Laughter is the Best Medicine

Reader's Digest has told us this for years. Norman Cousins gave us real data in his book Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient.

Laughter can have a very positive impact on our health.

Recent research tells us more about this phenomenon. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have found that laughter may keep your heart healthier. Here is one short snippet:

"The team found that laughter-provoking movies cause the tissue that forms the inner lining of blood vessels, the endothelium, to dilate or expand, resulting in an increase of blood flow."

You can read more HERE.

What does that mean to us? You can draw your own conclusions but here are some of mine:

- As a Leader, making a working environment more fun is not only good business, it is good for people.
- As a Trainer, effective training that incorporates fun interaction not only improves the learning, but it helps the blood flow.
- We know that laughter can aid in the creative process and now we know it may prolong people's lives. (Tell people that the next time you try some wilder approaches to creative problem solving!)
- Personally, perhaps we should rent more comedies at our local Blockbuster.

Have a good hard laugh today!

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