Lighten Up: Let C. W. Metcalf Show You How to Be More Productive, Resilient 1992 Price: $10.75
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Never Read!
This Book is from my own personal collection, was purchased during the late 1980's -1990's
Has been stored for several years in a cedar lined storage cube box.
Lighten Up: Survival Skills for People Under Pressure (A William Patrick Book) by Metcalf, C. W., Felible, Roma (1992) Hardcover (Hardcover)
Lighten Up : Let C. W. Metcalf Show You How to Be More Productive, Resilient
Lighten Up : Survival Skills for People Under Pressure Humor can help you thrive in change, remain creative under pressure, work more effectively, play more enthusiastically, and stay healthier in the process. But humor is also a set of specific, learned skills, and like any other discipline, these skills need to be developed. "Lighten Up "shows you how to build these skills so that you can see the absurdity in difficult situations and take yourself lightly while you take your job, problem, or challenge seriously.
Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly
Prescribing humor to combat stress and liberate creativity, corporate consultant Metcalf--aided by his business-partner wife Felible--seeks to restore humor to those damaged by childhood traumas and dogged by problems as adults. Although the authors attempt to cover too much psychological ground, they illustrate persuasively, with examples from real life and fiction, how humor can dispel fear and tension in a crisis and improve negative attitudes by recognizing the absurdities of life--even war. While medical and psychological research confirms the value of humor as therapy, Metcalf and Felible warn that conditions such as depression and drug and alcohol addictions must be controlled by other, more drastic means before the benefits of humor can be appreciated. The writers recommend "working happier instead of harder" and observing an "etiquette" of humor sensitive to the feelings of others. Finally, they suggest that developing humor may enhance our last years and aid in facing death. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
C.W. Metcalf and Roma Felible are a husband-and-wife writing team as well as business partners. C.W. Metcalf and Company consults worldwide on the role of humor in managing oneself and others.
