17 你在工作中有樂趣嗎(doc)
16 Are You Having Fun at Work? The lack of humor in workplaces is a real shame, according to experts in corporate culture. Studies have shown that happy workers are productive workers, which enhances1 profitability2. 　　The stress that is endemic3 in today's workplace is no joke. If you can learn to laugh, you and everyone around you will better weather4 the stress storms. Paul McGhee, Ph.D., of The Laughter Remedy5 says that a good sense of humor will contribute to6 your success in these ways: 　　1. Change. Roles and responsibilities are changing rapidly in today's workplace. Your sense of humor provides the resilience7 needed to cope with change. 　　2. Growing leadership. As your career progresses, you'll probably be asked to lead more and make more decisions in your organization. Building your humor skills will boost8 your ability to lead effectively. 　　3. Increased stress. As already mentioned, stress is a factor in all jobs. The more responsibility you assume9, the more stress you experience. Humor is one of the most powerful stress- management tools around. Laughter helps you reduce muscle tension, release anger, improve your ability to overcome panic and bring anxiety under control, as well as keep a more positive frame10 of mind. 　　4.Demand for creativity and innovation.A better sense of humor will enhance your creative thinking abilities. 　　5.Outstanding communication skills. Everyone in your organization needs these skills, and humor can be a wonderful way both to boost interest in what you have to say and help you become an accepted team member. 　　Okay, are you ready to laugh it up and encourage your colleagues to do the same? Here are several helpful suggestions to get you started using humor. 　　Step 1. Surround yourself with humor and determine the nature of your sense of humor. How to do this? Watch more comedy movies; look for cartoons in magazines and newspapers; spend more time with your funniest friends and colleagues.Step 2. Become more playful and overcome seriousness. Spend more time playing with your kids; make a list of things you find fun and do one of them every day.Step3.Laugh more heartily and start telling jokes. Step 4. Play language, puns, and other verbal games.Step 5. Find humor in everyday life. Look for the unexpected, incongruous, bizarre, and ridiculous aspects of life.Step 6. Take yourself lightly; laugh at your own mistakes.Step 7. Find humor in the midst of stress. 你在工作中有樂趣嗎？ 按照公司文化專家的說法，在工作場所缺乏幽默感是件十分不應該的事。研究顯示， 心情愉快的員工富有創(chuàng)造性，從而能提高公司的效益。 　　當今各工作場所普遍存在的重壓感，是個需要認真對待的問題。如果你學會笑，那 么你及你周圍的人會更好地經受住這類重壓“風暴”。 　　“笑療”博士保羅·麥吉說，幽默感在下列方面有助于使你成功： 　　1.適應變化。當今工作中，一個人的角色和責任都在迅速地變化著。你的幽默感會 使你有較強的應變力。 　　2.提高領導能力。隨著你事業(yè)的發(fā)展，在你的機構你可能會被要求領導更多的人并 作出更多的決定。掌握幽默技巧會有效地提高你的領導才能。 　　3.重壓感的增加。如前所述，重壓感存在于所有的工作中。責任越重，你的重壓感 也越大。幽默是目前克服重壓感最行之有效的手段之一。笑幫助你減少肌肉的緊張，釋 放怒氣，提高你戰(zhàn)勝恐慌和控制焦慮的能力，同時還能使你保持更積極的心態(tài)。 　　4.對創(chuàng)造力和革新的要求。較強的幽默感有助于提高你的創(chuàng)造性思考能力。 5.出色的交流技能。你所在機構中的每一個人都需要這些技能。幽默既可以提高人們 對你講話的興趣，也能幫助你被接納為團體中的一分子。 　　好了，你是否愿意笑并愿意鼓勵你的同事同你一起笑呢?下面幾條小訣竅或許能助你 一臂之力。 　　第一步：使你周圍充滿幽默并選定最適合你的那種幽默感。如何做呢?多看喜劇片， 多瞧雜志報紙中的漫畫，多接觸你身邊有趣的朋友和同事。第二步：學會嬉笑，改變不 茍言笑的作風。多和孩子們玩耍。將有趣的事情列出清單，每天做一件。第三步：盡情 地笑，開始講笑話。第四步：玩語言游戲、說雙關語、玩其他文字游戲。第五步：在日 常生活中尋找幽默。發(fā)現生活中出人意料、不合時宜、稀奇古怪以及荒唐可笑的事。第 六步：輕松待己；自嘲所犯錯誤。第七步：在重壓感中尋找幽默。 1.enhance[ιν5ηΒ:νσ]vt.提高，增加，增進 2.profitability[7πρΧφιτΕ5βιλιτι]n.效益，收益，利潤 3.endemic[εν5δεμικ]adj.某地(或某些人中)流行的 4.weather[5ωεΤΕ]vt.經受住 5.remedy[5ρεμιδι]n.治療，療法 6.contributeto有助于，促成 7.resilience[ρΙ5ζΙλΙΕνσ]n.適應力；復原力 8.boost[βυ:στ]vt.提高，增強 9.assume[Ε5σφυ:m]vt.承擔，擔任 10.frame[φρειμ]n.精神狀態(tài)；情緒，心情
17 你在工作中有樂趣嗎(doc)