Check Out Our Books About Finding Humor in Life
Managing Staff
- 3 insights to increase your success by shaping the laughter around you.
- Use connective humor skills to build an effective team, fast!
- 30 simple humor strategies to develop a loyal, productive staff.
Managing Stress
- Keep your team working as a team— even in tough times— with 17 humorous, proven, tension relieving techniques.
Managing Meetings
- 16 ways to create productive meetings people want to attend.
Leave a Mark,
Humor, used well, is a mark of self-confidence, intelligence
and an ability to connect effectively with others.
Not a Stain!
Used incorrectly, it leaves a stain of ill will and incompetence
that can take years to remove.
What every manager
needs to know
about workplace humor
Find out the Humor Secrets
Smart Managers Know!
AND, in the bargain, enhance your:
Income
Appearance
Management skills
Mental well-being
Creativity
Promotional opportunities
Popularity
Effectiveness
Persuasiveness
Access to useful feedback
Teaching skills
Success
Immunity to disease
Yep, it's true.
You can do all that by becoming adept at a simple, inexpensive, and neglected managerial skill: Connective Humor! This book will show you how to "Laugh your way to the top!"
Click Here for your copy and to learn how to
Manage to have more Fun - for only $14.95!
Managing Staff
- 3 insights to increase your success by shaping the laughter around you.
- Use connective humor skills to build an effective team, fast!
- 30 simple humor strategies to develop a loyal, productive staff.
Managing Stress
- Keep your team working as a team— even in tough times— with 17 humorous, proven, tension relieving techniques.
Managing Meetings
- 16 ways to create productive meetings people want to attend.
Leave a Mark,
Humor, used well, is a mark of self-confidence, intelligence
and an ability to connect effectively with others.
Not a Stain!
Used incorrectly, it leaves a stain of ill will and incompetence
that can take years to remove.
What every manager
needs to know
about workplace humor
Find out the Humor Secrets
Smart Managers Know!
AND, in the bargain, enhance your:
Income
Appearance
Management skills
Mental well-being
Creativity
Promotional opportunities
Popularity
Effectiveness
Persuasiveness
Access to useful feedback
Teaching skills
Success
Immunity to disease
Yep, it's true.
You can do all that by becoming adept at a simple, inexpensive, and neglected managerial skill: Connective Humor! This book will show you how to "Laugh your way to the top!"
Click Here for your copy and to learn how to
Manage to have more Fun - for only $14.95!
What every leader needs to know about how to use humor
Do you want to look self-confident and intelligent and to connect effectively with others?
Do you want your management career stained by ill will and incompetence?
Do you want to cut yourself off from an important source of information?
Buy this book and learn how to increase your
effectiveness with humor...
Price: $14.95
The examples in this book come from over 30 years of practicing and observing humor in the workplace as a speaker, consultant, employee and as a supervisor of staffs as large as 150 individuals.
They come from personal experiences and from hundreds of stories related by clients in Canada, Europe and the United States, and from fields as diverse as health care, education, banking, forestry, private industry, association management and federal, state and local governments.
Some of the suggestions will be easy to implement from a supervisory position; others are probably more effective when put forward by selected staff members in collaboration with the leader. Some will fit your situation immediately; others will need to be adapted to fit your company culture. Some will make you chuckle; others will have you shaking your head in disbelief!
Just know that each idea worked somewhere, at some time. Since humor requires a measure of spontaneity, know, as well, that no one idea will work anywhere forever.
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Starting in September, the eBooks will be posted, one each month, on Amazon for the bargain price of $1.50 apiece!
Each eBook includes a list of month-long reasons to celebrate, as well as pages of strange and wonderful
daily events to take advantage of.
Here are some testimonials from the people who purchased the first edition of “The Obscure Holiday Handbook’’. The upcoming version will have 5 times more content than the original.
I bought it for the office
There were so many conflicts in my office about what and what not to celebrate we voted to go with obscure holidays. Now we celebrate when we feel we need to, not when some national holiday tells us to. Actually, some of these holidays are so wonderfully weird we celebrate them whether we need a celebration or not!
- Beth S
I bought it for business
I let my competitors fight it out over Labor Day, Christmas and the like. I stand out by building promotions to my clients around obscure holidays that relate to my business or, better yet, to theirs.
- Vic C
For the gym
As a manager at an exercise center, I’m always looking for fun, new ideas to build promotions around. The Obscure Holiday eBooks are a great resource!
Laura D.
