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  • How to Make People Laugh

  • Develop Confidence and Charisma, Master Improv Comedy, and Be More Witty with Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere (Communication Skills Training, Book 1)
  • By: James W. Williams
  • Narrated by: Johnny Bud
  • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (86 ratings)

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How to Make People Laugh

By: James W. Williams
Narrated by: Johnny Bud
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Publisher's summary

Want to learn how to make people laugh out loud?

How to Make People Laugh is a book that targets regular comedians, such as you and me. It does not try to transform you into a professional comedian. Instead, it puts comedy in the spotlight of everyday life. With this book, you will learn techniques that you can easily incorporate at parties or even in regular banter with friends and colleagues.

How to Make People Laugh maintains its hold on wholesome family goodness. After all, you are trying to create not just a comedic persona, but an overall persona. You want people to see you a certain way. Are you Hilarious Harry, Dad Joke Diego, Sarcastic Sharon, or Deadpan Dan? All of those are better than Offensive Oona, Dirty Joke Dean, and Literal Lisa.

This book will show you how to have a general sense of humor - or make full use of the one that you already have. After all, not all jokes are uproariously funny. Some can make you grin. Some can make you smile. So, if you start out making people smile instead of making them laugh, you are on your way.

In How to Make People Laugh, you will discover:

  • The science of charisma
  • How you can develop confidence and charisma
  • The role of body language in the equation
  • The role of personality in the types of jokes and delivery
  • Guidelines to great improv
  • Examples of possible improv responses
  • The value of thinking on your feet
  • Learning not to take yourself seriously
  • Using metaphors and definitions
  • Possible joke structures that you can follow
  • Examples for every joke style
  • Creating comedic personas with examples
  • And more!

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Really Helpful!

I have always been looking to find what is humor and how to be funny. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to make people laugh.

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Very very impressive!

There's so much material here that even those who think they're moderately funny can pick up the book again and again, listen a chapter or two, and go out into the world with some fresh ideas on how to inject more fun into their interactions with friends, colleagues, or strangers.

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Great Information

Instructional and insightful. Listen to this mainly for writing tips and there was plenty for me to take away. The tips on public speaking and stage fright (to understand and embrace it) would come in very useful in a business environment as well.

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Very helpful and reasonable.

I chose this book to improve on my communications skills. I think David does a good job at helping you organize your speech. The book is an easy to listen with plenty of examples and tips. Highly recommended!

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Extremely Good

This book breaks the wall that I often hit with other business books. The knowledge here is actionable! If you follow the worksheets as you read you will walk away with better stories, funnier intros and a better sense of how to speak in public. A solid understanding of the basics leads into practical and useful tips.

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This was a great book.

An overall fantastic book! The author really breaks down the mechanics of being funny in a way that's easy, and authentic! I love it because I feel like it can make anyone conversationally funny.

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Interesting

I bought this as a gift for my nephew who's heading off to college. He knows that girls like guys who are "funny"..."witty" "self-deprecating".... I think this will give him confidence. Really helpful.

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I enjoyed

I started using some of the stuff today and already gotten laughs from conversations from friends and family members. It's an easy read and has tons of great, practical information. Highly recommend!!!

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Great for Everyone!

Great book. From this book all listeners will learn something about themselves and come away from reading the book with some great ideas, I'd particularly recommend the book for high school, college, and young adults starting out in the social world or workplace, and adults of all ages who feel somewhat shy, introverted, socially anxious, or awkward.

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Everyone should listen to this audiobook.

The lessons on display in this book are well thought out and applicable to many situations in the real world. I didn’t regret buying this book.

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