Do You Talk Funny? 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Speaker

Description

Some of us are born funny, others achieve humor. Some have humor thrust upon them! In what could best be described as a self-help book, comedian David Nihill expounds exactly how to gain (and hold) an audience’s attention and become an engaging speaker with entertaining examples, concrete advice, and expertise honed from years of comedic experience.

It is increasingly difficult to hold the attention of others theses days; how can we, in this age of instant gratification, force others to hear us out? How can we overcome our uncomfortably omnipresent fears of public speaking? How can we fend off embarrassment, shame, and anxiety? Do you Talk Funny has the answers. With illustrative anecdotes illuminating a point, followed by a concise explanation of the principle at work and simple exercises to apply said principle to oneself, this book simply and swiftly provides what anyone needs to become a master of storytelling, humor, and charisma. Applying the counsel given is easy, instinctively so; it is easy and rapid reading as well, which makes it accessible as well as useful. This book is a masterwork of rapid improvement; it deserves its place on the shelf of everyone who speaks to others.