I bought it for my family
Each of our kids gets to choose an obscure holiday for the family to celebrate every year. It's been fun to watch their tastes change from Incredible Kid Day to Awkward Moments Day. Personally, I can't wait until they are all finally old enough to celebrate Canned Beer Day!
- Mike S
I bought it for my Senior Center
We are always on alert for some event that will let us decorate our Senior Center in a fun way that will encourage conversation between residents. Obscure Holidays is perfect for us. There are serious dates, like Vaccination Month and National Heart Month, mixed in with all the silly ones. We are particularly looking forward to National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day!
- Carol N
I bought it for my friends and neighbors
We use obscure holidays as an excuse to get together. You really cannot beat a theme like Give Your Heart to Art Day or my own personal favorite, Shallow Person's Week!
- Janet L
Enough, already!
Buy an eBook or two and start celebrating!
Heck, buy them for your friends so you can go to their celebrations too!
Click here in late-September and beyond to go to Amazon.com
Starting in September, the eBooks will be posted, one each month, on Amazon for the bargain price of $1.50 apiece!
Each eBook includes a list of month-long reasons to celebrate, as well as pages of strange and wonderful
daily events to take advantage of.
Here are some testimonials from the people who purchased the first edition of “The Obscure Holiday Handbook’’. The upcoming version will have 5 times more content than the original.
I bought it for the office
There were so many conflicts in my office about what and what not to celebrate we voted to go with obscure holidays. Now we celebrate when we feel we need to, not when some national holiday tells us to. Actually, some of these holidays are so wonderfully weird we celebrate them whether we need a celebration or not!
- Beth S
I bought it for business
I let my competitors fight it out over Labor Day, Christmas and the like. I stand out by building promotions to my clients around obscure holidays that relate to my business or, better yet, to theirs.
- Vic C
For the gym
As a manager at an exercise center, I’m always looking for fun, new ideas to build promotions around. The Obscure Holiday eBooks are a great resource!
Laura D.
I bought it for my family
Each of our kids gets to choose an obscure holiday for the family to celebrate every year. It's been fun to watch their tastes change from Incredible Kid Day to Awkward Moments Day. Personally, I can't wait until they are all finally old enough to celebrate Canned Beer Day!
- Mike S
I bought it for my Senior Center
We are always on alert for some event that will let us decorate our Senior Center in a fun way that will encourage conversation between residents. Obscure Holidays is perfect for us. There are serious dates, like Vaccination Month and National Heart Month, mixed in with all the silly ones. We are particularly looking forward to National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day!
- Carol N
I bought it for my friends and neighbors
We use obscure holidays as an excuse to get together. You really cannot beat a theme like Give Your Heart to Art Day or my own personal favorite, Shallow Person's Week!
- Janet L
Enough, already!
Buy an eBook or two and start celebrating!
Heck, buy them for your friends so you can go to their celebrations too!
Click here in late-September and beyond to go to Amazon.com
Dr. Schwab’s book, The Obscure Holiday Handbook — Outrageously fun reasons to celebrate at work, in the classroom, and at home, sold out. It is currently being replaced by a group of twelve eBooks — one for each month — collectively containing over 1,800 clever, inventive, memorable, and downright silly excuses for blog posts, business promotions, office celebrations, senior center get-togethers, special events, or just plain fun with family and friends.
None of them are the well-known holidays already on your calendar, like Christmas, Mother’s Day, Summer Solstice, etc. These are, as the title implies, “Obscure” holidays, eager to be celebrated and to tweak your imagination.
NOTE: None of them were invented by the author.
Check out a few below:
Have More Creative Celebrations!
The Obscure Holiday Ebooks are sold as individual months so you can buy the ones you need. They currently sell for just $1.50 each, making great birthday gifts that will long be remembered. They will also serve as inspirational gifts to the Marketing Department to help kick off an upcoming promotion. Each month includes a list of month-long reasons to celebrate, as well as pages of fascinating daily events.
Click on the eBook cover above for a more extensive write-up and purchasing information.
What's so Funny about Long-term Care?
Not a heck of a lot . . .
. . . but the people you'll meet in this new book have found ways of connecting with humor that made their journey through long-term care not just bearable, but fun.
