Latest "Laughter" Posts

A few years ago I spent four wonderful days at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kona Hawaii, where I had the pleasure of speaking to a wonderful group of Top Sales Performers and spouses of a well-known financial group. My job was to give them the tools they need to embrace the changes and intense […]

  This week I would like to share with you a 7 minute Video Resume explaining why and how I made the SHIFT from Comedian to Attitude Adjuster.  After you’ve finished watching the Video please read the article below.  It just might help you to get to a better place in business and in life. […]

Here’s something to consider.  Let’s say your goal is to become a Vice President of a big company.  After many years of intense stress, worry and an avalanche of emotional, mental and physical overload, you finally achieve your goal, along with all the wealth and prestige that comes with it.  Is this success?   If you […]

Back in my stand-up comedy days, I’ve known many comics who put their happiness on hold.  They had difficulty enjoying the process because they believed they wouldn’t be happy until they signed with HBO, got their own sitcom, or movie deal, or whatever it was they thought would make them happy.  I know, because I […]

Did you know that laughter is essential for a healthy and productive workplace?  If you didn’t, you do now.  Whether you are in sales, in service, or in any other business using humor in your process will not only reduce stress, but improve morale, increase efficiency, and help you create lifelong relationships for success.  Humor […]

Find out what “edutainment” is all about in a feature blog post called ‘Steve Rizzo: Laughing and Learning’ by BJ Gallagher in the Huffington Post. Read it here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bj-gallagher/steve-rizzo-laughing-and-_b_3136223.html

Sometimes creating Healthy habits is a difficult thing to do, but in the long run it’s definitely worth it. I urge everyone to read what Loren Murfield had to say about “Happiness is a Choice.” Apparently Loren hates me. Until now I didn’t know that was a good thing. I salute you for your honesty […]

Honored to have been interviewed by the former CEO of Ingram Content Group Skip Prichard on his Leadership Insights blog.   I think you will really enjoy it! Here is the link http://www.skipprichard.com/get-your-shift-together/

One Saturday night in 1980, I was performing at East Side Comedy Club on Long Island.  I was fairly new in the comedy arena and this was my first weekend appearance at a premiere comedy club.  To say that I was a bit nervous would be an understatement. Sharing the marquee with me was a […]