How the Crazy Intern Found Sanity

By Cliff Kuhn, M.D.
The Laugh Doctor
"It all starts with a SMILE"

Imagine me as a 25 year old medical intern
(circa 1967) and stuck on an insane
emergency room rotation: 36 hours on and 12
hours off. I was losing my mind from lack
of sleep, job pressure, and not being home
to help my young wife take care of my
screaming infant son, Greg.

"I don't know if I can make this work," I
complained to my mentor one evening over yet
another cup of bad, break room coffee. "I
hate this job."

My mentor's response was like a slap to my
face. "Well, Cliff, how is that attitude
working for you? Are you enjoying it?"

"What do you mean?", I shot back, "Look at
my life! Are you implying that I'm
responsible for my frustration?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying," my mentor
calmly replied at he refilled his coffee
cup, "You are."

I wish I could tell you that I began to take
responsibility for my attitude from that
point. In fact, what happened is that I
quickly got a new mentor. I wasn't ready to
accept responsibility for my attitudes until
I fully understood the amazing power of
humor's natural medicine almost 25 years
later.

You, too, may be hesitant to accept control
of your attitudes. You may occasionally
feel more comfortable playing the role of
the victim, pretending that your attitudes
are an uncontrollable byproduct of your
environment and circumstances. The good
news is...nothing could be further from the
truth.

How do you take control of your attitude? It's
easy to talk about, but how do you do
it? The solution is simple; use humor props.

A humor prop is anything which brings a
smile, banishes your seriousness, lightens
your mood, or reminds you to take yourself
lightly. If you make a commitment to become
a humor propmaster and surround yourself
with humor props, you will find yourself
with fewer negative attitudes. Because
humor props are your reminders to take
yourself less seriously.

Some of my favorite humor props include fun
or funny calendars, socks, ties, underwear,
emails, and cartoons. And, of course, a
clown nose. I don't wear my clown nose all
the time, but it's always in my pocket,
reminding me to quit taking slow traffic,
jammed copy machines, and credit card bills
so seriously.

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Cliff Kuhn, M.D.
The Laugh Doctor
7406 Wesboro Road
Louisville, KY 40242
"It all starts with a SMILE"