1140: Bringing More Laughter, Fun, and Connection to the Workplace with Chris Duffy

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Chris Duffy discusses how to find the humor in anything—and why that’s important in the workplace.


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why to take humor seriously at work

2) The simple habit that makes you more magnetic

3) How to find humor in the most unlikely places


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1140 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT CHRIS — 

Chris Duffy is an award-winning comedian, television writer, and radio/podcast host. Chris currently hosts the hit podcast How to Be a Better Human. You can watch his comedic TED talk, “How to find laughter anywhere” online. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, and National Geographic Explorer. 

Chris wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas on HBO, executive produced by John Oliver. He’s the creator/host of the streaming game show Wrong Answers Only, where three comedians try to understand what a leading scientist does all day, in partnership with LabX at the National Academy of Sciences. 

Chris is both a former fifth grade teacher and a former fifth grade student.

• Book: Humor Me: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected, and Happy

• Website: ChrisDuffyComedy.com


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• App: 7 Minute Workout

• Study: “The effect of a pratfall on increasing interpersonal attractiveness.” by E. Aronson, B. Willerman, and J. Floyd

• App: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler


— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

• Monarch.comGet 50% off your first year on with the code AWESOME.

• Vanguard. Give your clients consistent results year in and year out with vanguard.com/AUDIO

• Shopify. Sign up for your $1/month trial at Shopify.com/better

• Gusto. Get three months free when you run your first payroll with gusto.com/AWESOME

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Chris Duffy discusses how to find the humor in anything—and why that’s important in the workplace.


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why to take humor seriously at work

2) The simple habit that makes you more magnetic

3) How to find humor in the most unlikely places


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1140 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT CHRIS — 

Chris Duffy is an award-winning comedian, television writer, and radio/podcast host. Chris currently hosts the hit podcast How to Be a Better Human. You can watch his comedic TED talk, “How to find laughter anywhere” online. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, and National Geographic Explorer. 

Chris wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas on HBO, executive produced by John Oliver. He’s the creator/host of the streaming game show Wrong Answers Only, where three comedians try to understand what a leading scientist does all day, in partnership with LabX at the National Academy of Sciences. 

Chris is both a former fifth grade teacher and a former fifth grade student.

• Book: Humor Me: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected, and Happy

• Website: ChrisDuffyComedy.com


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• App: 7 Minute Workout

• Study: “The effect of a pratfall on increasing interpersonal attractiveness.” by E. Aronson, B. Willerman, and J. Floyd

• App: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler


— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

• Monarch.comGet 50% off your first year on with the code AWESOME.

• Vanguard. Give your clients consistent results year in and year out with vanguard.com/AUDIO

• Shopify. Sign up for your $1/month trial at Shopify.com/better

• Gusto. Get three months free when you run your first payroll with gusto.com/AWESOME

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2026-03-26 36 min
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