Step 2: Bring up Your Inner Child
No, you don't have to turn into a cry-baby in order to develop good sense of humour. Too bad, right? Because complaining and crying is much harder than having a good laugh not to mention making others have one. Even if we take hilarious vs. tragic examples from cinematograph or literature or say any element of our beloved pop culture, or if we simply have a quick talk with a clown, we'll immediately arrive at a conclusion that it's much more difficult to make people laugh rather than to make them cry. That is why many people do not agree with the statement that it is possible to learn how to joke. Oh well, they must be not flexible enough to have sense of humour and admit that they are wrong!
The essence of our title is much deeper than one can imagine. Let's successfully dig it up together for it'll certainly help you on your way to your Being Funny destination.
As you probably know, children have the least serious views on things ever. We don't take the issue of inadequacy into consideration; just try to borrow some of their spontaneity and frankness. They will always tell you what they think and will use that innocent charming (and disarming) look on you that you won't scold them even though what they've said is totally beyond sensible control. Remember, we do not advise you to speak your mind whenever and wherever you have a splendid opportunity to do it – sometimes it's either life-threatening or just useless. All is needed for you to go through this very stage of learning how to be funny is your willing to follow a few childish ways and not to be afraid to sound or look silly.
You may not succeed at first, but try to work on it without pushing this 'spontaneity' out of yourself (the reaction to it will be as paradoxical as it sounds). Remember that your childish self should sound and look natural. Get rid of extra fears (do not read as: lose your mind), practice those innocent disarming look and smile in front of your mirror, add more freedom to your gestures and moves in general. To make things easier you can even use the old effective method of pretending that everyone but you is naked say in the office or at a party or even in the street!
Just as any bringing-up process, working on your inner child is a very delicate job. That is why the last but not the least of our recommendations here will be not to overreact with your childish ways. Otherwise you may be treated as a very unserious person to put it mildly. Other variants of attitude to u may include such whispered characteristics as 'immature creature', 'inadequate psycho', or just 'soft-in-the-headdo'.
In an ideal, it would be better if one small part of your outlook never lost its childish traits to overwhelming boredom and maturity, but you can easily bring them back – they haven't gone for good believe us.
It really is so important for everyone of us to preserve a few drops of childish attitude in the ocean of our personality for it really helps us to develop sense of humour which leads to winning everyone's affection. And the latter in its turn works wonders with your self-esteem by the way. Such a pleasant chain reaction, isn't it!