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How to Be Awesome at Your Job · 2025-09-25 · 33 min · 6,028 words

1096: How to Find More Humor and Fun at Work with Adam Christing

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Everyone's talking today in our culture about the power of vulnerability and it's for real transparency, but if you can add the laughter factor in there, Now we're laughing with each other at our own foibles and we just feel way more connected. That's Adam Christig. He's an award-winning event MC, popular keynote speaker. President of Clean Comedians, and the author of The Laughter Factor, the five humor tactics to link, lift, and lead.

So you'll learn one, why humor matters at work, two, how to bring the fun, even if you're not funny, and three, the five laugh languages. If you'd like to get a quick summary write-up of the actionable takeaways that Adam shared, I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter found at Awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete Pakitis. This is how to be awesome at your job.

And now here's Adam. Adam, welcome. Hey, Pete. Great to be with you. Well, I'm excited to talk about humor.

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