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Today we're going to be talking about
having a little bit of humor or a lot of humor
can really help you to become
a more successful diving instructor.
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to become a better diving instructor.
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All right, guys.
So to next tip, to be a better instructor
or even more better instructor right?
Because you're already are very good
is to have a little bit of humor,
which is really, really important. Now,
I thought maybe it is funny then to kind of
have a really red face right now
and put a clown's nose on and stuff like that.
But I don't really have to because it is right now
I think here in Thailand in cartel, 150 degrees
we actually started with a really good location
with some good water behind us, some diving stuff
and then it started raining.
So we had to move to this tiny little building here
with a kind of cool background though
but it is also extremely hot.
So I am sorry if I'm sweating a little bit
or if my face is red, but on the other hand then,
hey I want it to turn up
as a little cloud with a nose, which you couldn't get.
So here you are a little clown.
I notice. What's not funny at all. Was it?
But then again though, at least try to be funny sometimes
that's the point.
This is the thing, you know
everybody loves to be around someone that's funny.
So a diving instructor and we, the most
the best diving instructors out there
we all say the same thing and people just don't get it.
You have to have a little bit of, you know
you need to be an entertainer
besides being a diving instructor, but somebody says, yeah
but I am a very good diving instructor.
You know, I have amazing diving skills.
I I'm always on time, I'm super organized and all the kinds
of stuff we just, which is, I think very important too
to have to become more successful as an instructor
but they are so boring.
And, and trust me on this one, if you are boring
people just don't want to hang around with you.
And you know, and I don't want to be tough for you.
And to be honest, in a lot of cases, they, they, they
they might not even trust you enough
because some people are so strict and so boring and
and they don't feel that they caring about them at all.
So, so humor having a bit of humor
relates also a little bit to the next one
we're going to be talking about which is
which is caring about students which is really important.
Now, again, you might go.
Yeah, but I don't have the humor, you know
so I'm going to fail and that's not true,
you know if you have actually no humor at all
just have really good otter at roots.
I like having a great attitude, like being super passionate
about certain things, very knowledgeable, you know
about your equipment diving have good diving skills
all of them at together
still going to make an amazing instructor. But
yeah, topping that off at a bit of humor once in a while,
then that's kind of seal the deal and
and be more knowledgeable and having better dive skills
for all stuff that we can learn. You know? So
if you're now the opposite of where you think like, Oh
but I don't really have all these, you know
these cool things like a great skill set in the water
and things like that, then don't worry, you know?
Just go dive more, spend some time in a pool extra hour
or in the ocean of course and go find water,
work on those skills, you will improve.
But humor is a bit harder, I guess, to learn, right? So,
yeah you know, you can, you can buy a book with some jokes,
but yeah, it's not always diving related. So
what my tip for this is
try to assist some other dive professionals out there,
some other dive masters and instructors on their courses.
And if that means that sometimes you don't get paid
for that, because, you know, they don't maybe
want to share their salary or something like that.
You know, I just want to be honest with you to happens.
Sometimes they don't see that as a bad thing always,
you know, like? For for maybe a one or two courses
you're going to get tons of cool information
from these guys had a long time
in the industry and they all have cool little jokes
and they all have stolen them from other instructors.
So it's okay.
The students don't notice,
well maybe not obviously this video, but it doesn't matter
because those jokes that you borrow
from someone else become your jokes over time
because you always twisted a little bit towards yourself
and, and they inspired new jokes as well
it'd really come from you.
So with all, all of us have a mixture
of some jokes that have been told to me all the instructors
some adjusted jokes and some
some new jokes that we came up with ourselves
in certain situations with, with diving in our students.
So it's not that hard.
And also the jokes don't have to be super good.
Like I just gave you really bad joke about my
my red face, but my clowns nose things like that.
But I really wanted to do it because I wanted to show you
that if it's something that's salient stupid
we'll make you probably giggle a little bit
behind this screen.
And, and that's something as well in diving. Like,
I have set certain jokes where the moment came
out of my mouth.
I just went like, Oh my God, I just burned myself.
But then I actually saw all my students
from all ages giggling and and some of them even laughing.
And I think that has to do as well as because they're also
you know, they're so how you say that they're
they're there during a new era they're new in an area.
I think it was better to say, you know,
they're about to go scuba diving.
They're going to enter a new world, or we'll all nervous.
Even the strongest one are a little bit nervous.
And I think you were the one that they really look
up to you.
You're the one that they, they really feel
like you can just keep him safe and, you know
and then sometimes some, some everything is serious
and some of the information can be a bit scary
like a holding your breath and all this stuff.
And then, and then suddenly you make this cool little joke
and it just lightens the mood
and everybody doesn't see everything that's scary anymore.
And, and that's another thing that's so important.
It really gives them that sort of like how you say that
that motivation to, to jump in that water.
You know, if you just make a little joke out of something
like jumping into water, how scary is it going to be that
you know, what can really happen?
Come on. You made a joke about, it's probably nothing.
Somebody dying from this jumping
into water on a daily basis deck anymore. Right?
So that's, that's how they think in their mind. So,
try to assist them courses, or even just, you know
go and buy in a not cool instructor a fruit juice,
you know, coconuts or probably
in some cases, a nice beer at sunset and say, Hey
would you mind sharing some of those cool jokes with me?
And I'll, I'll get you to drink.
And, and of course everybody w would love to
would love to help you with that. Okay?
So being a little bit funny it's really cool,
lightens the mood, people like you more
want to follow you more.
And most importantly it lowers stress levels
and it just makes diving safer.
I know, right?
Being Urus, what does have to do with safety? Well,
absolutely everything. So try to work on that if you can.
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