#112: Yawning is a compliment
Picture this. You’re leading an important meeting when someone yawns. How do you react? Do you get angry because you think the person is bored and rude? Or do you continue, knowing that you have just been paid a compliment?
Excuse me? Yawning is a compliment? Yes, according to a recent article in Evolutionary Psychology. After conducting experiments, researchers at the University of Albany in New York concluded that yawning actually helps the brain to stay alert.
We believe that people yawn because they need oxygen. Instead, people yawn when they need to send cool blood to their brain for optimal mental functioning.
What if others at your meeting now start yawning? Well, it appears that group yawning may be a mechanism to help a group stay alert in the face of danger. So, if your team yawns, take it as a compliment that they understand the need to stay alert in the presence of the alpha dog.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
Excuse me? Yawning is a compliment? Yes, according to a recent article in Evolutionary Psychology. After conducting experiments, researchers at the University of Albany in New York concluded that yawning actually helps the brain to stay alert.
We believe that people yawn because they need oxygen. Instead, people yawn when they need to send cool blood to their brain for optimal mental functioning.
What if others at your meeting now start yawning? Well, it appears that group yawning may be a mechanism to help a group stay alert in the face of danger. So, if your team yawns, take it as a compliment that they understand the need to stay alert in the presence of the alpha dog.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
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