Creative Humor at Work: Living the Humor Perspective

By Sandra S. Meggert

Creative Humor at Work: Living the Humor Perspective describes benefits and blocks to using humor and identifies areas where this has been an effective tool to ease stress and enhance communication. There are frequent differences between how men and women appreciate humor and, since humor is often used in building and maintaining relationships, information on these topics is included. Several humor skills are identified, and are suggested as means to create your own mental "Humor Kit" to be used whenever the need arises.

Research has demonstrated that humor attracts and motivates people and that having a well-developed sense of humor combats depression and is an effective measure to reduce stress. Each of us can create a mental or physical "Humor Kit", one that contains jokes, stories, songs, sayings, anything that makes us laugh and dip into this kit whenever we find ourselves in stressful situations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761843612
• ISBN13: 9780761843610
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Outside the box

Enjoying the book so far. Fresh new look on life. Takes me back to my dad, with his great sense of humor. This book is encouraging me to explore my horizons with a new look on life and myself. Maybe by not taking myself so seriously and looking for ways to invision humor in some of my own foibles.

And it's funny, too

What I most appreciated about Sandra Meggert's book is that it is funny. Nothing can be more dismal than a treatise on humor or a dissection of the psychology of jokes. That isn't what is going on here. This book is full of life and fun to read.