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How To Be Hilarious and Quick-Witted in Everyday Conversation (How to be More Likable and Charismatic) Paperback – August 23, 2021

by Patrick King (Author)
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Exact phrases to develop your sense of humor, master witty remarks, make people laugh, and be funnier – even if you’re not naturally funny.


How To Be Hilarious and Quick-Witted in Everyday Conversation is full of strategies that dissect, break down, and analyze all of the types of humor that you’ll encounter in daily conversation – stuff you can really use with people you talk to. We’re not all trying to become standup comedians, and this isn’t a book about ha-ha jokes with setups and punch lines. These are little tips and tactics for you to become noticeably quick and clever.

Make a better impression on people, put them at ease, charm them, and make them smile with you.


Learn witticisms, quips, retorts, comebacks, and wisecracks without being cheesy or corny. Don’t worry if you feel like you’ve never understood humor or how to be funny. I’ve done the work for you and analyzed everyone from comedy writers to standup comedians and given you step-by-step, complete guidance to use common joke structures in everyday situations. Adaptable to any premise, topic, or setting!

Strategies to instantly be clever and witty and sound like a world-class comedian.


Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and sought-after Social Skills and Conversation Coach. He teaches building rapport, and a major part of that is using humor to connect with others – shared moments of laughter are incredible bonding moments, and you'll be able to create them without being "that guy/girl".

Humor is the highway to the relationships you want in life.


•What makes an impactful comedic delivery and storytelling.
•How to use irony and sarcasm conversationally.
•How to create and build a banter chain with others.
•Injecting role play into any situation.
•How to play on people’s expectations and sense of contrast.
•The art of misconstruing.
•Why relatability is so darn funny.
•The famous “comic triple.”
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  6. ISBN-13
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Understand human behavior and social psychology - and then you can understand yourself and the people around you.

Let's face it - most of the problems that we encounter in our lives aren't about the situation, it's about the person in front of you. Whether it's a parent, sibling, co-worker, or even significant other, there might be a gap in understanding. That's reasonable and normal.

But what if you could learn to understand people, their motivations, what makes them tick, and ultimately how to connect with them better? This is renowned author Patrick King's specialty: distilled emotional intelligence that helps you decipher why people do the things that they do.

He combines his natural instinct for human analysis with a plethora of the latest scientific research in the field to bring you the end result you want: better relationships, high self-esteem and confidence, self-understanding, and overall fulfillment and happiness.

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GQ Magazine, TedX, Forbes, NBC News, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Men's Fitness, Inc., ATTN, Real Simple Magazine, and Creative Live.

Patrick King is a Social Interaction Specialist and Conversation Coach based in San Francisco, California.

He has sold over 1 million books, and he is one of the world's foremost authorities when it comes to social skills, social psychology, and human behavior.

When he's not helping clients conquer the world, he's either fronting an 80′s cover band or training for his next 10k.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09DF8R4N8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (August 23, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8462603594
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.37 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 106 ratings

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Visit WWW.PATRICKKINGCONSULTING.COM for FREE access to (1) The Flawless Interaction Checklist and (2) The Better Conversations Worksheet and also view more of his writing.

Patrick King is a Social Interaction Specialist and Conversation Coach based in San Francisco, California.

He's been featured in: GQ Magazine, TedX, Forbes, NBC News, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Men's Fitness, Inc., ATTN, Real Simple Magazine, and Creative Live.

When he's not helping clients conquer the world, he's either fronting an 80′s cover band or training for his next 10k.

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ieatbroccoli
5.0 out of 5 stars As advertised, an enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2023
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Does what it sets out to do; strikes that fine line between background, instruction, and demonstration for a so-called soft-skill. People have noticed a change in my humor in a positive way.
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handyman
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2023
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Item was as described.
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paula
3.0 out of 5 stars Good breakdown of humor basics
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2021
This book provides a good breakdown of types of humor and theories on why they work with examples. Understand this is not a joke book or your general self help motivation/social critique format; it's more like reading an intro textbook on comedy, which could be very helpful whether you are interested in getting into comedy or just being a bit more fun to be around.
For example, the explanation of False Importance is very good as is the tutorial on dad jokes, while I felt the Exaggeration bit fell flat and the advice to agree the next time someone insults you might not be the best advice for someone already seeking social help, but that's purely my opinion. The author is admittedly partial to offensive comics and uses offensive terms and examples in several places. Overall, it's well written and clearly organized explanation and gives solid advice: pay attention to things with comedy in mind, listen to comics, maybe even try improv, and above all "if no one laughs but you it wasn't a joke and it wasn't funny".
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Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2023
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This book was a enjoyable read. I learned there is a art to being a conversationalist.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining!
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023
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This book is smartly written, fundamentally witty and an absolute joy to read. Thank you Patrick!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Like new
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2022
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Arrived early. product is excellent.
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Singclare Culpepper
5.0 out of 5 stars VERY INFORMATIVE
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2021
As a writer of things not so funny, it was great opportunity to learn about how to use comedy in my day to day life. The book offers insight into human emotions, you get a better understanding how to be funnier, and how to use comedy in everyday life. It kinda of tells you how to not take things so serious and find the comedy in everyday situations, which is much needy nowadays. I plan on using the knowledge in this book to improve my writing. Most people dont know that comedy and horror have similar writing builds and if you can write one you can write the other. Also this book can help one learn how to become more sociable and break ice in crowds.
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BeDe
5.0 out of 5 stars REALLY teaches you humor!
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2021
I've read a couple of other books about how to be funnier but this one actually struck a nerve. Other books might have you work on your confidence or beef up your observational skills, learning to find humor around you (which does help) but they never seemed to go far enough. They left me wanting more.

Not this book. This book actually explains humor in a way that made something click in my brain (which is rare). It gives tips, tricks, and starts you out with dad jokes until you graduate to more complexity. I highly recommend this for anyone who wants to learn comedy and make people laugh, plain and simple.
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giovanna
5.0 out of 5 stars very helpful!
Reviewed in Brazil on April 10, 2024
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It pins down a lot of comedic points I’ve seen before in tv or with comedians, that I’ve never rationally have thought about, but makes a lot of sense once Patrick King explained it. Being funny can be kind of like science. You can learn by observing how others do it and then eventually with practice, you can emulate it into your own style.

This book won’t make you automatically funny, but it certainly does help you get a direction of where to go. It was definitely helpful! Thank you!
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Mauvin B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good quality book
Reviewed in India on March 31, 2024
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Book is of very good quality. It's a hard cover. I'm yet to read the book.
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