How to Use Humor in Business to Be Less Stressed and Laugh More with Andrew Tarvin | #46

Ep #46: I’m sure you know those people who are easygoing, make jokes, and just so fun to be around. Maybe you’re one of those people too or you wish to be one of them.

Anyway, let’s see how you can use humor in your life and business and how it may benefit you. And don’t tell me you’re not really a funny person.

In this episode, Andrew Tarvin shares how to use humor in business to be less stressed, laugh more, and manage your business with enthusiasm.

Andrew is the world’s first Humor Engineer teaching people how to get better results while having more fun.

Through his company, Humor That Works, Andrew has helped more than 25,000 people at more than 250 organizations.

Prior to starting his company, Andrew was a top-rated project manager at Procter & Gamble, managing million-dollar projects for a $350 million business. He is also an accomplished comedian, having performed in more than 1,000 shows all around the world.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

[00:22] About the episode and Andrew Tarvin [02:01] Andrew shares how he as an IT engineer started exploring humor and how it relates to business and productivity [04:40] Humor is a skill and anyone can learn how to use it [06:09] Five benefits of using humor in business to get stressed less and laugh more [08:14] Tell the funny stories or use interesting examples in your presentations when you build a relationship with clients [10:21] Use humor and Pomodoro Technique for being productive during the day [13:02] How to use humor to strengthen your leadership [14:17] How to learn to be funnier if you don’t know what to do [16:38] What means to be a shepherd of humor and how can you do that [18:25] The confusing funny story about how Marina and Andrew got to know each other [19:54] What if you made a wrong joke or nobody laugh [22:33] How to use humor in marketing copy [25:07] Tips on where you can use humor in business [27:10] Where Andrew find funny stories [28:27] How to use your rational or irrational fears as the way for humor [30:07] Where to find Andrew online  [31:34] For the show notes go to marinabarayeva.com/46 and subscribe to the Marketing for Creatives show

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