You Just Have To Smile

So this is my 3rd week of “pre-written and pre-recorded” weekly publishing. If everything went well, you’re reading this and I’m either on the beach or in the pool. But seriously…

OK, so you’ve decided to jump on the Affiliate Marketing bandwagon and you’re seriously going to make it work! Time to be serious. Or is it?

I think we can all agree that although you need to take the steps to achieve success seriously, there has to be some fun into what you’re doing? I mean, come on, would you continue to work at the place you’re currently working if it was always serious? (ok, don’t answer that…) I know I wouldn’t. If you currently aren’t having fun at your workplace, I’d strongly suggest that it’s time to maybe look for something else!

I’ve worked in areas that would definitely require some seriousness; I doubt that the bank I worked for – more precisely the legal department – would have appreciated me walking into a court room dressed as a clown all the while representing them in a case…. then again…

So, What are you currently doing to make it “a fun work area”?

Life Is Serious Enough

We all know that life is serious enough without having to add another layer of seriousness by starting an online business – a business that, let’s face it, has so many people saying that “it won’t work” or on the other extreme, that “you can make thousands with a few simple clicks!”

We’ve all been told over and over again to “stay serious” because only serious people make it. I know I’ve been told that; even after starting to laugh and being told it was no laughing matter. I guess I just never bought into the seriousness of it all.

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’ve been serious enough in different areas of work. As an Officer in the Canadian Army, I assure you that there were some very serious, (if not tense) moments during my 20 year career.

Work was always presented and shown to me as being serious stuff; it just happened that I didn’t latch on to that part of the work. To prove my point, where I’m currently working, apparently one colleague mentioned that I was distracting everyone – because I always smiled and had a happy disposition.

We All Want Better Things In Life

But are we willing to do what needs to be done to get it? Some will say that to do so, you need to be serious about it. Yes, I would agree but keeping a smile on your face and a skip in your walk is even more important.

Case in point, when I was preparing coffee this morning, I hadn’t realized that my wife had already filled up the coffee machine with water. What happens when you try to put more water in a coffee machine? Well, you get to clean up!

My wife got up and was wondering why I was laughing so hard! I just couldn’t stop. Someone else might have gotten mad and yelled out, Marc, you put water everywhere!

I just laughed! Why? Well, truth be told, I was laughing at my stupidity of not having checked about the water, but I was laughing about the situation — and you know what? It made me feel enormously good!

Some of the most simple things in life may seem hard – and believe me, they are – but sometimes, you just need to find the time to laugh it out. It’s just not worth any aggravation you give yourself.

Getting back to “wanting better things or a better life”, part – laughter needs to be a big part of it and that you laugh at life – and at yourself a lot. We’ve all gone through many things that may not have been the type to bring a smile to your face but you still have to find the time to smile.

Laughing Is The Best Therapy

We’ve all heard it and I’m no therapist but years back, I had the opportunity to go on a laughing week-end retreat. The therapist showed us how taking the time to laugh was the best way to not only give your emotions a well-deserved natural high but a good laugh had great short-term effects.

When you start to laugh, it doesn’t just lighten your load mentally, it actually induces physical changes in your body. Laughter can:

• Stimulate many organs. Laughter enhances your intake of oxygen-rich air, stimulates your heart, lungs and muscles, and increases the endorphins that are released by your brain.
• Activate and relieve your stress response. A rollicking laugh fires up and then cools down your stress response, and it can increase and then decrease your heart rate and blood pressure. The result? A good, relaxing feeling.
• Soothe tension. Laughter can also stimulate circulation and aid muscle relaxation, both of which can help reduce some of the physical symptoms of stress.

So next time you have 10-15 minutes, gives this a try, preferably alone or with friends or a spouse – but definitely not during a meeting – start to laugh! You can help yourself by thinking about a situation that made you hysterical and see how great it makes you feel.

Road To Success – No Laughing Matter!

We’ve all heard the expression: “the road to success is not straight” – Why? Because of the natural ups and downs of events and situations.

Hopefully, when you find yourself in the next situation that brings a frown to your face, you’ll think about this blog entry and start to laugh! That would be the best therapy for the situation!

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To your success…to our success! And to your Laughter!