Show Title: The Laugh Doctor

Name of Guests: Dr. Clifford Kuhn

Book Titles:

• The Fun Factor- Unleashing the Power of Humor at Home and on the Job
  ISBN: 0972399259
  

What are the basic points The Laugh Doctor wants listeners to remember:

1. Humor can save your life.
2. The number one killer in America is stress. 80% of medical problems are stress related.
3. Stress costs 300 billion dollars, yearly.
4. Stress is a perception. It is subjective.
5. Stress is a symptom of ones attitude which we do have control over.
6. A faulty attitude that causes all of our stress is that we take ourselves too seriously.
7. We have been taught all of our life that if you want to be responsible, you need to get serious.
8. We associate responsibility with being serious.
9. If you want to eliminate stress, you need to change your attitude of seriousness with humor nature (sense of humor).
10. 6-8 week old babies focus their eyes and realize that the faces in front of them were there yesterday. As a result, social contact is made by the baby smiling. Without language skills babies are able to put their best foot forward and smile.
11. Human nature is our best resource since it comes form our heart.
12. We have spent a life time, dampening our humor down because we thought it was the responsible thing to do.
13. The key is how do you keep your humor in the face of tragedy to eliminate stress.
14. There is always room for fun, positive energy.
15. When people are having fun, profits rise, stress is reduced, immune systems are boosted, pain is reduced, mood is stabilized and creativity is boosted . There is hard data that supports this.
16. We need to change our trivial attitude towards humor and bring it into everything we do.
17. Everyone has aptitude for humor they just need to get back in touch with it. It always starts with a smile.
18. The Smile strategy is always smile, even when you don’t feel like it.
19. Increase your smileage.
20. When you smile, there is a measurable increase in your immune system, even when it is a fake smile.
21. When you have a smile on your face, people feel that you are open to things. A smile attracts other people's energy.
    I prescribe a ha, ha, ha prescription.
    First step:
    Ha: Humor attitude. You need to regain your humor. Recognize that there is a difference between being funny and having fun which is an attitude. It is a willingness to enjoy what ever can be enjoyed. To build humor nature, I have patients put a huge grin on their face, look at each other and tell each other what they saw. Fun doesn’t have to be funny. It is an uplifting, strong, positive energy.
    Second Step:
    Ha: humor aptitude. I developed humor aptitude strategies: Let go of things frequently and promptly. Celebrate everything. Look for the pony in every pile of manure.
    Third Step:
    Ha: humor action. You deal with the risks involved with any action. Success comes from taking action. You need to get it into your day to day. I have action steps such as always accept the premise. In other words you need to keep an open mind. You say yes, not yes but. You are into some action. Always do your best. You learn as much from failing as you do from succeeding. Finally, you need to celebrate every step along the way.
22. It takes discipline and tenacity to be happy.
23. To have a lot of discipline, you have to value yourself.
24. The more fun you have, the less stress you have.
25. It is possible to get rid of stress.
26. If you adopt the ha, ha, ha prescription, you will rediscover that everything in life has an undercurrent of humor.
27. I have had patients tell me that they were grateful of their cancer for helping them find their humor.

Contact Information for Dr. Kuhn:

• Laugh Doctor Enterprises, Inc.
  2550 Webb Road
  Simpsonville, KY 40067
• (502) 722-8733
• www.cliffordkuhn.com
• laffdr@cliffordkuhn.com

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