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Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

It"s funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life"s curveballs. A professional comedian offers laughs & practical tips. Funny comedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis"s unique, fun and useful ideas will help you develop solutions to your own work and life issues. Jan is an established comedy writer. She"s sold material for Jay Leno"s Tonight Show monologue on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon

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01:43

How to succeed even if you're not the best, part 5

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2021/01/01

5 I know comedians who have flown into the town that they were performing in, didn't like the hotel or apartment that they were put up in, so they left. The club was stuck without a comedian for the night. The comic left because he could. He had another income – his wife. My tips this week are on how to succeed even if you're not the top player in your profession, and today my tip is. . . if you want to succeed, even though you aren't the best, do not rely on anyone else. I think much of my

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01:11

How to succeed even if you're not the best, part 4

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/31

I got one of the nicest compliments from Mark Ridley who owns the Comedy Castle comedy club in Royal Oak, Michigan. He said he appreciated that I was professional, I showed up on time, I did the time I said I'd do on stage and that I didn't drink up all the free beer at the bar. This week we're talking tips to get ahead, even if you aren't the most talented in your field. And my tip today is to watch what you do behind the scenes. I didn't figure I'd be Jay Leno, but I still wanted a great career

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01:30

How to succeed even if you're not the best, part 3

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/30

3 I was lucky enough to get in working with a lot of speakers bureaus early in my comedy career. They booked me into a lot of corporate gigs and I moved out of the comedy clubs and into better paying, better travel gigs. There were agents who really liked me, and after a few years I came out with an updated video tape. Of course I wanted feedback on it, so I sent it out to the agent. And never heard anything, not a peep. So I called one of them. I got the guy on the phone, and I asked him if he

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01:37

How to succeed even if you're not the best, part 2

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/29

The emcee at the comedy club is the low man on the totem pole. They don't get paid much, they don't get much time on the show, they have to go out first to warm up the crowd, and pretty much every time they're on stage, something else is happening – people are taking a bathroom break or ordering drinks or food. It's a thankless job and it's at the bottom. This week we're talking about tips for succeeding even if you aren't the best person at what you're doing. And today's tip – use your time at

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01:32

How to succeed even if you're not the best

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/28

I heard a comedy writer once say that he got out of stand up comedy because he heard a famous comedian's act and he thought "I'll never be as good as that guy." So he left standup comedy, and went into comedy writing. On the one hand, that's nuts to get out of something that you really want to do just because you won't ever be at the tip top. Not every comedian can be Jerry Seinfeld, but if you want to do it, you should still do it! But he did something that was not nuts . . . he found another way

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0:47

Clean Comedy Live, Sunday Funnies

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/27

Ahh yes, my brother loves that joke. If you want to know the question I asked to come up with that punchline, listen to Saturday's briefing. And if you want to hear short stories from my comedy travels, check out my podcast – Comedian Stories. It's a very short podcast, under 5 minutes. I kick it off with a joke, tell a quick story and end with a take-away tip of what I learned. That's it for today. Take care and enjoy your journey.

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01:14

Humor Writing Tip

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/26

And it's the Saturday edition of Finding the Funny, which means I'll be giving you a tip to find the funny yourself! I've written for everyone from the Tonight Show to radio, syndicated cartoon strips, CEO's, companies like wart removal cream makers, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (my parents are proud). I now travel the country showing organizations how to use humor in business. So here's your 60 second tip. Last week I talked about asking question to come up with humor. And I'll

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01:35

Making Huge Life Changes, part 5

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/25

About 2 years into living in LA, I ran into a comedy buddy Ian Salmon, from my open mic days in DC. He gave me the biggest compliment. He said Jan McInnis, you're the only one who did what she said she was going to do. Everyone talks, but you did it. You said you were going to quit your job, you did it. You said you were going to move to LA. You did it. It was a huge compliment. People always ask me "was it hard to quit my day job – a secure career actually – and go into a not-so-secure job –

