The Humor Habit Rewire Your Brain to Stress Less, Laugh More, and Achieve More'er

Discover and embrace the untapped power of your sense of humor

In The Humor Habit: Rewire Your Brain to Stress Less, Laugh More, and Achieve More?er, veteran speaker, corporate trainer, and comedian Paul Osincup delivers a hilarious and effective new take on how to make yourself and your team more productive and resilient by focusing on the funny side of work and life. In the book, you?ll learn why humor isn?t an in-born quality you?re either born with or without. Instead, it?s a habit you can develop over time.

You?ll find 100 ways to have more fun at work, methods to improve your resilience in dealing with adversity, and an explanation of the author?s ?LAFTER? model that shows you how to leverage levity at work. You?ll also discover:

• The latest insights from contemporary positive psychology combined with timeless comedic techniques that enhance your wellbeing
• Strategies to help you battle ?chronic seriousness,? a condition affecting virtually every professional, tradesperson, consultant, employee, manager, and business leader in the working world
• Ways to boost your team members? brainpower and productivity using humor

Perfect for managers, executives, team leads, directors, and other business leaders, The Humor Habit is the practical, hands-on guide to improved productivity that?s actually fun to read?and even more fun to implement.

Foreword ix

Introduction 1

1 Combatting Chronic Seriousness 13

2 Let’s Geek Out on the Research! (Why Humor Helps) 27

3 Improv(e) Your Mindset 41

4 Cultivate and Consume 57

5 Develop a Funny Focus 69

Bringing Humor to Work with L.A.F.T.E.R. 97

6 Lead by Example 99

7 Ask for Help 113

8 Fun over Funny 121

9 Tell Your Story 143

10 Earn It 161

11 Rituals 175

12 Take Your Pain and Play with It: Using Humor to Boost Resilience 183

Conclusion 207

Endnotes 209

Acknowledgments 223

About the Author 225

Index 227

Paul Osincup is a comedian and humor strategist who equips people with tools to create happier, healthier, and more productive places to work. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, professional associations, healthcare organizations, and government agencies.