The Behaviors That Make People Most Likeable

Smiling and humor would be my choices.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

Humor power is a magical potion between logical and intuitive minds. The best kind of humor is a vehicle for positive emotion that not only leaves ’em laughing, it leaves ’em smiling. By understanding, embracing, and practicing humor at its best, we can add to the “laugh force” on the planet, and allow enlightening humor to strike more frequently.

“Laughter is medicine.” We’ve heard it so often, it’s almost a cliché. A good laugh is a wonderful thing. It refreshes, relieves stress, generates positive emotions, promotes communication, strengthens group identity and cohesion, and benefits both the giver and receiver. In addition to these significant benefits, there is also evidence that laughter and humor promote good health.

On rare occasions, humor fires on all cylinders. One such story, purported to be true, (as told to me by my father-in-law with the State Department), is something that happened during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. As you may or may not remember, this is the closest we as a world have come to nuclear holocaust. Fortunately, wiser heads and hearts prevailed on both sides.