WEBVTT 00:00:05.906 --> 00:00:07.864 >>> THIS MORNING IN LIFE LESSONS 00:00:07.875 --> 00:00:10.300 >>> THIS MORNING IN LIFE LESSONS WE’RE EXPLORING WAYS TO ADD MORE 00:00:10.311 --> 00:00:12.312 WE’RE EXPLORING WAYS TO ADD MORE HUMOR TO OUR DAILY LIVES AND NOT 00:00:12.313 --> 00:00:13.713 HUMOR TO OUR DAILY LIVES AND NOT TAKE OURSELVES SO SERIOUSLY. 00:00:13.714 --> 00:00:15.538 TAKE OURSELVES SO SERIOUSLY. NOT THAT WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM 00:00:15.549 --> 00:00:15.815 NOT THAT WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM HERE. 00:00:15.816 --> 00:00:18.184 HERE. PAUL OSINCUP IS A COMEDIAN, THE 00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:21.521 PAUL OSINCUP IS A COMEDIAN, THE AUTHOR OF "THE HUMOR HABIT: 00:00:21.522 --> 00:00:23.723 AUTHOR OF "THE HUMOR HABIT: REWIRE YOUR BRAIN TO STRESS 00:00:23.724 --> 00:00:27.584 REWIRE YOUR BRAIN TO STRESS LESS, LAUGH MORE, AND ACHIEVE 00:00:27.595 --> 00:00:28.552 LESS, LAUGH MORE, AND ACHIEVE MORE ROAR." 00:00:28.563 --> 00:00:29.319 MORE ROAR." >> GREAT TO BE HERE. 00:00:29.330 --> 00:00:30.764 >> GREAT TO BE HERE. >> SO YOU WRITE ABOUT THIS 00:00:30.798 --> 00:00:33.857 >> SO YOU WRITE ABOUT THIS CONCEPT -- I WANT TO GET THIS 00:00:33.868 --> 00:00:35.426 CONCEPT -- I WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT, CALLED CHRONIC 00:00:35.437 --> 00:00:35.835 RIGHT, CALLED CHRONIC SERIOUSNESS. 00:00:35.837 --> 00:00:37.137 SERIOUSNESS. WHAT IS CHRONIC SERIOUSNESS AND 00:00:37.138 --> 00:00:38.538 WHAT IS CHRONIC SERIOUSNESS AND WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? 00:00:38.539 --> 00:00:42.475 WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? >> WELL, GALLOP’S WORLD HEALTH 00:00:42.510 --> 00:00:44.401 >> WELL, GALLOP’S WORLD HEALTH REPORT SAID WE START LOSING THE 00:00:44.412 --> 00:00:46.103 REPORT SAID WE START LOSING THE AMOUNT THAT WE LAUGH ONCE WE HIT 00:00:46.114 --> 00:00:48.072 AMOUNT THAT WE LAUGH ONCE WE HIT AGE 23 AND WE DON’T START 00:00:48.083 --> 00:00:49.182 AGE 23 AND WE DON’T START GAINING THOSE LAUGHS BACK UNTIL 00:00:49.217 --> 00:00:50.517 GAINING THOSE LAUGHS BACK UNTIL WE’RE NEARLY 80. 00:00:50.518 --> 00:00:52.976 WE’RE NEARLY 80. SO IT’S LIKE 60 YEARS OF CHRONIC 00:00:52.987 --> 00:00:54.021 SO IT’S LIKE 60 YEARS OF CHRONIC SERIOUSNESS AND YOU’LL START TO 00:00:54.055 --> 00:00:55.546 SERIOUSNESS AND YOU’LL START TO NOTICE AGE 23 IS ABOUT THE TIME 00:00:55.557 --> 00:00:57.958 NOTICE AGE 23 IS ABOUT THE TIME WE ENTER THE WORKFORCE. 00:00:57.959 --> 00:00:58.682 WE ENTER THE WORKFORCE. AND SO THAT’S WHEN IT’S LIKE, I 00:00:58.693 --> 00:01:00.761 AND SO THAT’S WHEN IT’S LIKE, I HAVE TO BUCKLE DOWN AND MY JOB 00:01:00.762 --> 00:01:01.996 HAVE TO BUCKLE DOWN AND MY JOB IS ALL SERIOUS. 00:01:02.030 --> 00:01:03.554 IS ALL SERIOUS. YOU NOTICE IN THE WAY WE TALK 00:01:03.565 --> 00:01:05.766 YOU NOTICE IN THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT WORK GETS SUPER INTENSE, I 00:01:05.767 --> 00:01:07.334 ABOUT WORK GETS SUPER INTENSE, I HAVE TO JUMP ON A CALL. 00:01:07.335 --> 00:01:09.092 HAVE TO JUMP ON A CALL. I HAVE A HARD STOP. 00:01:09.103 --> 00:01:10.804 I HAVE A HARD STOP. SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE’LL 00:01:10.839 --> 00:01:11.495 SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE’LL HAMMER OUT DETAILS. 