A few weeks back I woke myself up one night because I was laughing too loudly. It was great. It really is a lot of fun when that happens.
To come out a deep sleep with tears in your eyes from laughter is almost euphoric.
I have only met one other person that this has happened to. I hope this doesn’t make me too odd.
When you lay your head on the pillow you just never expect it to happen. The timing is very unpredictable. For instance, about a year and a half ago it happened to me in the mist of a lot of… “opportunities”.
It was a very difficult time with my business and I’m laughing myself awake on night. At that time, I didn’t find it very funny.
Because as soon as I was alert, I immediately began dwelling on my company’s next course of action. I was up for the rest of the night.
You know the opportunity to laugh at work doesn’t happen too often, either. That is unless you make those opportunities. I make them all the time because the business that I am in is so stressful that my staff and I need release values.
As a leader, my job is not to add more stress to the organization, but rather to know when and how to relieve it.
My team certainly knows when I’m goofing, serious and everything in between. They have an instilled sense of responsibility.
