Virtual Moment of Joy - June 2010


What is Happiness Is...

We are an innovative company that believes you can work hard, be productive and make money while having fun, being kind and making a positive difference in the world. Our very name highlights happiness. We offer you many powerful tools for positive living to help you achieve your goals and dreams, a stress-free life, balance, productivity, fulfilling work, self-care and laughter. One aspect of our company cheerfully focuses on laughter as a stress-reliever, employee morale-booster and team-builder and humor as a tool and ice-breaker. We'd love to give you a warm welcome at:
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PROMOS OF THE MOMENT

Happiness Is... now has its own professional studio with top-notch recording equipment. KC is a trained voice artist and can record customized voice-overs for anyone, anywhere in the world. Everything from Radio and TV commercials, website trainings, audio books, promos, computer avantars, voice mail, answering systems and lots more! If you need to promote your business in a snazzy new way, give us a call or check out our new site www.SunshineVoices.com

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PRESENTATIONS OF THE MOMENT

The Happiness Is… staff will travel to your company site, group meeting, luncheon, conference, or your staff or board retreat if you are looking for a dynamic speaker, powerful business tools or light-hearted presentation. We have a versatile, flexible, enthusiastic and unique team of professionals to provide you with customized presentations, programs or seminars to fit your meeting goals. Contact the headquarters today at (603) 642-7871 or kc@coachingfortopleaders.com


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WELCOME!

Greetings Fabulous Friends, Wonderful Clients, Readers, Supporters, and a Warm Welcome to our new subscribers from all over the world! Thanks for joining us to focus on humor, laughter, joy and personal development if even for a moment. We appreciate your calls and emails and sending in those jokes, cartoons, puns and stories. I am delighted when you fill me in on your progress and your dreams. Let me know how I can support you! How can I assist you in reducing your stress? To grow your business? Juggle your hectic life? Achieve your goals? We have a lot of expertise and resources here…please let me know! If you are new, I’d love to hear from you. And if I haven’t heard from you in awhile, don’t be a stranger; connect with me and let me know how you are. All of us at Happiness Is… care about you. Here’s to positive living, no matter where you live!

Happy June and a Sensational Summer to all,

 KC Christensen-Lang
President, Happiness Is…

"Hey there: They often say ‘It is lonely at the top.’ As the CEO, it was difficult to find someone trustworthy to talk with, discuss confidential issues, kick ideas around or even work on my skills and confidence…that is until I hired you as my Executive Coach. What a difference it has made in the way I do things in the company and in my stress level. Thanks KC.” B.W. - New York

“KC: As the mother of little ones under five, I run from here and there and have felt that life gets overwhelming at times. Thanks for the tips and the tremendous support.” - Tired Mom, New Hampshire
It’s that time of year…finals, proms, last day of school, graduation ceremonies. WHEW! Here’s me with my two beloved sons, Cody (left in the cap and gown) and his brother Kye. WOW! Seems like not so long ago they were coloring with crayons, reading stories on my lap and playing with legos! Where did the time go?! Now just one more son before he’s a teen with all the ups and downs, but not for a number of years. The third little guy still thinks I’m a cool Mom. Hah. To all of you with high school or college graduates in your life; CONGRATULATIONS!
As Steve Jobs, genius CEO of famed companies Apple Computer & Pixar shared this profound observation with Stanford University graduates during his commencement address awhile back. It is important to remember and bears repeating so it sinks in, “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

Let's kick off Summer together, shall we?! With a lively FR*EE Business or Life Coaching session or PR Consultation phone session to focus on YOU! Aren’t you worth the time! Of course you are. We’ll focus on anything you’d like to take action on, compliments of little ol' me! Contact me today and let me know you want the Subscriber Special! Happiness Is... Headquarters: (603) 642-7871 or kc@coachingfortopleaders.com