00:01:11.506 --> 00:01:13.240 HAMMER OUT DETAILS. A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR, RUN 00:01:13.274 --> 00:01:15.398 A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR, RUN IT UP THE FLAGPOLE, TAKE A DEEP 00:01:15.409 --> 00:01:16.711 IT UP THE FLAGPOLE, TAKE A DEEP DIVE, KEEP GRINDING, HUSTLING, 00:01:16.745 --> 00:01:18.746 DIVE, KEEP GRINDING, HUSTLING, KILLING IT AND WE’LL ALL CIRCLE 00:01:18.747 --> 00:01:20.171 KILLING IT AND WE’LL ALL CIRCLE BACK WHILE WE ZOOM! 00:01:20.182 --> 00:01:21.505 BACK WHILE WE ZOOM! THAT’S THE SYMPTOM. 00:01:21.516 --> 00:01:22.416 THAT’S THE SYMPTOM. IT’S INTENSE. 00:01:22.450 --> 00:01:27.454 IT’S INTENSE. SO I WOULD SAY ONE WAY THAT WE 00:01:27.455 --> 00:01:28.612 SO I WOULD SAY ONE WAY THAT WE CAN COMBAT THAT IS WITH OUR 00:01:28.623 --> 00:01:29.590 CAN COMBAT THAT IS WITH OUR SENSE OF HUMOR. 00:01:29.591 --> 00:01:31.025 SENSE OF HUMOR. PEOPLE WHO DO THAT ARE HAPPIER, 00:01:31.059 --> 00:01:32.750 PEOPLE WHO DO THAT ARE HAPPIER, MORE RESILIENT AND ENJOY THEIR 00:01:32.761 --> 00:01:33.551 MORE RESILIENT AND ENJOY THEIR JOBS MORE. 00:01:33.562 --> 00:01:35.887 JOBS MORE. >> WHAT ARE SOME REALISTIC WAYS 00:01:35.898 --> 00:01:37.297 >> WHAT ARE SOME REALISTIC WAYS WE CAN INJECT HUMOR? 00:01:37.299 --> 00:01:40.424 WE CAN INJECT HUMOR? IF WE DON’T HAVE AN AL ROKER 00:01:40.435 --> 00:01:41.869 IF WE DON’T HAVE AN AL ROKER WITH US AT ALL TIMES, WHAT CAN 00:01:41.903 --> 00:01:42.626 WITH US AT ALL TIMES, WHAT CAN WE DO THAT’S POSSIBLE? 00:01:42.637 --> 00:01:44.672 WE DO THAT’S POSSIBLE? >> DESPITE THE POCKET AL, WHICH 00:01:44.706 --> 00:01:46.807 >> DESPITE THE POCKET AL, WHICH PEOPLE SAY IS A NORMAL SIZED 00:01:46.808 --> 00:01:47.131 PEOPLE SAY IS A NORMAL SIZED AL -- 00:01:47.142 --> 00:01:49.243 AL -- >> THAT’S A LITTLE AWKWARD NOW. 00:01:49.277 --> 00:01:51.502 >> THAT’S A LITTLE AWKWARD NOW. YOU MIGHT WANT TO BACK OFF THAT. 00:01:51.513 --> 00:01:53.537 YOU MIGHT WANT TO BACK OFF THAT. >> BUT YOU COULD TRY A COMEDY 00:01:53.548 --> 00:01:53.848 >> BUT YOU COULD TRY A COMEDY CHASER. 00:01:53.882 --> 00:01:55.539 CHASER. SO WHATEVER YOUR SCREEN TIME 00:01:55.550 --> 00:01:58.486 SO WHATEVER YOUR SCREEN TIME HABITS ARE AT THE END OF THE DAY 00:01:58.520 --> 00:01:59.620 HABITS ARE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU’RE DOOM SCROLLING OR 00:01:59.621 --> 00:02:00.511 WHEN YOU’RE DOOM SCROLLING OR WATCHING YOUR TRUE CRIME 00:02:00.522 --> 00:02:01.412 WATCHING YOUR TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY -- 00:02:01.423 --> 00:02:02.790 DOCUMENTARY -- >> WE LIKE TRUE CRIME AROUND 00:02:02.791 --> 00:02:03.090 >> WE LIKE TRUE CRIME AROUND HERE. 00:02:03.091 --> 00:02:04.548 HERE. >> WATCH IT BUT THEN JUST CHASE 00:02:04.559 --> 00:02:05.626 >> WATCH IT BUT THEN JUST CHASE IT WITH SOMETHING FUNNY. 