Section 6 Learn to use humor to explain ridicule

Psychologists believe that humor is a comprehensive embodiment of people's personality, interests, abilities, and will, and is the condiment of language. With humor, anything can be said to be mellow and timeless and sweet. It is a magnet with a strong gravitational pull, and with humor, it can suck the scattered hearts into its magnetic field and make everyone's face bloom with joyful smiles.

When you are angry, humor will not only make others happy, but you will also be relieved because of your humor.

One day, Goethe went for a walk in the park and was confronted by a critic who had made sharp criticisms of his work, and this critic stood in front of Goethe and shouted: "I never give way to fools!" Goethe replied, "And I am the opposite!" As he spoke, he stepped aside with a smile on his face.

Goethe's humor avoided a pointless quarrel and at the same time removed his own irritation. In a sense, it not only got rid of an embarrassing and embarrassing situation for itself and stepped down, but at the same time it showed its own heart and strength.

Balzac wrote countless works in his lifetime, but he was often strapped for money and destitute. One night, while he was sleeping, a thief crawled into his room and fumbled around his desk, and Balzac was awakened, but instead of being angry and shouting, he quietly got up, lit the lamp, smiled calmly and said: "Don't flip it, dear." I can't find money in my desk during the day, and now it's dark, and you don't even want to find it! ”

Is your life so serious that you don't see the loveliness of it. Whenever your words and actions are too serious, remind yourself to be humorous. Why torture yourself with anger when laughing can make you so pleasant?

On a crowded bus, when the driver braked suddenly, a young man slammed into a girl, the girl misunderstood, thought that the young man was deliberately bad, and scolded: "Look at your virtue! The young man could not explain it in any way on that occasion, but he was clever and said aloud: "Girl, you are wrong, this is not my virtue, it is the inertia of the car." ”

The whole car burst into laughter, relieving the tense atmosphere in the car. The clever young man explained what was happening in front of him in humorous language, which not only freed himself from embarrassment, but also made the girl understand the truth, avoided an unexpected misunderstanding, and fulfilled the girl's face.

In life, we often encounter other people's shortcomings, and the best way to deal with others' "shortcomings" is to be quick and wise, and have a sense of humor. Humorously reciprocating is also a way to deal with those who "expose shortcomings".

A writer has just published a novel, and the praise has risen. Another writer was unimpressed, and ran to him and asked, "This book is not bad, who wrote it for you?" He replied, "Oh, thank you for the compliment, but who read it for you?" ”

It is inevitable that anyone will be unhappy when they are insulted in public, but this young man has used humor to resolve this unhappiness and won people's respect. This is an insight into the world, subtle and witty, subtle and profound, this is a kind of witty handling of complex problems, can prevent bad emotions from being induced under the stimulation of the other party with amazing self-control, so that the confrontation between the two sides can be alleviated, it is a good way for people to resolve unhappiness.

In interpersonal relationships, if we encounter embarrassment from others, we can also use wit to resolve the unhappiness, which not only saves our dignity for ourselves, but also gives the other party a step.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was giving a speech when a young man handed him a note. Lincoln opened it and saw that there was only one word on it: "Stupid." A trace of displeasure passed through Lincoln's face, but he quickly regained his composure, and said to everyone with a smile: "President Ben has received many anonymous letters, all of which are only in the text, and the name of the person who wrote the letter is missing, and today it is the opposite, just now this gentleman only signed his own name, but forgot to write the text." ”

Lincoln did not get angry in the face of such "humiliation", and expanded the matter, not only showing his wisdom, shrewdness and open-mindedness, but also secretly "teaching" the young man.

Looking at those successful people, they are all open-minded and open-minded, they will not be careful, complaining and accusing,-for-tat, and angry because of small things, but they have an easy-going attitude in everything and resolve the contradictions easily. Not fighting according to reason is not cowardice and swallowing anger, but it reflects a person's connotation and cultivation, and turning hostility into jade silk represents wisdom and is also a manifestation of ability.

Humor can make people excited, can make people excited, make people full of vitality and hope, humor can turn sorrow into joy, let embarrassment be replaced by nature. Humor is also the lubricant for people to communicate with each other and resolve conflicts. Using humor well can reduce the friction that occurs in people's interactions, make people's interpersonal relationships more harmonious, and thus increase your affinity.

When encountering something that makes us unhappy, we must learn to give up complaining and blaming, not asking for full blame, and consider whether we can solve it with humor, so as to achieve a satisfactory result of turning hostility into peace.

It is impossible for one to be angry and laugh at the same time, anger and laughter are mutually exclusive, and you have the right to choose either of them. You can laugh to repel anger, make yourself feel good, make others laugh, and observe the colorful real life in laughter, which is the best way to eliminate anger.