"Laughter is my favorite exercise." Unknown
May was an important month to any laughter lover…World Laughter Day...where everyone all over the world laughed on exactly the same day. I started the very first one in the state of Maine...it is great fun and its founder, Dr. Madan Kataria of India believes that World Peace can be achieved through Laughter. What a great concept, huh? Just because it’s June doesn’t mean you can’t encourage laughter in your own little world! And send in any other fun “holidays” ya hear about!
This cute photo gives new meaning to the phrase...FLOWER BED! :)
Over the years women gain weight because they accumulate so much information and wisdom in their heads. When their brains are packed and there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of their bodies. So women aren't heavy, they are enormously cultured, educated and happy. Beginning today, when a woman looks at her butt in the mirror she should say to herself, "Good grief, look how smart I am!"
A study of sanity claims that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
TIME HONORED TRUTHS OF THE MOMENT
Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

The older you get, the better you realize you were.

I doubt, therefore I might be.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Women like silent men, they think they're listening. 
These are real notes written from parents in a Mississippi School District. (Spellings have been left intact.)

My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.

Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.

Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33

Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days.Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.

Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.

Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday.
I accompanied my husband to get a haircut. While flipping through a magazine I found a hairstyle that would look good on me. I asked the receptionist if I could take the magazine next door to make a copy of the hairstyle photo.

"Well, okay," she replied, "but leave some ID--a driver's license or credit card."

"But my husband is here getting his hair cut," I explained.

"Yeah... but we need something you'll come back for."
FABLE OF THE MOMENT

A little turtle begins to climb a tree slowly. After long hours of effort, he reaches the top, jumps into the air waving his front legs, until he crashes heavily into the ground with a hard knock on his shell.

After recovering his consciousness, he starts to climb the tree again, jumps again, and knocks the ground heavily again.

The little turtle persisted again and again while a couple of birds sitting at the edge of a branch, watched the turtle with pain. Suddenly the female bird says to the male,

"Dear, I think it's time to tell our little turtle he is adopted."
BEST COMMUNICATION TOOL OF THE MOMENT

As a PR Consultant and Publicist, I just LOVE this PR/relationship building tool that I have added to my company’s smart ways of doing business and suggested to my PR clients. Anything that I find that is cool, I share with my beloved subscribers. I’m having a blast sending out cards and gifts to my clients, colleagues and friends. It is the only communication system like it in the world, plus I save tons of time and money. (and they also offer you residual income and commission too if you want, so some folks I know use it as a fun and lucrative PT or full-time business!) Where else can you choose a beautiful card at your convenience, write what you want, include photos to personalize it, click send and have someone check address, stuff envelope, stamp and mail it for ya? AWESOME! Here are some recent rave reviews:

“Hi KC: What a nice surprise I found when I returned to the office this morning! I loved your card and immediately devoured one of the brownies, despite the calorie content. It’s gratifying to be appreciated, as you well know. I very much enjoy working with you. Many thanks, Your tubby financial advisor”

 “Hi KC: Thanks for the great card. Really nice of you too! Great idea – meant to check out the website on the back….is that through your company? Very cool." Gayle P.Gap Promotions

“That was the cutest gift/card ever! I don’t know how you come up with these things. Thanks for your kindness…and the brownies are awesome!” – T.B.

As you can imagine, the marketing potential for your business is huge. Plus it feels great to give. If you want to send a FRE*E card to anyone ya want, use my complimentary gift account at: www.sendoutcards.com/happykc 
or call/email me and we’ll walk through it together. Have FUN!
Two gas men were out checking meters in a residential neighborhood one day. They parked the truck at the end of the street and worked their way up the street. At the last house, a woman watched from her kitchen window as they checked her meter.

Finally finishing their work, the older man, a supervisor, challenged the younger man, his trainee, to a race back to their truck, wanting to prove that an older man could still beat a younger man.

They raced back to the truck, with the supervisor holding a lead, when they noticed that the woman from the last house was racing up behind them. They stopped until she caught up and asked what was wrong.

As she gasped for breath, she said, "When I saw you two gas men running as hard as you could, I figured I'd better run too!"
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people
remembering the same thing!
A classy gentleman in his mid-nineties, very well dressed, hair groomed, great looking suit, flower in his lapel, smelling of a good aftershave, walks into an upscale cocktail lounge.

