvement tapes.
* Train yourself to finish what you start. So many of us become scattered as we try to accomplish a task. Finish one task before you begin another.
* Live fully in the present moment. When you live in the past or the future you aren't able to make things happen in the present.
* Commit yourself to joy. C.S. Lewis once said, " Joy is the serious business of heaven."
* Never quit when you experience a setback or frustration. Success could be just around the corner.
* Dare to dream big dreams. If there is anything to the law of expectation then we are moving in the direction of our dreams, goals and expectations.
The real tragedy in life is not in how much we suffer, but rather in how much we miss, so don't miss a thing.
Charles Dubois once said, " We must be prepared, at any moment, to sacrifice who we are for who we are capable of becoming."
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