It is essential in business to relieve tension. Tension can crop up in many ways. It might show itself in the sales process, or in delivering a product or solution. It might even occur if you have not been paying attention to a valued client, or customer.

Relieving tension can also be relieved several ways, and the one that I want to reference now is laughter! How does laughter relax us?

Laughter ends up being our sixth sense. The “sense of humor.”
 Laughter has the tendency to “dissolve” things like tension, objections, and the types of emotions that weigh us down. Even the Bible talks about laughter being “better than medicine.” It takes us back to childhood, where the weight of the world was not resting on our shoulders.

According to science, laughter helps to integrate both hemispheres of the brain. You can use laughter to help the analytic get in touch with their creative, and vice-versa.

I an not advocating that you learn a stand-up routine, especially if that is not your strong suit. Make it a point to be on the lookout for the “sublime” elements in life, and be ready to share those. Some of the funniest things in life are derived from the mundane.