Everyone thinks they’re the funny one in the group. Check who’s actually laughing.

Self-assessment is least reliable in the areas you care most about, and humour sits near the top of that list. The evidence is in front of you daily: who laughs first, who repeats your line, who goes quiet. It is easy to miss because you are planning the next joke instead of watching faces. None of that means you are not funny, only that you have not checked.

Watch the room for one conversation without trying to be in it. Notice who gets the real laugh and what they did differently, which is usually timing rather than material. Then try being the person who laughs at somebody else’s line.