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 have decided that I would 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 will now take some time to decompress (FYI I am looking for a good fat camp to lose my Groupon 40, if anyone has a suggestion), and then maybe I will figure out how to channel this experience into something productive.” This seems like a textbook case of using humour to mitigate stress, which is why we put it, um, you know where.

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