06.06.10
5 Ways Honesty Is Sexy
Sex sells, but honesty brings repeat customers. I thought about one of these blog posts that goes directly to my Facebook wall. I’ve written lots of stuff about humor research. Things like how the brain calms when we are laughing and appreciating humor. How our mental, physical and emotional health improve when we use our sense of humor. I’ve shared special events that my friends and colleagues are offering. Brilliant things! Outstanding research!
Zero comments.
Until I started talking about my day. And my impressions about events in my day.
Honestly.
It wasn’t pretty. They weren’t pleasant feelings I was sharing. In one blog post, I wrote about getting stitches taken out of my hand. Painful. Brutal.
But people related. Because I told the whole truth–even the bad-hair parts. People reacted because they, too, had experienced similar unpleasantries.
But usually no one transparences themselves to the point of publicly writing it down.
And so everyone suffers in silence. Needlessly. When there are many people who think, feel, react, the same way.
“Humor increases killer T-cells in the body,” gets no comments. While “I ran out of tea,” leads to a geyser of comments trickling down the wall of my Facebook page. Why? No one knows what killer T-cells are, and no one can see them.
Everybody has tea bags. They drink tea regularly. They have strong opinions about tea. Tea is real to them. Even if it’s bad news about (my) tea, people will jump in and commisserate with you!
It’s astounding to watch the honesty of humor at work.
What will you share today that’s honest? Join us on Facebook so everyone can comment on it!
I’ll be the first!
