"It's not about making work funny, it's about making work fun!" Awesome talk!!

I had a friend that Applied for a job at a national Park. They asked what qualified her for the position? She replied years of watching yogi Bear as a child could guarantee that no one’s picnic basket would get stolen while she was on watch. She got the job.

@SC-hu5pz

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao!!! Brilliant!!!

Back in1974 I did a stint as a high school teacher. Nearly everyday I used humor to motivate my students. It was by far the most powerful motivator ever deployed. I faced scathing criticism from my fellow teachers and the school principal. Needless to add all my ardent critics were absolutely gobsmacked when the results of the external exams came out and out of 117 students across 3 different classes only 1 failed and 86 passed with distinction. This was the best results the school had attained.

@sychelledelacuesta9276

3 жыл бұрын

tltl

@kibtiyahamin2838

2 жыл бұрын

You must be one of those student's favourite teacher

@90GIBChETHZ00eee

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing that one student didn't have a sense of humor, huh? Poor guy. You did what you could.

@jay6817

Жыл бұрын

Good will hunting

@prabhakarrao4922

Жыл бұрын

@@kibtiyahamin2838 actually I was well respected and always led by example. It never occurred to me to even try and find out whether I was well liked.

Kind humor makes painful jobs enjoyable. It is truly an incredible skill!

A Summary of this Video: 1. Humor helps you get more attention and stand out 2. Work & Humor need to go hand in hand to really make a difference 3. No one tells you to use humor you just have to make that choice for your ownself 4. Humour helps you solve problems better, it gets your brain running + it also helps you burn calories 5. Humor is different than comedy, it is not about making work funny but is about making work fun

dead on! Growing up as a child I also learned that humor was a good defense mechanism. make the biggest bully in your school laugh and he leaves you alone.

@loyceschoices8658

2 ай бұрын

Laughter is you

@loyceschoices8658

2 ай бұрын

Laughter is slimming😅

My Aerospace Engineering company is so dry it's really a drain. I use humor all the time and there is a significant percentage of the time it's unwelcome. Not because I use inappropriate humor, but because they are SO SERIOUS that they infer that I am not serious enough to handle projects efficiently. This is regardless of my impeccable record of project completion. We have training modules all the time for various reasons. This talk should be a mandatory training item. Wouldn't that be great. One last thing... to all you SQUARES out there... LiGHTEN uP !! Life is supposed to be fun!

@amoldeshpande1

6 жыл бұрын

Somewhat similar at my workplace too! I work in a Japanese company in Japan, and cracking small jokes or just laughing at workplace here, mostly inferred as you are "Not Serious" about your work! They work like damn, they even don't go to the toilet for hours! My Godd :D

@jasgill8390

5 жыл бұрын

amol deshpande, I know right? Some People are so constipated at work......I lasted 15 years at my last work place only because I was able to incorporate some daily “fun and light hearted comedy” into the workplace.

@miiworld2

4 жыл бұрын

This should definitely be a mandatory training video

@prepperjonpnw6482

4 жыл бұрын

Who says life is supposed to be fun? You suffer through 50-80 years then you die a slow painful death all alone because you can’t remember anyone which is ok because after they stuck you in the home they never came back to visit anyway.

I got fired from a job once when I tried to use humour. I said, "Hey, if I can't have a laugh at work, you can find yourself another Undertaker!"

@justchickenitout6509

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@asifhayat4450

Жыл бұрын

you dug it?

@jay6817

Жыл бұрын

Stiff humour

Terrific. One of the best TEDx talks I've seen in ages.

I love this guy and his talks

Absolutely brilliant!!! Thank you!!

Ya! I love this Talk! Now please, Part 2: How To Use It

this is very very true.. thanks for the great sharing!

This was great! Every CEO and anyone with a business needs to watch this. They need to know that when employees "enjoy" their work and environment they will be more productive.

Thank you! Great message! I needed this.

A brilliant presentation Mr. Tarvin. Thank you. Learning how to use humor is so important. In show business we have a term..."he's always on..." To be "on" may be good for the person who is "on" but not necessarily for the listener, in fact may be disapproved of to the point of counterattack. Humor, must be tempered, if you will, to the audience, the circumstances or both, to be effective. Another consideration you underline that I like is that humor is different than comedy. Wonderful. One is immediate, the other is theater. Thanks for the opportunity to comment, the fun and the smiles woven into the fabric of your presentation.

fantastic talk - exactly in line with how I think! thank-you for your talk/message and your work!

