Laughing With Friends
“You’re the average of the five people you hang out with most.” I love that quote from Jack Canfield.
Who do I hang out with? Let me introduce you to five of my friends. We are disc (Frisbee) golf buddies. Once a week we tee off at 6:00 am and spend two hours walking the disc golf course set up in a public park. Here are our regular players:
Jim Jackson (Immediate Past President of Las Vegas Chapter National Speakers Assn)
Darren LaCroix (Winner 2001 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking)
Steve Pavlina (popular blogger, Personal Development For Smart People)
Bryant Pergerson (Finalist 2007 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking)
S Frank Stringham (Music Director of the Las Vegas Improvisation Players, appeared on the opening show of Season-One America’s Got Talent)
John Kinde (Little old me)
What does this group have in common…besides playing disc golf together? They all happen to be speakers, entertainers or bloggers. But more importantly, they all have a great sense of humor and are fun to hang out with.
We take the game seriously. We have spreadsheets with score averages and win/loss percentages. But our primary goal is exercise and fun.
We didn’t break any records this morning…unless you count a disc stuck on an awning with two water bottles. It wasn’t until Steve took off his belt, the closest thing we had to a rope, that a maintenance man came by with a golf cart and a rake to rescue us. Once the second water bottle got stuck, I think we broke the record for laughs.
People either lift you up or drag you down. Who do you hang out with? Do they make you feel good? Do they make you laugh? Do they whine and complain? Do you spend too much time with toxic people? Does your circle of friends need an extreme makeover?
What kind of a friend are you? Are you a magnet for positive thoughts? Do you gossip? Are you an asset in other people’s lives? Do you bring smiles to your friends? Do you need to change your own behavior?
Food for thought. You become the people you hang out with…and the people you hang out with become you!
May 13th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Yes a good sense of humor is important and that is one thing I am looking for when meeting new people. I am blessed with a wonderful and beautiful wife and we make sure we laugh every day!
And if you don’t have anyone to laugh with one day (hard to image but it happens) just stand in front of the mirror and laugh loudly for 5 minutes. It works wonder.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I’ve always said that people are like salad bars:
1. You take the stuff that’s good for you
2. You take the stuff that makes you happy
3. You leave the stuff you don’t like behind
I indulge in some people like I’m at a smorgasbord, and others, well, they should be shut down by the health department because they’re so toxic; and it’s true, you are what you eat.
May 28th, 2008 at 2:32 am
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August 21st, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Did you know you can even lose weight from laughing? It\’s true! A laugh a day reduces cortisol. Cortisol is the stress hormone that increases body weight!