When I was on Singapore Airlines flight towards Singapore scheduled to do a seminar on Emotional Intelligence, when a flight attendant announced, "We have a very special person on board today. He's 99 years old, he's celebrating his birthday, and this is the first time he's ever flown!"
As you can imagine the cabin breaks out in light applause. She continues to say, "On the way out, stop by the cockpit and wish him a happy birthday!" The cabin exploded in laughter.
Singapore Airlines does a wonderful job of laughing. They laugh with their team, they laugh with their customers, and they laugh at themselves. That's one of the reasons they're a great Asian company in the field of commercial airlines, the very first airline who’ve ever flown an Airbus, A-380.
Just how important is laughter?
A recent study revealed that laughter is the key to our mental wellness. The study, in fact, stated that we need a minimum of 12 laughs a day...just to stay healthy! In fact, Mark Twain said, "The human race has only one effective weapon and that is laughter. The moment it arises, all your irritations go away, and a sunny spirit takes their place."
Here's a confession. Whenever I find my attitude slipping, or I'm feeling a little down, I resort to what I call...The one minute laugh. Here's how it works.
I get on a bus or tube station train and…there I go on my journey to work. I then force myself to start laughing and I laugh for one solid minute... not 15 seconds, not 45 seconds... no less than one minute. This prompted me to write this short article, Laughter is an Instant Vacation.
Now, I'll bet you're thinking, "Ross, here I am feeling down in the dumps and you're asking me to laugh for one minute. Are you nuts or something?" Yes, I am! Here's how it'll work. After about 10 seconds, you'll be thinking this is one of the dumbest things I've ever done...and you'll just keep right on laughing!
But here's a tip - don't do it at stop lights! There may be a big guy in a car next to you that thinks you're laughing at him and you'll want to keep those windows closed!
Today, I'm offering this alternative for laughter. That alternative is an extract from my short article called: Laughter is an Instant Vacation... I’m sharing with you some humorous quotes on Life from some “well-known” people.
Here's how it works. Keep it visible on your desk, on your fridge door, on your home/office notice board, on the inside front door of your home/office, and whenever you or a member of your team feels a little down, have a look at these quotes and read some of the 22 quotes at random. It'll take less than a minute but you're going to laugh. The endorphins will kick in and you'll feel better.
Here are a few suggestions for using it:
1. For yourself, if you need an attitude boost.
2. For a team member that needs a shot of inspiration.
3. A gift for a friend or family member that could use a laugh.
4. A gift for your best customers or clients. There's no way they'll forget who gave it!
5. On a coffee table, in a waiting room. In fact, my dentist says everyday he hears his patients laughing out loud in his waiting room, reading it. (I‘ll translate it into Spanish and see if it’ll have the same effect as it has here in London. It’ll be, “La risa es una vacación instantánea”). - Laughter is an Instant Vacation. He says (this dentist of mine) everybody that reads it loves it!
You will too! In fact...I'll guarantee it.
Today, I'm offering Laughter is an Instant Vacation quotes. So if you want to start laughing right now, just read on. It'll make your day far better. Whatever emotional state you’re in, it’ll help boost your energy, even if you have no sense of humour.
Recent studies say we need at least 12 laughs a day to stay healthy:
Well I wanted to do my part, so here it is! Your stress-free. “Instant vacation”! - ENJOY!
- - - - -Below are some quotes to help you laugh a bit.
touch up the X-rays. – Joey Bishop
2. – I am a marvellous house-keeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. -
Zsa Zsa Gabor
3.- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure. –
4.- I’m not going to vacuum till Sears make one you can ride on. – Roseanne Barr
5.- Once, during prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and
water. – W.C. Fields
6.- I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. – Jerome K. Jerome
7. – Insanity doesn’t run in my family. It gallops. – Cary Grant
8.- My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of
them were just napping. – Rita Rudner
9.- Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. – Ben Franklin
10. - When I go to beauty parlour, I always use the emergency entrance. Sometimes I
just go for an estimate. –Phyllis Diller
11. - I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something. -
Jackie Mason
12. - Inside me there’s a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate
him with four or five cupcakes. –Bob Thaves
13. - May be I’m lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong
direction. – Ashleigh Brilliant14. - Everyday I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in
America. If I’m not there, I go to work. – Robert Orben
15. - I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzard followed them to their cars. –
Erma Bombeck
16. - Last night I ate a ten-pound marshmallow. When I woke up, my pillow was
gone. – Tommy Cooper
17. - As parents, my wife and I have one thing in common. We’re both afraid of
children. – Bill Cosby
18. - My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of
the bottle. - Henny Youngman
19. - All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar. – Casey Guisewite
20. - My husband wanted one of those big-screen TV’s for his birthday. So I just
moved his chair closer to the one we have already. -Wendy Liebman
21. - So far on my 30-day diet, I lost 18 days. – Terry McEntire
22. - I’m not offended by all the blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb…and I
also know that I’m not blonde. – Dolly Parton
- - - - -A little laughter is a wonderful thing… ‘Laughter is the best medicine’ they say.
Share it with others! You might make a difference to someone else's day.
- Thank you for sharing
- - - - - - Ross Galán, NLP Spiritual Life Coach
Spiritual Life Coaching School
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario