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Laugh & Get Rich: How to Profit from Humor in Any Business

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A friend suggested I read "Laugh and Grow Rich". I put it aside for about a week before I got around to reading it, and then I couldn't put it down. My mind was buzzing with ideas for meetings. I thought of ways that we could take some of the author's ideas and make our work more enjoyable-for both us and the customers. The chapter on how a printer made it enjoyable for people to be on hold made me rethink what we are doing. This was just one of the practical ideas that came from my first reading. I found the easy conversational tone took me a while to get used to, then it was just right. I guess that the best review I can give is that I purchased a second copy to give to a good friend who is in Wendy's upper management. A good book that is easy to follow and will help any manager to run better meetings and to deal with customer's and employees in a more effective manner.

"Some people bring happiness wherever they go, some people whenever they go". These authors' unorthodox style of writing makes you feel that they are talking directly to you. When they discuss the "Funsucker" (somebody who sucks the fun out of everything) everyone can name a few acquaintances that fit into this category. A fast and fun read I learned from and enjoyed!

This book is chuck full of ideas on how to have a dramatic and instant impact on your customers and employees. I learned how to turn my employees into fanatics about our business and our customers. I also learned how to turn our customers into relentlessly loyal patrons who are eager to do business with us. The secret is humor and LaCroix and Segel explain how to use it to gain a competitive advantage in today's cutthroat business environment. I was so impressed by the concepts and strategies explained in this book (along with the helpful examples) that I ordered a copy of it for all of our managers. We are already seeing results in both attitudes and profits. This book truly inspired us to think outside the box - and we had more laughs in generating and implementing these new initiatives then we've had in a long time! "Laugh and Grow Rich" has certainly earned my recommendation, hands down.

Lighten up and laugh your way to the bank--Rick Segel and Darren LaCroix bring a much needed perspective to the business profesional and the companies they work for. Putting the human touch back in business with good humor is one way to be sure that internet speed can stay healthy when it comes to relationsips and organizations. I read Laugh and Grow Rich cover to cover in one sitting and am the better for it.

Jim Masciarelli Author of PowerSkills:Building Top-Level Relationships for Bottom-Line Results

Laugh and Grow Rich opened my eyes to an entirely new way to do business. In the past I tried hard to separte the fun from the business. This created a business atmosphere that was unpleaseant and more importantly unproductive. After reading this book my perspective changed. I took the tools that this book taught me and applied it to my business. Well the results are tremendous. I give my full endorsment of this book, and urge business people to read and trust this book. I know that it will change your business if you are open minded and ready to laugh.

Don't pass up this book! It is a tremendous resource for anyone in business or for H.R. department's use as a training tool. Humor is vital to good-living and the authors prove that it is essential to good business.Thank you, Darren and Rick, for this inspirational book!

I thought this book contained fresh and interesting ideas for creating a more creative, fun approach to the bottom line. The interviews with CEO's who apply these priciples proove that it is possible to have fun while making money. Every interview gave at least one great idea on how to improve customer relations or employee moral or just how to have fun at work! Anyone in H.R. or management should read this book and try just one idea. I keep this book on my desk as a reminder that fun is part of the bottom line.

Want to write a review on this book? Do it with humor! Want to talk about this book? Do it with humor. Don't think this is funny? Neither do I. That was an example of how the entire book reads. The description of this book led me to believe that I was getting a book like the great "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie, in that it would delve into the psychology of humor and how to effectively tickle the funny bone. Unfortunately the only thing this book does well is .... Nothing.

This is one of the most useless books I have ever read. I kept reading, hoping that I will learn something from it, to no avail. This book is definitely not worth the time or the money!

Read this instead of this book: Including humor in the workplace has many benefits.

That's really all this book has to offer. It refers to no studies on humor in the workplace. It's just these two salesman/authors telling you what humor can do. I guess we are just to take their word for it.

And when they do give advice it's horrible. Here's how they say to handle "funsuckers" who are just people who don't find them funny: "...second tell them that they are funsuckers...then, maybe they will avoid you. third, avoid them. then, buy a copy of this book for them... they will start to get the point." The other advice they give isn't any better than this.

And the book simply isn't funny in the least bit. I would hate to work with these people. If you find the jokes made inbetween video clips on america's funniest home videos to be absolutely hysterical than you might find these authors funny.