Allen Klein
Allen Klein
Allen Kleinwas an American businessman, music publisher, writers' representative, filmmaker and record label executive, most noted for his tough persona and aggressive, innovative negotiation tactics, many of which established higher industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated. Klein revolutionized the income potentials of recording artists, who previously had been routinely victimized by onerous record company contracts. He first scored massive monetary and contractual windfalls for Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen, one-hit rockabillies of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 April 1938
CountryUnited States of America
Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.
Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.
Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.
The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.
Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.
To a child, often the box a toy came in is more appealing than the toy itself.
Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.
It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual.
And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed.
The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.
The lesson adults can learn here is that the world is filled with things for our enjoyment.