This book is for you if:
- Your loved one is in long-term care
- You work in long-term care or rehab
- You are a rehab or long-term care patient
You'll meet:
A daughter who dramatically connects with her mother through a toy monkey
A physical therapist who uses humor to increase her patients' endurance
A caregiver with a secret for staying upbeat while working with a grouchy client
An elephant who helps a man thank his grandmother for years of loving memories
A host of people who use humor to rise above their problems and embrace life in fresh, inventive ways
Buy this book and discover:
The best kind of resolutions (New Years or otherwise) to make
How to initiate humor between patients and medical professionals
The (frequently untapped) talents of a screaming rubber chicken
The stress reliving benefits of a whine and cheese party
The power of giving choices
How to use age and infirmity to your advantage
This book is REALLY for you if:
- You are surrounded by cranky people with selective hearing.
- The high point of your day is watching the Shopping Channel.
- You need to let go of what "should have been" and cope with "what is."
- You want more laughing, loving connections in your life.
In short, if you need a fresh perspective,
buy this book!
A Special Bonus for First Time Readers!!!!!
With this book you get big print and short anecdotes!
The truth is, when you are sick, or caring for someone who is, you don’t have the time or energy for small print or complex plot lines.
You want a book that will take you away for a few minutes, give you a good chuckle or two, and bring you back with a new perspective or an easy to implement suggestion.
That’s what this book will do for you!
Buy this book, because
Laughter is the catharsis that lets us keep on caring!
Click Here for your copy!
Just $14.95!
Sold Out
This book is currently being updated and will soon be listed on Amazon as print-on-demand
What's so Funny about Long-term Care?
Not a heck of a lot . . .
. . . but the people you'll meet in this new book have found ways of connecting with humor that made their journey through long-term care not just bearable, but fun.
This book is for you if:
- Your loved one is in long-term care
- You work in long-term care or rehab
- You are a rehab or long-term care patient
You'll meet:
A daughter who dramatically connects with her mother through a toy monkey
A physical therapist who uses humor to increase her patients' endurance
A caregiver with a secret for staying upbeat while working with a grouchy client
An elephant who helps a man thank his grandmother for years of loving memories
A host of people who use humor to rise above their problems and embrace life in fresh, inventive ways
Buy this book and discover:
The best kind of resolutions (New Years or otherwise) to make
How to initiate humor between patients and medical professionals
The (frequently untapped) talents of a screaming rubber chicken
The stress reliving benefits of a whine and cheese party
The power of giving choices
How to use age and infirmity to your advantage
This book is REALLY for you if:
- You are surrounded by cranky people with selective hearing.
- The high point of your day is watching the Shopping Channel.
- You need to let go of what "should have been" and cope with "what is."
- You want more laughing, loving connections in your life.
In short, if you need a fresh perspective,
buy this book!
A Special Bonus for First Time Readers!!!!!
With this book you get big print and short anecdotes!
The truth is, when you are sick, or caring for someone who is, you don’t have the time or energy for small print or complex plot lines.
You want a book that will take you away for a few minutes, give you a good chuckle or two, and bring you back with a new perspective or an easy to implement suggestion.
That’s what this book will do for you!
Buy this book, because
Laughter is the catharsis that lets us keep on caring!
Click Here for your copy!
Just $14.95!
Sold Out
This book is currently being updated and will soon be listed on Amazon as print-on-demand
Tips, ideas and examples of how patients and caregivers find humor in long-term care.
Specifically written for individuals involved in long-term care, this book is full of ways patients and caregivers use humor to relieve stress, share love and enrich life.
Those who laugh . . . Last!
Click on the book cover above for a more extensive write-up and purchasing information.
Creating a Legacy of Laughter
60 Easy Ways to Add Humor
to Your Daily Life
You don't need to be a comedian to live a laughter filled life -- you just need to employ one or more of the easy humor hints in this booklet. Positive, humorous people make life worth living and work worth doing well. If your family and friends are not already positively funny, here are lots of ways to encourage them without becoming a clown yourself.
Table of Contents
Act Normal — That's crazy enough!
Tapping into the humor around you
Find a Fowl Weather Friend
Develop Rubber Chicken Flexibility
When Hell Freezes Over — Ice Skate!
Humoring Stress
Develop Family Friendly Fun
Finding Fun in Familiar Places
Plus
The Most Important Humor Hint of All!
for only $6.95
(about the cost of a
greeting card)
Click here for a copy
Creating a Legacy of Laughter
60 Easy Ways to Add Humor
to Your Daily Life
You don't need to be a comedian to live a laughter filled life -- you just need to employ one or more of the easy humor hints in this booklet. Positive, humorous people make life worth living and work worth doing well. If your family and friends are not already positively funny, here are lots of ways to encourage them without becoming a clown yourself.
Table of Contents
Act Normal — That's crazy enough!