Brilliant! Absolutely spot on!

What an inspiring talk! It takes courage to use humor in a work place where the corporate culture is very formal and staid. Just listening to Drew talk makes me want to be on a team with him. I want my coworkers to feel that way about me. Makes me want to take a few risks and give humor a shot. Improved health, physical, emotional, and financial, are worth the risk. Thanks, Drew.

@gus6777

5 жыл бұрын

You already are a greater leader than yesterday because you care enough about your team ✋

@rahuls331

3 жыл бұрын

You just spoke my mind.

@asifhayat4450

Жыл бұрын

hey buddy it's been 8 years and wanna know if you worked on it and if it worked?

Drew, so glad you "drew" this to my attention. Great job! Excellent flow, useful points, awesome well-timed slides. Congratulations on being selected to present a TED talk. You nailed it! On your next TED talk, please include more how to find one's personal humor style and resources to help put humor into action at work. You definitely deserve TED Talk #2.

This is totally true...I always try to be funny or add humor to work... result turned out I best and very dedicated team members.. and they say even if some days work gets tired .. it's not boring and they dont dread their work... humor does make people feel life is so much more better. However , I was born late and still try to be efficient, hopefully it's working!

He should get a 🏅 from mankind. . God bless you and all of your followers. .

Drew gets "it". He's awesome!

Great job, Drew!

Superb.Thank you.

Thank you!

Einstein was a notorious prankster. You could say he was relatively bright.

@Abhijeetetrx

7 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there!

@konstanty8094

6 жыл бұрын

xDD

@aegin314

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@subarnosiraji2640

5 жыл бұрын

Nice one 😂👍

@starCO2oil

4 жыл бұрын

Einstein was not a good person.

Amazing !!!

I just watched this because its a speech a perform and wanted to see the way Andrew did it

This was amazing.

THANK YOU

This is amazing, I relate so much with this guy, it really hit home when he referenced Animaniacs

@renekumar8290

3 жыл бұрын

And the Sherlock one oh yes we Stan!!!!

I decided to use humor work. Got fired. Now I'm free :)

Great talk !

I love this guy :D

Awesome!!!👍

this guy has some good thoughts... its really fun as well

Amazing

This is great ❣️

Really enjoyed this video. :)

Nice job Drew. Some good facts and good one liners. You still haven't quantified humor into NOS for me yet - can you get on that.

Love it ❤

8:36 the guy in the back laughing 😂😂😂

Great talk

INTJ's UNITE!! I'm not sure why this excited me so much.

I can see the general idea behind this talk, but the truth is there is a big line, not a fine line, between executives using humor at work and lower class workers, who are struggling to meet their deadlines and all other requirements from their management...really, I think in most fields, where work is really demanding there is no time for humor. And don't even get me started on the colective idea: even if there is one person who uses humor, the other department colleagues might not be that approving of thei humourus colleague. So this is highly debatable. Maybe when you reach an executive position you can control things better, and so you can inflict the values you think are best of each situation.

I still don't know how to be funny help!! Haha, great talk!

This was a great Tedx Talk, I totally agree with Andrew's take. To bad in 2020 the SJW's, identity politics, and virtue signalers have made humor in the workplace virtually impossible.

wow!

@maryquartana1537

6 жыл бұрын

Gabe from the office

@sydneyharrison6769

4 жыл бұрын

C E thank you

This is pretty good stuff!

@elkerobi8737

3 жыл бұрын

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As much I would like to agree with Andrew and would rather work with someone like him. Certain cultures doesn't really adapt to that kind of work style and may in fact do you harm instead of brining you joy!

I don't know how. Yea. The thing is, when I make a joke nobody gets it or laughs.

@prateekkish

8 жыл бұрын

+fdlji dsfosde Lol.

