By Andrew Bates |
Probably the single greatest asset which anyone can ever have in conversations is the ability to make other people laugh. Whether you are asking your boss for a raise, talking to someone who you like, or just trying to be the popular person who everyone wants to be around, you will get light years ahead if only you can make them laugh. An interesting, but little known fact is that laughter is a response which is a subconscious way of saying to someone else "I want to bond with you". Is it any wonder that countless surveys have shown that the number one desired characteristic in the opposite sex, for both sexes, is a sense of humour. But can someone actually learn to be funny? Do you have to be born with a particular natural talent for humour, which if you don't have, there's no chance for you? Are some people permanently condemned to a lifetime of boredom and unpopularity, never able to hold their own in a conversation, while the 'natural funny guys' effortlessly take the approval of everyone present? Is there a secret to being funny? Many naturally funny people, even most stand-up comedians, will tell you that humour "just comes" and that is the only way it can be ever be produced. If you don't possess a natural sense of humour, you will never be funny. But is this true? |
