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Humor U Tip #190 – The Art of Play
Make Someone Happy at Work Opportunity
Movie Recommendations
*** FREE COACHING OFFER ***
Humor U Stuff – Some Really "Hot" New PRODUCTS!
Humor U Stuff – Some Really "Hot" New STUFF!
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1. HUMOR U TIP #190 – The Art of Play

By Ann Fry

Life is not about how hard you work, the fortunes you make, or the toys you amass—it’s about what’s important and purposeful in your life. It’s about how much fun you’re having every day of your life.

FUN / PLAY is about being in the FLOW of the moment. You can’t pretend to play, you can’t even really plan it. You have to do it—mindfully. You have to check your ego and concerns at the door. You need to face any trepidation you have. You have to be in the experience of play. You can’t be thinking of what else needs to be done or anything else. You have to be totally in the moment—doing it, mindfully. If you feel like jumping, you have to jump. If you feel like laughing, just do it, etc.

Ask yourself: why does work have to be hard, demanding and serious? Why can’t it be joyful? The answer? Work can be joyful, but first you must be.

So, what are some ways that you will make work joyful? If you have “special” ideas, please email them to me at ann@annfry.com. I’ll share your ideas on the humoru.com website for all to read.

Happy joy-seeking at work!

Truth: People just want to work for GREAT companies and GREAT managers. They want workplace "CULTURES THAT WORK". Can you say... HAPPY AND PROFITABLE?

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2. MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY AT WORK OPPORTUNITY

Bring in ice cream for everyone at the desks and offices surrounding you—they’ll want to be cool. If ice cream melts too quickly, bring in large-sized iced teas for all. Along with the food, bring in pictures of people snowskiing or snowboarding—it’ll help with the “cool off” we all need about now. Happy being cool!

3. MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS

Most movies these days are pretty intense, but there are a few that are noteworthy (however, might be offensive to some—so read about them first):

Once: Explores a growing relationship between two young musicians in Dublin—nice music, sweet.
SICKO: While a grim look at the state of health care in our country, this movie has a lot of funny things to bring some laughter along the way.
Knocked Up: A cute frolic about a growing relationship that results from a “one-night stand” that resulted in a pregnancy. Funny, but beware—quite crude.

4. FREE COACHING OFFER

It's going so well that I want to continue! The first five people who contact me this month can have a FREE half-hour of coaching about how to make their workplace culture more fun and satisfying.

The folks calling are getting value and you can too—don’t lose out. It’s YOUR turn now.

So email me at ann@humoru.com and ask for the session.

5. HUMOR U STUFF: Some “hot” new PRODUCTS.

For more information about these programs, email Ann at ann@humoru.com.

MANAGING to bring out THE Best
A ten-part Training/Coaching program designed to assist executives, managers, and supervisors to create a positive workplace. If your workplace is experiencing low productivity, low morale, retention problems, poor motivation, here’s a program for you. Conducted via telephone for you and your team—click here for details.
How to Manage it All: Self-Care with a TWIST
A one-hour course on stress and humor that can be taught on-site at your company. You can purchase this “course in a box” and get permission from Ann to teach it. A whole lot less expensive than bringing Ann in, but you can do that too if you’d like. For more info, click here.

6. HUMOR U STUFF: Some “hot” new STUFF.

Do you work at a fun workplace?
FINALLY—a place for you to nominate your company!
For Ann’s new book, Cultures That Work, we’re doing full-out research about great places to work—beginning with FUN. We want you to nominate your company as one of the MOST FUN Places to work on the planet. Ann will contact your CEO and interview him/her to find out what makes your workplace “Culture Work”. Go to www.culturesthatwork.com.
Bring Ann Fry to your workplace—ta da!!! Really special workshop offering*:

NEW: Laughing Matters: Customer Appreciation Workshop—bring in Ann to do a 2 to 3-hour presentation to your clients—buy them all one of her books, let them leave having laughed and learned to lighten up their workplace. They stay loyal customers for a long time.

To book this, contact ann@humoru.com or call 212-787-6320. It’s a different way to show them you care.
The newest fun business—check it out!

It’s Boomertime: Have a Magnificently Fun and Fulfilled Life
To find out more, visit www.itsboomertime.com.

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Humor U Tips© is an electronic bulletin produced as a service by Humor University. The editorial staff has left errors in this Amuseletter so that our anal-retentive fans might experience left-brained joy in finding them. Humor U Tips© is written and compiled by Ann Fry, the founding Dean of Fun and a leading national expert who works with organizations that want to boost employee morale and managers who want their employees to be energetic and creative about their work.

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