Among leaders, humor is a highly desirable trait, but is a frequently overlooked strategy. Research shows that humor can build teams, strengthen relationships, decrease stress, foster creativity, improve leader likeability, and can provide a competitive business edge. "Lead with Levity" provides leaders at every level with the skills to harness humor so that you—and those you lead—can build resilience, enhance communication, and boost engagement. Discover how to utilize humor even if you’re not funny; how to use humor to inspire and motivate; how humor can enhance creativity; and how to keep humor from blowing-up in your face! When humor occurs by chance it’s entertainment. But when you use humor by choice—you get results.

Lead with Levity: Strategic Humor for Leaders

Business & Money

Buxman, Karyn

Management & Leadership

What's So Funny About? Publishing

Success is not measured only in dollars and cents, but also in the moments that you live amazed and amused. Balance is achieved not by see-sawing between opposites, but by accepting your place in the scheme of things, and by seeing it all as amazing and/or amusing. Surviving without thriving is not good enough, and we can only do our best when we self-create an attitude of amazement, and a perspective that encourages amusement. Bestselling author, RN, and observer of the human condition Karyn Buxman combines whimsical anecdotes, jokes, quotes, factoids and poetry to take you on a journey of humor and hope.

Amazed and Amused: How to Survive and Thrive as A Healthcare Professional

Religion & Spirituality

What’s so funny about diabetes? Maybe nothing. Then again, maybe everything. Especially if you understand the premise that so much of our humor comes from pain and discomfort—our own, or somebody else’s. And let’s face it; if you’re a diabetic, you’ve got more than your fair share of pain and discomfort. Currently one in 10 US adults has diabetes, but those numbers could go as high as 1 in 3 by the year 2050. A long-term solution can only come from getting people to change their lifestyles: better diets, exercise and coping mechanisms to deal with this serious illness. The good news: Humor and laughter have been shown scientifically to have positive benefits for diabetic patients. Laughter has been shown to lower blood glucose in diabetics, as well as decrease hormones that can be harmful. Humor is recognized as a healthy coping mechanism. And humor has also been proven to increase the retention of information. For these reasons, and more, author Karyn Buxman has written the first in a series of books for patients with chronic illness: What’s So Funny About Diabetes? When you’re a diabetic, you need to arm yourself with all the tools that you possibly can to become the healthiest person that you can be. You need a large repertoire of skills. Humor isn’t the be-all, end all; it’s not meant to replace your medical regime, but rather to be a complement to all the efforts you’re already making. Now Karyn Buxman shows you how you can strategically use humor everyday to better manage your diabetes and live a healthier and happier life. And you don’t need to be funny. You just need to be able to see funny. “If we took what we now know about laughter and bottled it, it would require FDA approval,” says psychoneuroimmunologist, Dr. Lee Berk. The perfect gift for yourself or someone you love, this book is filled with wise, witty, and life-saving advice. Whether you are a diabetic, a pre-diabetic, or the cheerleader for a diabetic, there is something in this book for you.

What's So Funny About Diabetes?: A Creative Approach to Coping with Your Disease

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

OR Nursing is an amazing—yet demanding—profession. With increasing demands and limited budgets, support isn't always forthcoming for the OR Nurse, which is why humor is so important! Whether it's for yourself, or for your patient, "What's So Funny About... OR Nursing?" will show you how you can use humor to survive and thrive in your profession—even if you're not funny! This books is a blend of scientific evidence and real-life examples from nurses in the trenches, and will give you the tools you need to get through the toughest of days, help you renew your commitment to providing safe and effective care—and keep you in stitches!

What's So Funny About... OR Nursing?: A Creative Approach to Celebrating Your Profession

Medical Books

Nursing

What’s so funny about heart disease? Maybe nothing. Then again, maybe everything. Especially if you understand the premise that so much of our humor comes from pain and discomfort—our own, or somebody else’s. And let’s face it; if you’ve experienced cardiovascular disease, you’ve got more than your fair share of pain and discomfort. Currently heart disease is the #1 killer of both men and women in the U.S. A long-term solution can only come from getting people to change their lifestyles: better diets, exercise and coping mechanisms to deal with this serious condition. The good news: Humor and laughter have been shown scientifically to have positive benefits for cardiac patients. Humor has been shown to lower cholesterol, decrease hormones that can be harmful, and improve resilience. Humor is recognized as a healthy coping mechanism. And humor has also been proven to increase the retention of information. For these reasons, and more, author Karyn Buxman has written the second book in a series of books for patients with chronic illness: What’s So Funny About… Heart Disease? When you have heart disease, you need to arm yourself with all the tools that you possibly can to become the healthiest person that you can be. You need a large repertoire of skills. Humor isn’t the be-all, end all; it’s not meant to replace your medical regime, but rather to be a complement to all the efforts you’re already making. Now Karyn Buxman shows you how you can strategically use humor everyday to better manage your heart disease and live a healthier and happier life. And you don’t need to be funny. You just need to be able to see funny. “If we took what we now know about laughter and bottled it, it would require FDA approval,” says psychoneuroimmunologist, Dr. Lee Berk. The perfect gift for yourself or someone you love, this book is filled with wise, witty, and life-saving advice. Whether you have heart disease, or are the cheerleader for someone with heart disease, there is something in this book for you.

What's So Funny About... Heart Disease?: A Creative Approach to Coping with Your Condition

Nursing is an amazing—yet demanding—profession. With increasing demands and limited budgets, support isn't always forthcoming for the nurse, which is why humor is so important! Whether it's for yourself, or for your patient, "What's So Funny About... Nursing?" will show you how you can use humor to survive and thrive in your profession—even if you're not funny! This books is a blend of scientific evidence and real-life examples from nurses in the trenches, and will give you the tools you need to get through the toughest of days, help you renew your commitment to providing safe and effective care—and keep you in stitches!

What's So Funny About... Nursing?: A Creative Approach to Celebrating Your Profession

In honor of "2020 The Year of the Nurse" Florence Nightingale's classic book is republished with commentaries by the world's top three nurse-speakers/consultants. (The World Health Organization declared 2020 to be The Year of the Nurse in honor of the 200th anniversary of Nightingale's birth.)

Notes on Nursing: What It Is. And What It Is Not.

Nightingale, Florence

Thieman, LeAnn

Dempsey, Kathy

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