THIS IS MY 147TH BLOG ON UNDERSTANDING MONEY
TOOLS
November, 2018
Let’s start by saying that “humor creates laughter, laughter
creates better health and this can carry over to business”. Even Aristotle wrote about the
importance of laughter.
Please, let’s all get a sense of humor. Unfortunately and perceptively I, like
most, see the great divide that has happened in the USA. It is happening in religion, color of
skin, politics, age...and much more.
Sad. We are taking “life” all too seriously!
In this blog we are going to look at humor and
happiness. Each of us chooses each
minute, each day. This relates to
understanding of money and success.
I have been up and down in life several times; it happens to most of us.
It frankly is hard to stay up. It
seems that millennials would rather stay stone-faced and not personally
interconnect with humanity, they would rather grab their iPhones or computers.
Politically, corporately and socially we need to lighten up,
gain a sense of humor and work as a united team. With a sense of humor it is proven you will live longer, be
healthier and lead a more enriched life.
Many of the successful companies, let’s say retailers like
Target, get the point of humor and personal contact to be successful. I believe each of us, underneath, knows
how meaningful this is for success; however we do a poor job of practicing it. As a for instance, Target stores get
together, managers and employees, each morning to go over important
issues. This ends with a “rah,
rah” as a football team would do. I’m not much into this but it accomplishes 1)
direct communication of issues, 2) team work and 3) positive start for the
day. The same could be said for
every football team in the USA.
Target realizes that similar products can be bought in many
places. People only come back for
the pleasant, happy, fun experience with employees. This holds true with most companies.
In our last blog we discussed the importance of mentors and
coaches. The same holds true
here. Your coach will, or should,
keep you positive and on track.
Positive energies attract positive energies, negativity attracts
negativity. Get rid of the negative nature in your life!
There are different kinds of humor; adjust. You must learn to laugh “with people”,
do not laugh “at people”. Best
reality you can gain is that “each of us is different”, none of us “is better
than the other person”. It is all
perception. As I have mentioned in
previous blogs, “perceived value” is more important than “real value”. However, when it comes to individual
people, please accept them. This
country and the world need to unite.
As an example, I had a friend, Neal Groff, in Denver who was
a very successful estate planner and insurance salesman for the wealthy around
the country. While discussing this
topic of positive nature with him one day he said he always kept a smile on his
face, although hard at times. If
he needed to make a very important phone call to a client he would put on a
smile and be happy before the call.
Let the good energies flow through the phone!
Another friend from years past, Charlie Martin, a very
successful commercial real estate broker would call me and other clients and
start with a bunch of very funny, albeit dirty jokes. He had them written down in a book, but over the phone you
thought he could just remember a ton of them. What was he doing besides having
fun with this? He was getting his
clients laughing, then they wanted more contact with him. He would subtly get you into the let’s
meet to discuss deals and a “yes” mode.
Before you knew it you were saying “yes” to deals and creating sales for
him.
“You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar”. We used to use humor in everyday life
that resulted in fun and happiness whether it was with business or
socially. I see this lacking
today. Goof around a bit as long
as it doesn’t hurt others. Create
more light heartedness and fun! We
should all have a good sense of humor.
This will make us more united and overlook the divides I spoke of
earlier.
