Any books, thoughts, blog posts, ideas, videos, etc, are welcome.
Hopefully language agnostic since I'm a native spanish speaker.
What has worked for you?
"If you don't have a sense of humor, don't try to be funny."
If you just want to be good at conversation and social stuff, get a copy of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influen...
It's cheesy but it works.
That said, if you are really after being funny, then know that the essense of comedy is timing. Being funny is more like dancing than acting, say. Good news is it's a skill and unless you're hopeless you can practice and learn it. Get yourself a copy of Ol' Asimov's "Treasury of Humor" and just tell people jokes and practice your timing and delivery. Good luck! It's wonderful to make people laugh!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Treasury_of_H...
1. Notice the things that make you laugh or you find witty in conversations. Keep a journal if necessary.
2. Steal liberally.* If the comments are highly situational, think of ways to generalize, or imagine similar situations where you could use similar material.*
3. Focus on people's reactions when you tell those stolen jokes.
4. Once you can get a reaction with tested material, branch out to variations and introduce your own material. (Don't stick with joke theft forever, just use it as a transition, so you can isolate other things to work on.)
* (2) probably requires multiple distinct social groups. Even in the same group, you can get away with this with a little hat tip, like, "It's like that time when John said X..." Or if you build from that into storytelling--everyone likes hearing stories about times they said or did interesting things--so you'll have a sympathetic audience while you practice some timing and rhythm.
The key to being funny is to be aware, notice things and see the unexpected, etc. The funniest material is adapted from real-life events with a sprinkling of whimsy added. Telling jokes is very much about engagement and timing.
This sound very intersting. Could you share an example of such work?