Haha, that's a great addition to fight or flight. And I'm so happy you made that couple laugh instead of getting into a fight. It would have been a distraction to Ani!
Oh joy! You just checked a box off my bucket list. I've always wanted to make a comedian laugh. It's dumb but I don't have very many "first times" at 40, so you made my day :)
Since you do TED talks, I have to share my latest bit.
Our pug couldn't wait for dinner so she ate some shrooms in the backyard. Ever since, she's been giving unsolicited TED talks to the Roomba and calling herself "The Vessel."
Earlier this year I changed my LinkedIn bio to : “2x exits, 100x mistakes.” People love it. My goal fit with what you suggest: gain credibility but show people that I don’t take myself too seriously. But it took a lot of personal development (I.e. ego deflation) to come up with this. I hope people try your idea, not as a tactic, but as a personal insight opportunity.
That's such a great example of a humorbrag. And, like you said, it's also a form of personal development to be comfortable knowing (and sharing) that. Great work!
Closely related to the Humorbrag is what I call Fight, Flight, or Be Funny
I gave the wrong wife a massage at a concert, but a joke ensured that my face stayed symmetrical.
The restacks got me to #39 in Rising Humor but my mom still won't upgrade to paid =\
https://open.substack.com/pub/darby687/p/how-to-get-yourself-murdered
Haha, that's a great addition to fight or flight. And I'm so happy you made that couple laugh instead of getting into a fight. It would have been a distraction to Ani!
Oh joy! You just checked a box off my bucket list. I've always wanted to make a comedian laugh. It's dumb but I don't have very many "first times" at 40, so you made my day :)
Since you do TED talks, I have to share my latest bit.
Our pug couldn't wait for dinner so she ate some shrooms in the backyard. Ever since, she's been giving unsolicited TED talks to the Roomba and calling herself "The Vessel."
It's actually a true story, short read...
https://open.substack.com/pub/darby687/p/our-pug-took-shrooms
Earlier this year I changed my LinkedIn bio to : “2x exits, 100x mistakes.” People love it. My goal fit with what you suggest: gain credibility but show people that I don’t take myself too seriously. But it took a lot of personal development (I.e. ego deflation) to come up with this. I hope people try your idea, not as a tactic, but as a personal insight opportunity.
That's such a great example of a humorbrag. And, like you said, it's also a form of personal development to be comfortable knowing (and sharing) that. Great work!