Seated at the bar is an lovely elderly women in her mid-eighties. The senior gentleman hobbles confidently over to the bar, sits next to her, orders a drink, takes a sip, turns and says, "So tell me, do I come here often?" 
VALUABLE MAIL OF THE MOMENT
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Two antennas meet on a roof, fall in love and get married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they already know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars; but have to check when you say the paint is still wet?

Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
The staff at the office was hosting a festive farewell luncheon for a retiring colleague. As they prepared to go to the restaurant, they discovered that the giant rainbow balloon they purchased for the retiring 'guest of honor' wouldn't fit in the car. Determined to bring it to the party, they held the bright balloon out the window as they drove.

However they weren't prepared for the glares and dirty looks they were getting from pedestrians and adjoining cars at every intersection. As the long line of traffic in front of their vehicle began to turn, they discovered that their car was right behind a long solemn funeral procession.

There was really nothing they could do but grip their huge gaudy balloon flapping merrily in the breeze with its large farewell message:

"GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
 
Golf Joke Of The Moment
A young avid golfer had a few hours to spare one afternoon. If he hurried and played very fast, he could get in nine holes before he had to head home. Just as he was about to tee off, an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if he could accompany the young man. Not being able to say no, he allowed the elderly gent to join him.

To his surprise the old man played fairly quickly. He didn't hit the ball far, but plodded along consistently without wasting much time. Finally, they reached the 9th fairway and the young golfer found himself with a tough shot. There was a large pine tree right in front of him, directly between his ball and the green.

After several minutes of debating how to hit the shot, the old man finally said, "You know, when I was your age I'd hit the ball right over that tree."

With that challenge urging him on, the youngster swung hard, hit the ball up, right smack into the top of the tree trunk! The young man grimaced as it thudded back on the ground not a foot from where it had originally lay.

The old man smiled when he commented, "Of course, when I was your age that pine tree was only three feet tall."
BP Oil Spill Spoof OF THE MOMENT
Our hearts go out to the folks on the gulf as their way of life, beautiful environment is damaged and wildlife suffer. The response of BP, the company responsible for this disaster was sadly lacking and this youtube video reflects how ridiculous they looked:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM
INTERVIEW OF THE MOMENT
Employer: "In this job we need someone who is responsible."

Applicant: "Then I'm the one you want. On my last job, every time anything went wrong, they said I was responsible."
HIGH COLLEGE COSTS OF THE MOMENT
Did you hear about the banker who was recently arrested for embezzling $100,000 to pay for his daughter's college education?

As the policeman, who also had a daughter in an expensive college, led the banker away in handcuffs, he asked him, "Sooo, where were you going to get the rest of the money?"
NETWORKING TIP OF THE MOMENT
A lot of my clients and colleagues attend BNI, Chamber mixers, One More Referral and other networking groups to meet people and promote their business. Here are tips from author Joanne S. Black in her book, “More Cold Callin: The Breakthrough System that will Leave Your Competition in the Dust. “Introducing yourself in ten seconds or less can be one of the most challenging things you will ever learn to do… When I introduce myself in 10 seconds at a networking event, my only goal is to make people smile – that’s the ultimate connection in any language. If someone smiles, I know that we’ve connected.”

Here are some examples of conversation hooks:

• Attorney: I make sure you’re not lost in the fine print.
• Caterer: I cater to the needs of party animals.
• Staffing Company: I’m a fairy jobmother.
• Meeting Planner: I relieve stress better than a martini.
• Travel Agent: I tell people where to go.”
IMPORTANT LESSON OF THE MOMENT
“Never give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about.”
GOODBYE FOR THE MOMENT

Thanks for taking a moment with us…we love to make you smile. If you feel the same way, please forward this Virtual Moment of Joy to a friend or colleague. Enjoy your summer…remember to take some time off so you have life balance……here’s wishing you sunshine moments, barefooted-toes-in-the-sand relaxation, ice cream and BBQ memories with friends and family and lots of hearty laughter.

Happy Summer!

Warmly,

KC

 

 

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