@Miu-or5mx

8 жыл бұрын

Prateek Choudhary Thank you :)

@pookieparks9821

8 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't hurt to pick up a book about it if you're trying interested in making jokes that make more than just you laugh. (Personally, I think as long as I'm tickled, is a good joke and others can bask in or be jealous of my joy.) To get you started : -Learning to Be Funny by Mitch Earlywine -the Comic Toolbox : How to Be Funny Even If You're Not by John Vorhaus -the Big Book of New American Humor I also heard a comedian give their insight once. I've forgotten all their advise except for 3 bits: -Exaggerate ONLY 1 part of the truth. For example, if I want to joke about my height, instead of saying, "I'm so short is not funny," I would say, "I'm so short, I could milk a cow standing up." -The Element of Surprise. The thing one expects to hear least catches people off guard and tends to be funny. For example, drawing your power point presentation in Paint when it's expected to have a very serious tone. -Repetition. Refer back to a joke or pun you made before. It gets funnier the 2nd and 3rd time. It gets to a point where is not funny anymore, but often, if you push thru the unfunny phase sparingly enough, it becomes funny again. I hope this helps.

@Miu-or5mx

8 жыл бұрын

Pookie Parks wow Thank you!

@SammyCee23

7 жыл бұрын

stop tickling me

Awesome speech, would you accept a Mr SPOK in your team ?

I don't chase happiness any more just balance ,I can't Imagine being HAPPY all the time , that would be boring and meaningless. If we were Happy all of the time then what about all of those other wonderful emotions ? It is unrealistic and senseless to chase happiness ,it is exhausting!

Yes, more workplaces need to be like The Office

Any book recommandation about this subject plz?

That delayed laugh though of one guy. 😆😅

The Sherlock joke made me laugh because we don’t have middle school in the U.K. lol. Also it’s not called elementary school it’s called primary school lol

I want to work under him.

Yes mam

OMG I knew he’s INTJ from the start Any INTJ fellows here??

@magnamia

5 жыл бұрын

How did you know? Like, what telling signs?

@miiworld2

2 жыл бұрын

I’m a INTJ at heart. Deep Deep Deep Deep down in my heart. ...like, real buried deep down...

Working in this guy's team is probably feels like The Office.

Is there a way to get the transcription of this?

I knew him when he was called Drew.

How you get more friends ? Money ! And the truth ..... shall set you free !

It's cool

Great story.🎉🎉🎉

How do you get closed friend?

For a second I thought he was gabe from the office 🙃

He really loves milkshakes, nice hair...

@nameisrango

5 жыл бұрын

Why don't someone appreciate me at anything..??(inner me : good luck next time )😁

he talks like Neil Patrick Harris xD

@toomuchiridium

5 жыл бұрын

Ahmed Hamdy Hammad that, and gabe lewis from the office

So money does not buy happiness, as the old adage goes. But what nobody told was that happiness does buy money, eh!

The flaw with the Sherlock Holmes joke is that we don't have 'middle school' in the UK...

Lol. Look at happy. 😀.

Gabe Lewis is that you?

@CE-vd2px

7 жыл бұрын

Nolan Conville no way i just said that. From the office?

@nolanconville6523

7 жыл бұрын

Cody Evans you bet! Ciao!

Pinky and the Brain - who else remembers them? ;-D

@MrEffervescent

6 жыл бұрын

I used to watch Animaniacs after school in junior high.Hellooo nurse!lol

Watson and Sherlock wouldn’t know cos English schools don’t have same class names . First / middle / senior .

It is more than 33% of time at work from our lives at 40 hours per work due to hour lunch and the commutes and the time preparing for work. Then of course overtime. US labor laws should lower time at work. It is sad.

What I want to know if can you use humour to get a new job

Thought this was Gabe from the Office smh

When was it decided that dancing is not an aerobic activity?

I want to be a Humor Engineer, but I am an ENTP-T like Luke Skywalker. :-( :-) LOL

This guy has just made my life... Not even my day or year.

Where can you get yourself a shot but no bullet hit you on a stressful environment?... It only happened if you get yourself "fired" on a work...🤓

God says to give praise in all times.

at work is fine but what is work is the question?

No entiendo Inglés :v

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Im surprised this wasnt cringeworthy

I can't think of any jokes or pun

super dull crowd. cmon guys.

7:27 oh so that's why he is skinny

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Laugh

Cymbal crash

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What a boring corporate guy, who never got much beyond the joke at work, that makes work, well almost likable work. We need stronger, better, more playful ideas that this.

I suck at humor when it comes to work. So I gave up.