Laughter is the Best Medicine

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Does this sound familiar?

You're sitting at a party, talking to people you don't know very well. You try to be funny, but it falls flat. You quickly realize that they were just being polite when they laughed—and now they're looking around nervously, trying to figure out how to get away from you.

It happens to the best of us!

But if you want to be a good conversationalist, you need to learn how to laugh at yourself.

You probably already know the benefits of laughing: it's good for your health, it makes you feel happy and relaxed, and it helps you relieve stress.

But did you know that laughing at your own jokes benefits your professional life as well?

When you laugh at yourself, it shows that you're confident in who you are and what you've done.

It also makes other people feel comfortable around you because they can see that you're not afraid to be vulnerable.

And when people feel comfortable around us, they tend to like us more—and that means more opportunities for us! So think about it: if everyone else is laughing at a joke except for you… do they like YOU?

If they don't, they probably won't want to work with YOU either! So go ahead and laugh away—you deserve it!

The thing is: if you think about it for long enough, it doesn't really matter because either way, it's YOUR Joke that isn't working.

So why not just laugh at yourself and move on? If a joke isn't working for me then I just think "Well that was bad" and move on to the next one (or better yet: try to make something better).

Even if it wasn't funny in the moment, maybe it will be funny later when you look back on it.

In fact, most things aren't funny when we first hear them--but over time we find ourselves laughing at them anyway. This can happen whether or not someone else thinks something is funny too!