Tapping into the humor around you
Find a Fowl Weather Friend
Develop Rubber Chicken Flexibility
When Hell Freezes Over — Ice Skate!
Humoring Stress
Develop Family Friendly Fun
Finding Fun in Familiar Places
Plus
The Most Important Humor Hint of All!
for only $6.95
(about the cost of a
greeting card)
Click here for a copy
A Booklet Stuffed with 60 Easy Ways to Add Humor to Your Daily Life
This booklet is loaded with hints on how to create a legacy of laughter. One of the best things about this particular legacy is that you can share it with friends, coworkers and loved ones while you are still on this planet—and whether you have made your millions or not.
It costs less than a greeting card!
Click on the book cover above for a more extensive write-up and purchasing information.
Add Life to Your Life!
What If the Hokey Pokey IS What It's All About?
Writing the Next Chapter of Your Life
A whole section on figuring out your Grand Purpose
Quotes to inspire your life!
Quotes to rationalize your life!
Exercises to refine your life!
Are you are starting a new job or a new family?
Moving to a new place or digging in right where you are?
Retiring from the workplace or retraining for a new skill set?
In 8 easy steps, this workbook will focus you on getting the most from the next chapter of your life—whatever it might be!
You are going to spend the rest of your life doing
something. It may as well be something you want to do!
Peter McWilliams
Put your whole self in -- to your life!
Plan the life you want for only $14.95 Click Here for your copy
Note, here’s what happens when you don’t set goals:
Testimonials from Goal Setting Resisters
The purpose of life is to fight maturity.
— Dick Werthimer
Why worry about tomorrow when today is so far away?
— electric dave
To vacillate or not to vacillate, that is the question ..... or is it?
-- I’m not sure who said this
Take my advice. I’m not using it.
— Uncle George
Don’t try to take on a new personality; it doesn’t work
— Richard Nixon
I always thought I’d just grow old and gum chicken.
— Grandpa O’Connell
A man without vision. . . shouldn’t drive.
— Anonymous
If I had known my son was going to be president of Bolivia,
I would have taught him to read and write.
— the mother of Enrique Penaranda
Looking for the fountain of youth,
I found the water cooler of middle age.
— Anonymous
I live the way I type — fast, but inaccurately!
— Shelly Winters
I left my worries on my doorstep. Now I’m afraid to go home
— Anonymous
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
— Mark Twain
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, let’s go.”
Stage Direction: They do not move.
Last lines of Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot
Forget those folks --- Plan the life you want for
only $14.95 Click Here for your copy
Add Life to Your Life!
What If the Hokey Pokey IS What It's All About?
Writing the Next Chapter of Your Life
A whole section on figuring out your Grand Purpose
Quotes to inspire your life!
Quotes to rationalize your life!
Exercises to refine your life!
Are you are starting a new job or a new family?
Moving to a new place or digging in right where you are?
Retiring from the workplace or retraining for a new skill set?
In 8 easy steps, this workbook will focus you on getting the most from the next chapter of your life—whatever it might be!
You are going to spend the rest of your life doing
something. It may as well be something you want to do!
Peter McWilliams
Put your whole self in -- to your life!
Plan the life you want for only $14.95 Click Here for your copy
Note, here’s what happens when you don’t set goals:
Testimonials from Goal Setting Resisters
The purpose of life is to fight maturity.
— Dick Werthimer
Why worry about tomorrow when today is so far away?
— electric dave
To vacillate or not to vacillate, that is the question ..... or is it?
-- I’m not sure who said this
Take my advice. I’m not using it.
— Uncle George
Don’t try to take on a new personality; it doesn’t work
— Richard Nixon
I always thought I’d just grow old and gum chicken.
— Grandpa O’Connell
A man without vision. . . shouldn’t drive.
— Anonymous
If I had known my son was going to be president of Bolivia,
I would have taught him to read and write.
— the mother of Enrique Penaranda
Looking for the fountain of youth,
I found the water cooler of middle age.
— Anonymous
I live the way I type — fast, but inaccurately!
— Shelly Winters
I left my worries on my doorstep. Now I’m afraid to go home
— Anonymous
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
— Mark Twain
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, let’s go.”
Stage Direction: They do not move.
Last lines of Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot
Forget those folks --- Plan the life you want for
only $14.95 Click Here for your copy
An 8x11 page Workbook for Writing the Next Chapter of Your Life!
In 8 easy steps, this workbook will focus you on getting the most from the next chapter of your life.
If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, make it a dance step! Hokey Pokey into the next chapter of your life!
Change your life... for a mere $14.95
To purchase this book click here.
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