3)Entrain. If you listen to one frequency in your left ear and another in your right, right and left hemispheres of your brain will become synchronized. Your brain waves will settle into a frequency that enables you to become more relaxed and creative. To do this, you can go outside and walk in nature. You can listen to an entrainment CD on your headphones. Or you can come up with your own system. For example, if you have a small fountain in your office, and someone next to you has one as well, you’ll both benefit from differing frequencies. Or, play a nature sounds CD on two stereos in different parts of office. Create different sounds—small chimes, an open window with street noise, whatever you can do to have different frequencies around you.

4)Drink. Your brain needs water. Your day is going to drag if you get dehydrated, and you won’t realize how long it’s been since you had anything to drink. It’s easy to get caught up in what you’re doing and forget this, so build some triggers into your routine. Keep a water bottle on your desk and get in habit of taking a drink whenever you complete and send an email. Take a drink whenever you sign your name. Take a drink whenever you hang up phone, but before you blow up that balloon! 5)Pause. Don’t pretend you don’t know how to do this. All it takes is 30 seconds of effort to do…nothing. Close your eyes, gaze at your screensaver, or stare out window—whatever works for you. Intentionally notice thoughts that pop into your head, and with each one, as though you were standing back and holding a clipboard, simply say “next” and move on. “Is it lunch?” Next. “I’ll never finish.” Next. “I forgot that agenda.” Next. Don’t dwell. Just note.

The important thing is to create reminders to be mindful of your tension level. Pay attention and take measures to reduce your frustration in small but effective ways.

Here’s my favorite trick. Keep a bowl of M&Ms on your desk. Every time you eat one, remember to be Mindful and Magnificent.

It works like Magic.

Fourth, if it becomes necessary to vote on issues, why not use some interesting objects to cast your vote. You could use water balloons, or you could throw koosh balls or marshmallows in air at appropriate moment (for aye or nay). You could also toss a stuffed animal, with one toss indicating yes or two indicating no. Again, use your imagination here.

Fifth, find out if your Boss is open to changing location of meeting. After all, there are many more positive places that meetings could take place. You could have meeting around someone's pool to keep cool in Summer, or in someone's hot tub in Winter to stay warm. Or, you could have your meeting in park on playscape. Actually, that's a wonderful place to play Follow Leader, which is appropriate.

Sixth, start meeting by asking an open-ended hook of a sentence:

“Wouldn’t it be hilarious if…” or “The wildest thing I’ve seen at work is…”

You could also be on lookout for funniest quote of meeting, a funny misstatement that can published in meeting minutes. It may take a little time to get humor flowing, but once they do you’ll have a positive energy flow for rest of meeting.

Seventh, pass out rubber bricks to be thrown at latecomers and people who say something inappropriate during meeting. The attendees will start showing up early so they can have opportunity to throw bricks at tardy attendees.

Eighth, you can identify who key meeting degreasers and use Dilbert meeting personality labels, such as, interrupter, babbler, sleeper, and master of obvious. Then you could hold a mock meeting to teach showcase meeting dynamics where you have people in meeting volunteer to play these roles and watch humor arise out these situations.

Ninth, start putting fun thought-provoking items next to last item of agenda. Everyone will race through other items on agenda to get to something that is fun and meaningful. Which will save valuable time that can used more efficiently in coffee break room. Some potential agenda items could be about inventing creative voice mail messages, inventing interesting e-mail messages, rationale for two hour lunch, elevator courtesy, and even meeting stimulators.

Your next meeting doesn’t have to bring a back your boring memories of why you hate them. Introduce some of these fun and humorous ideas into your meetings and pretty soon people will demand opportunity of attending meetings.