http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/ Personal and professional development for technology professionals. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:11:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Anonymous Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:20:09 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/#comment-892 Rajesh: Thanks for the very important reminder. You might want to add disability and sexual orientation - those are also areas you do not want to touch upon unless you happen to fall in those categories. I fall in the disability category. Let me illustrate. When I give speeches, I often tell the story of when I was a kid I wore a hearing aid box that was strapped around my chest in an albatross with wires that ran from the box all the way up to the ears. This gave a protruding appearance on my chest (hearing aid box was concealed beneath the shirt). Then I deliver the joke that I looked like I had just stepped off a space ship - this elicits laughter because I just poked fun at myself, not anyone else. I also make it even funnier when telling them about the bully who threatened to punch the hearing aid box. You can read the story in my blogger at: http://adversityuniversity.blogspot.com/2006/04/bully-at-elementary-school.html The secret is to poke fun at yourself to play safe. Thanks for letting me share. Stephen Hopson http://adversityuniversity.blogspot.com/ Rajesh:
Thanks for the very important reminder. You might want to add disability and sexual orientation – those are also areas you do not want to touch upon unless you happen to fall in those categories. I fall in the disability category. Let me illustrate.
When I give speeches, I often tell the story of when I was a kid I wore a hearing aid box that was strapped around my chest in an albatross with wires that ran from the box all the way up to the ears. This gave a protruding appearance on my chest (hearing aid box was concealed beneath the shirt). Then I deliver the joke that I looked like I had just stepped off a space ship – this elicits laughter because I just poked fun at myself, not anyone else.
I also make it even funnier when telling them about the bully who threatened to punch the hearing aid box. You can read the story in my blogger at:
http://adversityuniversity.blogspot.com/2006/04/bully-at-elementary-school.html
The secret is to poke fun at yourself to play safe.
Thanks for letting me share.
Stephen Hopson
http://adversityuniversity.blogspot.com/

]]> http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Anonymous Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:47:57 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/#comment-891 Hi Rajesh Really very good post. Though the checklist you have given is not complete, it serves very well if we want to know whether our humour is in good sense or not. Regards Prashant Hi Rajesh
Really very good post. Though the checklist you have given is not complete, it serves very well if we want to know whether our humour is in good sense or not.
Regards
Prashant

]]> http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Anonymous Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:06:23 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/#comment-890 Steve, Karen: Thanks for the comments and the links. Have a great evening there. Cheers, Rajesh Steve, Karen:
Thanks for the comments and the links. Have a great evening there.
Cheers,
Rajesh

]]> http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Anonymous Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:04:37 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/#comment-889 Oh yeah. Self-directed humor is the safest way to go, and it really helps to establish a connection with your audience. I think I use a fair amount of it on my blog, for example, see: http://stevefarber.com/mt/archives/2006/07/and_id_really_l.html and have a laugh at my expense... Oh yeah. Self-directed humor is the safest way to go, and it really helps to establish a connection with your audience.
I think I use a fair amount of it on my blog, for example, see: http://stevefarber.com/mt/archives/2006/07/and_id_really_l.html
and have a laugh at my expense…

]]> http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Anonymous Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:28:28 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2006/07/18/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-153-use-humor-right/#comment-888 This was a really timely post as I picked up the latest issue of Psychology Today magazine yesterday and they had an article on the different ways to use/disuse humour. Here's the article: Crack Me Up: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20060623-000002.xml I think there are more ways to disuse humour than there are correct ways, although it all depends on the people involved and the situation. This was a really timely post as I picked up the latest issue of Psychology Today magazine yesterday and they had an article on the different ways to use/disuse humour.
Here’s the article:
Crack Me Up:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20060623-000002.xml
I think there are more ways to disuse humour than there are correct ways, although it all depends on the people involved and the situation.

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