Emotional intelligence (EQ) skill 4: Use humor and play to deal with challenges
[image: Use humor to deal with challenges]Humor, laughter, and play are natural antidotes to life’s difficulties; they lighten your burdens and help you keep things in perspective. A good hearty laugh reduces stress, elevates mood, and brings your nervous system back into balance. Playful communication broadens your emotional intelligence and helps you: - *Take hardships in stride.* By allowing you to view your frustrations and disappointments from new perspectives, laughter and play enable you to survive annoyances, hard times, and setbacks. - *Smooth over differences.* Using gentle humor often helps you say things that might be otherwise difficult to express without creating a flap. - *Simultaneously relax and energize yourself.* Playful communication relieves fatigue and relaxes your body, which allows you to recharge and accomplish more. - *Become more creative. *When you loosen up, you free yourself of rigid ways of thinking and being, allowing you to get creative and see things in new ways. How to develop playful communication: *It’s never too late to develop and embrace your playful, humorous side.* - *Try setting aside regular, quality playtime. The more you joke, play, and laugh—the easier it becomes.* - * Find enjoyable activities that loosen you up and help you embrace your playful nature.* - *Practice by playing with animals, babies, young children, and outgoing people who appreciate playful banter.* **** <http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/> *V a n a k k a m S u b b u * ** **** <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sometimeonthenet/join> ** *வாழிய செந்தமிழ்! வாழ்க நற்றமிழர்! **வாழிய பாரதமணித் திருநாடு!* <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=620786&did=10501&ppd=2743,201201221300,9,[TypeID],[IM_UPN2]&rui=115371018> ** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
