Want to Be Funny? Make Fun of Yourself.

“Can you teach me to be funny?”

I get that question a lot.   The answer is that you can learn to be funny. But it helps if you have a little natural talent.

The most important principle of humor is to make fun of yourself.

Here is an article from The Daily Beast, a news and opinion website, about the writers that write humor for political figures’ speeches.

The article states that the first rule for humor is “be self-deprecating.” 

The second rule is “repeat as necessary.”