Sense of Humor is the ability to perceive something or appreciate a joke. Now as creatures, it is generally accepted that we have 5 primary senses. We have taste, sight, touch, smell and hearing. Now most of us possess these 5 senses but there is sixth and most elusive sense which is the SENSE OF HUMOR. Humor is something that not everybody possess. We met many people who lacks humor. But the problem with these people is that they even don’t know that they are lacking the sixth sense. Or maybe they just don’t know “How to be Funny?”.

That being said, in this article I will be sharing some tips that will help you in increasing your level of humor.

But before moving forward, few questions pops up straight to the mind. “Why Having Sense of Humor is Important?” Do Being Funny really matters?

Well yes, it is important to be funny or possess a bit sense of humor. That so because, most of the times people do not realize that laughter and humor has significant benefits for not only their relationships or making good impression on others but also for their mental and physical health issues. In fact, developing sense of humor can help in to:

1. Strengthen Relationships & emotional connections
2. Diffusing conflicts or for resolving disagreements
3. Improving energy level
4. Reliving stress
5. Managing setbacks more effectively
6. Easing anxiety and fear

Incorporating humor in your life is not really difficult and there is nothing to afraid that you cannot learn this skill. Herein, I have rounded up 11 ways that will help you turning into the funnier person in no time.

Bottom line: You’ll successfully become a humorous person the day you can make people laugh…but only the good kind of laugh and not the awkward one.

How to be Funny?

• Explore more- If you want to be funny, you must need materials and it would be hard to find any if you spend most of the time looking at your phone or listening to music instead of observing the people around you. When you look around, you find some really funny people and by observing them carefully, you can incorporate some of their humor into your conventional style. But it could be quite hard to keep track of everything you find funny. So to remember the funny punchlines, thoughts, observations or stories, you can jot down them in some scrapbook. If you don’t feel like writing it in books, let your phone come into the scene simply by making notes in it.

• Listen Carefully and React- Being funny is not about telling the jokes. It is more of “Listen and React”. Listening is really important if you want to come off as witty in conversation. You need to listen more to what people are saying. If you stand around people and wait for the opportunity to insert a pre-written joke then you are basically dropping a giant comedy bomb making everyone awkward. Hence, it would be much better if you listen carefully and react to what’s being said in that very moment other than trying to wedge an anecdote you have been crafting in your mind for hours. If you have nothing unique or funny to say, it’s better to observe instead of killing the conversation.

• Watch Comedies- This is perhaps the easiest advice you can follow. Studies have shown that watching a comedy, or an extended standup comedy show increases the health rate, improves your immune system response and even makes you smarter. So, if you want to increase your funny quotient, watch more of humorous or funny bits from movies and ask yourself why you like them. It won’t hurt watching these as you’ll get to learn a lot about the humor.

• Laugh at your own expense- If you want to be funnier, just start taking a few cracks at your own expense. It’s more like finding humor in your own particular situation. We all make some mistakes in life, saying things like we could have done something better or wishing we could go back in time. But remember, nobody is perfect. So, we can either grief about our imperfections in front of people or just laugh about them. If you want to be funny, then it is important to find some humor in that difficult time and laugh it off with people, having thought of not repeating the mistake ever again in future. Just laugh and radiate positivity.

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• Take Risks- I know making people laugh is not easy but if you’ll not attempt then you are never going to be successful in this either. If you’ll wait for the sure things, you will “Fail”. People who wants to be funny take risks. They don’t shy but take risk and when they don’t succeed, they move on and try again till the time they get successful in making other’s laugh. Simple mantra to develop sense of humor is “Try, Take Risk and Repeat”.

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• Choose not to be offended- Being offended is completely a choice. This doesn’t really mean that you have to like or agree with everything you hear. But if you want to adopt a humorous approach, it is important to not be offended by responding harshly. If you feel offensive easily on small things, watch funny standup comedies and see how comedians response when they are offended. Try to adapt that approach into yourself and see the difference.
• Be yourself- Ultimately, the people who successfully makes other laugh have mastered in it by expressing their own voice. Trust that somewhere inside you is buried with at least the nugget of humor. So, just be yourself because if will try too hard to be funny, you’ll come across the worst or desperate at the party. People will enjoy if you’re yourself. By being you, it will be much easier to get people laughing.

• Find a Practice Buddy- If you really want to get better at making people laugh, then you must practice making people laugh. Suppose you have a friend who makes you laugh, try spending more time riffing with them. Whether, you are trying to improve your jokes, storytelling or quips, just a little bit of practice can surely make a big difference. Plus fortunately, the practice is as easy as having coffee with someone you are already close with.

• Use jokes sparingly- If you have not established yourself as a humorous or funny person in your circle yet, then this can actually give you an edge over others. Humor is all about the unexpected which no one really accepts from the unassuming quiet person. All you have to do is to say something with confidence but not that very often and then you’ll be known as a funny person in your group.
• Timing is Key- When you are setting up a joke, punchline or a funny story. Remember that it has to be in the moment, especially if you are at a party with friends or in an office setting with your colleagues. You need to make sure that you deliver your conversation at the optimal timing. You can do so by keeping an eye on the room and your group of people.
• Practice, Practice and Practice- There is surely no perfect way to make people laugh or any perfect way to tell them to laugh. The only way to being funny is by working on it. So, if you want to be funnier, try to put yourself in funny or humorous positions and then make some efforts. It might feel awkward or totally dumb even, but don’t give up. You are honing your skills and eventually you’ll succeed for sure if you will try and practice.

A bit of sense of humor and being funny that can make people laugh is cited as one of the important qualities in both the sexes. It triggers positive feelings from co-workers and strengthens relationship. Trust that you have a funny bone and you just need to bring it out.

Use the tips given above on “How to be Funny” and get started immediately.

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