The people with the best sense of humor aren't always the ones performing it. They're not always the ones getting the attention. Often the people with the best sense of humor are the ones who are laughing the most. So they're generously giving their attention to other people. They are noticing things that are odd and unusual and delightful throughout their day.

They're laughing about it, even if they're not sharing it with other people.

That's Chris Duffy.

He's an award-winning comedian, television writer, and radio podcast hosts.

He's also the author of Humor Me, How Laughing More Can Make you present, creative, connected, and happy. Chris has lots of great insights on how to use humor at work. So you'll learn one, why to take humor seriously at work. Two, the simple habit that makes you more magnetic. And three, how to find humor in the most unlikely places. And if you want to summary write up of the actual wisdom that Chris shares,

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I'm Pete McItis.

This is How to Be Awesome at Your Job.

And now here's Chris.

Chris, welcome.

Thank you so much for having me.

Well, I'm excited to talk about humor and not just

for the fun of it, but how it can actually enhance our experience of career and job and be an asset in

that zone. But could you kick us off with a fun story about some of your most memorable moments

in your career as a comedian? Probably the most memorable moment I've ever had in my career as a comedian is I was a fifth

grade teacher before I did comedy.

And so I never had use for LinkedIn because, listen, like, you don't get a job as a fifth

grade teacher through LinkedIn, like business networking, and you don't get a job as a comedian

through LinkedIn networking.

So I never had a LinkedIn profile, but as a comedian through LinkedIn networking. So I never

had a LinkedIn profile, but I'd always heard about it. And I was curious about the world. So one day I went on and said like, okay, I'm just going to make a profile. And the first thing I realized is you could just say you work wherever. Like they don't, if you say you work for Nike, they don't like email a Nike hiring manager, which struck me as completely bizarre.

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