00:02:05.627 --> 00:02:09.520 IT WITH SOMETHING FUNNY. A FEW FUNNY TIKTOKS, SOMETHING 00:02:09.531 --> 00:02:10.998 A FEW FUNNY TIKTOKS, SOMETHING SHORT, "SNL" VIDEO, SOMETHING 00:02:11.033 --> 00:02:11.599 SHORT, "SNL" VIDEO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 00:02:11.600 --> 00:02:13.024 LIKE THAT. WHAT YOU’RE DOING IS REPLACING 00:02:13.035 --> 00:02:14.702 WHAT YOU’RE DOING IS REPLACING THOSE STRESS-INDUCING CHEMICALS 00:02:14.703 --> 00:02:16.294 THOSE STRESS-INDUCING CHEMICALS WITH STRESS-REDUCING CHEMICALS 00:02:16.305 --> 00:02:17.462 WITH STRESS-REDUCING CHEMICALS BEFORE GOING TO BED OR GOING 00:02:17.473 --> 00:02:19.273 BEFORE GOING TO BED OR GOING INTO WORK OR WHATEVER. 00:02:19.308 --> 00:02:21.099 INTO WORK OR WHATEVER. ANOTHER KIND OF COOL THING IS WE 00:02:21.110 --> 00:02:23.068 ANOTHER KIND OF COOL THING IS WE KNOW THAT CALMING MANTRAS WORK, 00:02:23.079 --> 00:02:24.636 KNOW THAT CALMING MANTRAS WORK, BUT A LOT OF US CAN’T TAKE OUR 00:02:24.647 --> 00:02:27.338 BUT A LOT OF US CAN’T TAKE OUR SELVES SERIOUSLY SITTING THERE 00:02:27.349 --> 00:02:28.749 SELVES SERIOUSLY SITTING THERE SERIOUSLY GOING, I AM NOT 00:02:28.751 --> 00:02:29.084 SERIOUSLY GOING, I AM NOT ANXIOUS. 00:02:29.118 --> 00:02:29.641 ANXIOUS. I AM CALM. 00:02:29.652 --> 00:02:32.053 I AM CALM. IF YOU CAN’T TAKE YOURSELF 00:02:32.054 --> 00:02:32.720 IF YOU CAN’T TAKE YOURSELF SERIOUSLY, THEN DON’T. 00:02:32.721 --> 00:02:34.021 SERIOUSLY, THEN DON’T. THERE ARE NO RULES TO BEING AN 00:02:34.023 --> 00:02:35.447 THERE ARE NO RULES TO BEING AN ADULT, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER. 00:02:35.458 --> 00:02:38.316 ADULT, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER. YOU CAN DO A FUNNY VOICE-OVER 00:02:38.327 --> 00:02:39.951 YOU CAN DO A FUNNY VOICE-OVER FOR YOUR MANTRA. 00:02:39.962 --> 00:02:41.329 FOR YOUR MANTRA. HOW WOULD JIM CARREY DO HIS 00:02:41.330 --> 00:02:41.653 HOW WOULD JIM CARREY DO HIS MANTRA. 00:02:41.664 --> 00:02:42.664 MANTRA. I AM NOT ANGRY. 00:02:42.665 --> 00:02:45.790 I AM NOT ANGRY. I AM CALM. 00:02:45.801 --> 00:02:46.167 I AM CALM. WHATEVER. 00:02:46.168 --> 00:02:47.959 WHATEVER. OR PICTURE A FUNNY VOICE IN YOUR 00:02:47.970 --> 00:02:53.808 OR PICTURE A FUNNY VOICE IN YOUR HEAD LIKE ELMO. 00:02:53.843 --> 00:02:56.101 HEAD LIKE ELMO. >> HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU’RE 00:02:56.112 --> 00:02:58.112 >> HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU’RE READING THE ROOM CORRECTLY WHEN 00:02:58.147 --> 00:02:59.571 READING THE ROOM CORRECTLY WHEN HUMOR MIGHT NOT BE THE 00:02:59.582 --> 00:03:01.173 HUMOR MIGHT NOT BE THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO, NOT 00:03:01.184 --> 00:03:03.007 APPROPRIATE THING TO DO, NOT BEING GUILTY OF THAT? 00:03:03.018 --> 00:03:04.285 BEING GUILTY OF THAT? >> YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION IS 00:03:04.286 --> 00:03:06.487 >> YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION IS PRETTY IRONIC. 00:03:06.489 --> 00:03:06.888 PRETTY IRONIC. PRETTY RICH. 00:03:06.889 --> 00:03:08.580 PRETTY RICH. >> AL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A 00:03:08.591 --> 00:03:09.558 >> AL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A PERSONAL QUESTION, BUT I WOULD 00:03:09.592 --> 00:03:10.749 PERSONAL QUESTION, BUT I WOULD SAY START WITH YOURSELF. 