When Andrew Mason, CEO of the Internet company Groupon, left his position, his resignation letter read: “After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding—I was fired today.” He went on to add, “I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to take the company this far with all of you. I’ll now take some time to decompress (FYI I’m looking for a good fat camp to lose my Groupon 40, if anyone has a suggestion), and then maybe I’ll figure out how to channel this experience into something productive.” This seems like a textbook case of using humor to mitigate stress, which is why we put it, um, you know where.

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