With all of the bad news going on all around us I thought it might be a good idea to share some funny things with you. Of course there is also a marketing lesson.
No one wants to do business with someone who is grumpy. You don't and your customers don't either. You may try to hide it (I'd hope) but your bad mood may come thru anyway. It is the same with your employees.
The mirror: Come into my office and you will see a make up mirror on everyone's desk; they are a good-looking bunch but the reason is that the way you look in the mirror is exactly how you sound on the phone.
Now here are some things to laugh about:
25 Lines to Make You Smile
1) My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God.
2) I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3) I work hard because millions on welfare depend on me!
4) Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
5) I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
6) Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.
7) You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
8) Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
9) Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
10) I'm not a complete idiot; some parts are missing.
11) Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
12) Nyquil: the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
13) The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
14) Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
15) Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
16) Being "over the hill" is much better than being under it!
17) Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up.
18) Procrastinate now!
19) I have a degree in liberal arts; do you want fries with that?
20) A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
21) A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance
22) Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
23) He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.
24) I smile because I don't know what is going on.
25) If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
Brian Sacks is the CEO of
