Use Humor

Don't overdo it. Insert the small funny stories that happen in your life in conversations.

You can keep a journal of your funny stories so you can use them later in a conversation or presentation.

Researchers have theorized that a sense of humor is made up of six basic variables:

1. the cognitive ability to create or understand jokes
2. an appreciation, and enjoyment of jokes
3. behavior patterns of joking and laughing
4. cheerful or humorous temper...

When we have a sense of humor about who we are, it opens awareness and connection with others.

Jokes are funny because they move in an unexpected direction - not where our filters expected it to go. At that moment, we deal with something our filters never saw coming. It opens us up to new ...