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Laughter SERIOUSLY matters

May 16, 2012 by  
Filed under Free and Laughing

  LAUGHTER …..Babies do it about 300 times per day.  Adults do it on average 15 times.  Those of us who love dogs, know that they do it too – ALL THE TIME.  And monkeys and even rats do it.   Where do you land on the laughter spectrum of dogs (all the time) and […]

How to be happy at work

January 24, 2012 by  
Filed under Practice, Work

Be happy first – as a leader, you have to turn up happy.  Take ownership of your own joy in life – and show it! Stop complaining – complaints are the theives of happiness.  Whenever you catch yourself complaining, think instead “What can I do to fix this”?  If there is nothing you think you […]

Hallelujah – Harvard Business Review has finally got it!

January 18, 2012 by  
Filed under Free and Laughing, Work

  As I strolled through the airport yesterday en route to Jamaica, my eyes were drawn repeatedly to the latest issue of Harvard Business Review – the one with the BIG smiley face on it and the headline: “The Value of Happiness: How Employee Well-being Drives Profits” – http://hbr.org/magazine   Well well well ….  Happy […]