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Humor: Stop Leaving LAUGHTER at The Door if You Want to Improve Your Life, Work, And Relationships with Comic Legend Kate Davis

Humor: Stop Leaving LAUGHTER at The Door if You Want to Improve Your Life, Work, And Relationships with Comic Legend Kate Davis

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In this episode of the Legend Effect, host Howie Chan interviews Kate Davis, a comedian, speaker, author, podcast host, and most importantly, a force of human connection. They delve into how humor is one of the most powerful tools for leadership, connection, and even innovation, as well as how to stop leaving humor at the door.

The discussion emphasizes the importance of taking your work seriously, but not taking yourself too seriously. Kate provides the techniques for telling a good joke, real-life examples of how businesses can use humor to up their game, and ways to bring humor and levity into work while still being taken seriously.


Episode Breakdown:

04:11 The reason humor is missing from the corporate world

06:52 The evolutionary role of humor

12:37 What makes workplaces great

15:47 How humor can foster creativity, innovation, and lead to better results

17:40 Kate’s favorite coaching transformation story

19:37 Raising awareness about serious things through humor

21:16 Learn how to de-risk humor and be funny without offending anyone

22:33 Ways to bring humor into your day-to-day life and work

26:14 Ways businesses can use humor to give them the upper edge

29:10 Humor not only sells, it also makes things more memorable

30:44 The benefits of creating an environment of levity

34:10 How to use the techniques to tell a joke

38:33 Succeed by knowing your audience and using your intuition

44:31 Ways of bringing humor and timing–without needing to be the comic

49:42 The “So now you are dying, what are you doing to live?” Podcast

57:31 A letter to Kate Davis’s younger self


From Our Guest:

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LinkedIn

Youtube

Instagram


Get the book, Second Best Mom.

Listen to her podcast, So now you are dying, what are you doing to live?

Learn more about Humor, Seriously.

Watch the Still Face Experiment.

Catch up with my interview with Nelson Dellis in episode 14 of the podcast.

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Get your FREE copy of my Charisma Tactical Toolkit.


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