Ethics, Communications and Humor

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1 Ethics, Communications and Humor PO Box Atlanta, GA

2 Balancing Your Life With Humor for Court Reporters Silly Bingo Directions: Find someone who has! Get their name and company then tell them yours. Then have them initial appropriate box. Only one box per person.. Five boxes in a row wins 1st prize. 2nd prize for most signed boxes. You can t sign any boxes on your own sheet. Yell out when you have it. Traveled the farthest to get here. Works with a difficult person. In the middle of a dep and realized they drank too much coffee. Ever argued with spouse over the amount of work you have to do. Has three or more addresses. Lost a transcript. Has been acused of being a difficult person. Had a bad experience using humor. Started telling a joke but forgot the punch line. Has been reporting the longest. Saw a lawyer fall asleep at a deposition. Able to find joy in most situations. FREE FREE Forgot their machine! Gone to the wrong location to take a deposition. Has ever used humor to relieve a tense situation. Had to leave a vacation early to finish a deposition. Has ever owned a pair of Groucho glasses. Has more than three kids. Considers their life to be in perfect balance. Has streaked. Ever smiled or laughed. Lost all data on hard drive with no back-up. Doesn t live in Texas. Has attended three or more Jeff Justice Seminars programs. Jeff Justice Corporate Comedy

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4 Comebacks We spent all weekend transcribing the deposition, what do you mean you don t need it until next week? Exercise: Attacks and Comebacks List three common attacks that you are on the receiving end of. These can be from work or home. Write a humorous response that you could use to deflect its sting. Attack Comeback

5 SEVEN Instant Stress Busters STRESS BUSTERS! 1. The Bart Simpson Maneuver. 2. Reframing. 3. Don t tighten up, lighten up. Flow Changers. 4. Internal Humor. 5. Take a humor break. 6. Worst day of your life game. 7. Joke hotline. TWENTY Stress Reducers: 1. Laugh at yourself. 2. Realize that most events and situations in our personal and business lives will fall somewhere on a continuum between very positive and very negative. Find your balance. 3. Do some stretching and breathing exercises every few hours. 4. Keep a fun folder. 5. Give yourself permission to do one thing imperfect each day. 6. Make a list of things that you enjoy and do one of them each day. 7. Organize a humor library at work. 8. Put up a humor bulletin board. 9. Put a joke of the day on electronic mail. 10. Get the Far Side daily calendar on computer. 11. Perform a random act of kindness every day. 12. At a toll booth, pay for the person behind you. 13. Hold the door or elevator for someone who doesn t expect it. 14 Wave to a cop directing traffic. 15. Next time you re in a stressful meeting suggest each person tell a story or joke. 16. Do the unexpected. 17. Look for the humor no matter how stressful the situation. 18. Give up the misguided belief that professionalism equals seriousness or solemnity. Take your work seriously and yourself lightly. 19. Exercise three times a week. 20. Smile! Laugh! Enjoy!

6 Write your own Eulogy In this exercise you ll write your own eulogy. Imagine you re resting in peace, with your loved ones gathered around and your eulogy is being read. What will be said about you? It can include: How your family and friends felt about you. What type of parent, child, spouse, sibling you were. The effect you ve had on lives of others.how you made a difference. Charitable acts. Business success. Personal success. The activities and things that brought you happiness. These are just some ideas. Don t let them limit you. Jeff Justice Corporate Comedy

7 Create Your Own Captions Create at least one humorous caption for each of the four cartoons. Make the caption relate to some aspect of work. It doesn t have to be hysterically funny, just humorous. Jeff Justice Seminars P.O. Box Atlanta, GA Jeff@JeffJustice.com

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