How humour can help you lead a stress-free and happier life
'Anyone can learn to be funnier. And it all starts with a choice,' says Humour Engineer Andrew Tarvin.
Humour can transcends most barriers, says Andrew Tarvin. (Source: YouTube/TEDx Talks) “In today’s overworked, under-appreciated, stress-filled, sleep-deprived culture, humour is a necessity,” says the world’s first Humour Engineer Andrew Tarvin. After quitting his job as IT project manager at P&G, Andrew travelled the globe, trying to teach people the importance of humour in the workplace. He says, “People think of humour as a nice-to-have…The reality is that humour is a must-have. Because humour gets people to listen, it increases long-term memory retention, it improves understanding, aids in learning and helps communicate messages,” and so much more, he explains.
Tarvin says: “So many people have this perception as if the ability to make people laugh is somehow encoded in our DNA. But the reality is that humour is a skill, and if it’s a skill that means we can learn it.” He recounts his experience in being part of an improv group in college, and how it helped him learn major lessons in life.
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