I know that you already know there are dozens upon dozens of fabulous reasons to put humor to work in your workplace. But here are a few more, perhaps unexpected ways, humor and laughter can help you succeed at work and in life:

1. Laughter helps jog your memory. So the next time you've lost your car keys, start laughing. You have nothing to lose...and potentially something to find!

2. A study reported in the International Group for Humor Studies found that laughter activates specialized brain circuits in people listening to laughter - resulting in a positive emotional state that mirrors the person laughing. So laughing more often just might put your colleagues in a better mood (as long as you're not laughing in annoying, hyena-like manner, I suppose).

3. Humor researcher Alice Isen found that when people experience positive mirth as brought about by humor they show improvements in a variety of cognitive and social behaviors: People become more cognitively flexible and engage in more creative problem-solving; they demonstrate more effective thinking, planning and judgement; they show higher levels of social responsibility and they become more generous!

4. It's been shown in studies time and time again that all things being equal, people who demonstrate a healthy sense of humor are considered more physically attractive. 

5. A study reported in The Psychology of Humor revealed that people who were considered "high-humor people" were rated as being considerably more interesting, intelligent, admirable, cooperative, friendly and imaginative, and less cold, mean and passive!