00:03:10.760 --> 00:03:12.861 SAY START WITH YOURSELF. HUMOR AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE OR 00:03:12.862 --> 00:03:14.619 HUMOR AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE OR HUMOR ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES 00:03:14.630 --> 00:03:15.997 HUMOR ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES IS ALWAYS THE SAFEST WAY TO GO 00:03:15.998 --> 00:03:17.832 IS ALWAYS THE SAFEST WAY TO GO OR THEN HUMOR ABOUT SHARED 00:03:17.867 --> 00:03:19.067 OR THEN HUMOR ABOUT SHARED EXPERIENCES, MAYBE THINGS THAT 00:03:19.068 --> 00:03:20.025 EXPERIENCES, MAYBE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WHILE WE WORK 00:03:20.036 --> 00:03:21.302 ARE HAPPENING WHILE WE WORK TOGETHER, THAT KIND OF STUFF. 00:03:21.304 --> 00:03:22.638 TOGETHER, THAT KIND OF STUFF. WHEN YOU INCUR THE MOST AMOUNT 00:03:22.672 --> 00:03:24.129 WHEN YOU INCUR THE MOST AMOUNT OF RISK AND WHEN YOU NEED TO BE 00:03:24.140 --> 00:03:25.974 OF RISK AND WHEN YOU NEED TO BE THE MOST EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF 00:03:26.008 --> 00:03:29.110 THE MOST EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF USING HUMOR IS WHEN WE TRY TO 00:03:29.111 --> 00:03:31.879 USING HUMOR IS WHEN WE TRY TO FIND MOR IN OTHER PEOPLE’S 00:03:31.881 --> 00:03:32.280 FIND MOR IN OTHER PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES. 00:03:32.281 --> 00:03:33.414 EXPERIENCES. >> SELF-DEPRECATION. 00:03:33.416 --> 00:03:34.039 >> SELF-DEPRECATION. >> REALLY. 00:03:34.050 --> 00:03:35.316 >> REALLY. >> THE THREE FUNNY THINGS, 00:03:35.318 --> 00:03:38.210 >> THE THREE FUNNY THINGS, REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO GET TO 00:03:38.221 --> 00:03:39.188 REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO GET TO THESE. 00:03:39.222 --> 00:03:40.522 THESE. >> SO THERE’S A GREAT 00:03:40.523 --> 00:03:41.890 >> SO THERE’S A GREAT INTERVENTION YOU CAN DO. 00:03:41.891 --> 00:03:43.215 INTERVENTION YOU CAN DO. AND VIEWERS AT HOME, YOU CAN 00:03:43.226 --> 00:03:44.550 AND VIEWERS AT HOME, YOU CAN START DOING THIS TODAY. 00:03:44.561 --> 00:03:45.827 START DOING THIS TODAY. SEVEN-DAY CHALLENGE. 00:03:45.828 --> 00:03:47.362 SEVEN-DAY CHALLENGE. THINK OF EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 00:03:47.397 --> 00:03:48.287 THINK OF EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS THREE THINGS YOU 00:03:48.298 --> 00:03:50.189 SEVEN DAYS THREE THINGS YOU FOUND FUNNY OR AMUSING AND WRITE 00:03:50.200 --> 00:03:50.598 FOUND FUNNY OR AMUSING AND WRITE THEM DOWN. 00:03:50.600 --> 00:03:51.657 THEM DOWN. >> OKAY. 00:03:51.668 --> 00:03:53.525 >> OKAY. >> PEOPLE WHO DID THIS JUST FOR 00:03:53.536 --> 00:03:55.370 >> PEOPLE WHO DID THIS JUST FOR ONE WEEK INCREASED THEIR OVERALL 00:03:55.405 --> 00:03:57.263 ONE WEEK INCREASED THEIR OVERALL HAPPINESS AND DECREASED 00:03:57.274 --> 00:03:58.907 HAPPINESS AND DECREASED DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS UP TO SIX 00:03:58.942 --> 00:04:00.266 DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS UP TO SIX MONTHS, IT’S REWIRING THINGS TO 00:04:00.277 --> 00:04:03.212 MONTHS, IT’S REWIRING THINGS TO LOOK FOR FUNNY STUFF AND START 00:04:03.246 --> 00:04:05.771 LOOK FOR FUNNY STUFF AND START PRIORITIZING THE LEVITY IN LIFE 00:04:05.782 --> 00:04:07.282 PRIORITIZING THE LEVITY IN LIFE INSTEAD OF THE GRAVITY. 00:04:07.317 --> 00:04:08.150 INSTEAD OF THE GRAVITY. >> MAKE THAT TRIP FROM MONTANA