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13. Make ’Em Laugh: How to Use Humor as a Secret Weapon in Your Communication

2020/6/22
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Matt Abrahams: 本期节目探讨了幽默在职场沟通中的作用，指出幽默可以提升沟通效率，建立联系，缓解紧张，提升个人地位，使信息更易被记住，但大多数人，尤其是在职业环境中，却很少使用幽默。 Jennifer Aaker: 许多人误解幽默的作用，认为它不严肃，不重要，甚至会分散注意力。但研究表明，领导者更喜欢有幽默感的员工，幽默可以提升自信，能力和地位，建立信任，尤其是在远程办公和信任危机日益严重的今天，幽默是建立信任的强大工具，因为它能促进大脑释放催产素，从而建立情感联系。有效的幽默和故事一样，都有目标，例如提升地位、建立联系或缓解紧张，好的幽默能够抓住注意力，并使内容更具参与性和记忆度。 Naomi Bagdonas: 幽默源于真实，而不是凭空捏造。寻找幽默素材的关键在于发现生活中的对比、不一致之处以及细节。在职场中，幽默的门槛很低，即使不是很有趣，只要更乐于表达笑声，就能带来积极改变。幽默的关键在于心态，即乐于接受幽默，积极寻找快乐。成功的沟通秘诀在于：发挥个人风格、关注自身状态、像普通人一样说话。 Jennifer Aaker: 幽默可以提升沟通效率，建立联系，缓解紧张，提升个人地位，使信息更易被记住。奥巴马总统在国情咨文中使用幽默的例子，说明了幽默可以提升演讲的参与度和记忆度。有效的幽默和故事一样，都有目标，例如提升地位、建立联系或缓解紧张。好的幽默能够抓住注意力，并使内容更具参与性和记忆度。 Naomi Bagdonas: 幽默源于真实，而不是凭空捏造。寻找幽默素材的关键在于发现生活中的对比、不一致之处以及细节。在职场中，幽默的门槛很低，即使不是很有趣，只要更乐于表达笑声，就能带来积极改变。幽默的关键在于心态，即乐于接受幽默，积极寻找快乐。成功的沟通秘诀在于：发挥个人风格、关注自身状态、像普通人一样说话。 Naomi Bagdonas: 她在工作中发现，幽默不仅能带来更多快乐和真实感，还能成为职业生涯中强大的工具。在远程办公和信任危机日益严重的当下，幽默是建立信任的强大工具，因为它能促进大脑释放催产素，从而建立情感联系。幽默源于真实，而不是凭空捏造。寻找幽默素材的关键在于发现生活中的对比、不一致之处以及细节。在职场中，幽默的门槛很低，即使不是很有趣，只要更乐于表达笑声，就能带来积极改变。幽默的关键在于心态，即乐于接受幽默，积极寻找快乐。成功的沟通秘诀在于：发挥个人风格、关注自身状态、像普通人一样说话。

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The episode introduces the concept of using humor in professional settings to enhance communication, build connections, and reduce tension.

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Humor does more than just make people laugh. It allows you to connect with your audience, diffuse tension, elevate status, and compel others to your point of view. Humor can also help you and your message stand out, yet most of us hesitate to use humor, especially in our professional lives.

In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Matt Abrahams) speaks with Stanford GSB Professor Jennifer Aaker and Lecturer Naomi Bagdonas about when and how humor operates in the work place. “Many believe that humor simply has no place amidst serious work,” Professor Aaker says. “Yet showing your sense of humor can make your peers and your friends attribute more perceptions of confidence and status to us while also cultivating a sense of trust.”

Aaker and Bagdonas are are the authors of Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life)*, *which comes out in October of this year.

Think Fast, Talk Smart)* is a podcast produced by Stanford Graduate School of Business and hosted by Matt Abrahams. Each episode provides concrete, easy-to-implement tools and techniques to help you hone and enhance your communication.*

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