Practice

A Hard Question About Jokes and their structure

Explore why humor reveals hidden truths about how you think. Discover what your jokes say about your beliefs and values through timeless wisdom.

Nasguide

What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Nas. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Nas, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Nas

Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.

Understand first

The Question That Answers Itself The Setup-Reversal Structure The Fool's Perspective Inversion Timing as Invisible Architecture The Listener's Complicity in Meaning-Making

Go deeper

Why Jokes and their structure Matters The Examined Jokes and their structure Jokes and their structure in Practice Jokes and their structure: Start Here Living with Jokes and their structure

Peri

New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.