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01:30

Making Huge Life Changes, part 4

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/24

At my marketing job, every day at 3:58 pm, my boss would stand outside my office, presumably checking his mail. And every day at 4 pm, I would walk out of my office, say good night, and leave at the time I was supposed to leave. The subtle message I was being given was that he knew I was not working overtime. And that I was leaving on the dot. But I knew that my priorities had changed. I hadn't given my notice yet, but I had decided to leave my job for a career in comedy. And while I worked very

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01:22

Making Huge Life Changes, part 3

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/23

About the same time I left my marketing career where I was working in associations, another friend of mine had left his association job. He had written a speech – I think it was on the history of Washington DC, and I think his idea was to give it at conferences in DC. He had tons of connections, and I'm sure the speech was great. But I don't think he lasted 6 months on his own. My impression was that his role changed with his contacts. He went from being an association colleague to a vendor who is

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01:29

Making Huge Life Changes, part 2

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/22

Before I left my day job 25 years ago, Costco wasn't popular and it wasn't the go to store like it is today. There were some food wholesale grocery stores but they were very different. Sure the food was cheap, but it was also picked over, and it was displayed in boxes that they just opened up and put on the floor. It was a depressing place to shop, and it made you feel like you were poor and desperate for a bargain. But I shopped there even though I had a great job and I could afford regular food

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02:02

Making Huge Life Changes

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/21

I made a huge life change from marketing career to comedian. People ask me how did I do it. So this week I'm talking about some of the steps I took to make this huge life change. It goes back to summers between college, I was a tour guide in Washington, D.C., and I was great at it! I made up jokes and goofed around with the tourists, and I could remember all the city’s facts and figures. There was another guide though who was a lot older than me, and while she was personable and sweet, but she

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01:24

Sunday Funnies - Clean Comedy Live

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/20

I told you on Friday how I was able to easily remember all the things in the spa. So listen to that briefing for how I did it. And if you want to hear short stories from my comedy travels, check out my podcast – Comedian Stories. It's a very short podcast, under 5 minutes. I kick it off with a joke, tell a quick story and end with a take-away tip of what I learned. You can find Comedian Stories wherever you listen to your podcasts. That's it for today. Take care and enjoy your journey.

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01:21

Comedy Writing Techniques

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/19

And it's the Saturday edition of Finding the Funny, which means I'll be giving you a tip to find the funny yourself! I've written for everyone from the Tonight Show to radio, syndicated cartoon strips, CEO's, companies like wart removal cream makers, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (my parents are proud). I now travel the country showing organizations how to use humor in business. So here's your 60 second humor tip – if you want to find the funny in a situation make a list of everything

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01:04

Memory Techniques From a Comedian, part 5

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/18

Milk bath, raspberry relaxer, seaweed conditioner, vanilla bean dip conditioner! These are all in the set up of one of my jokes – listen to it on Sunday. That list is a lot to remember and I say it fast. But how do I possibly remember that joke. Well, this week I'm talking about memory techniques, and while I've mentioned, repeating it fast, sleeping on it, and other things, it's still hard to remember things that are in a long list. My tip today is to put that list into some kind of order

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01:34

Memory Techniques From a Comedian, part 4

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/17

It's Zanies comedy club in Chicago, IL – a big club. It's 1 a.m. when I get onstage to close out the third show. The crowd is younger than me, and I'm tired. Three 45 minute shows doesn't sound like a lot, but it IS. I head into my act, the one I've done a lot, and boom. I repeat 3 jokes! The crowd still laughed, but I caught it! I forgot those jokes seconds after I said them because I didn't do them in the same order. I'm talking about memory techniques this week, and my memory tip today is to

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01:52

Memory Techniques From a Comedian, part 3

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/16

I always kick off my corporate comedy shows with a few jokes about the group to connect with them instantly. At my first big event I was in front of 500 mushroom growers in Las Vegas. Their biggest competitor had bought up a dozen mushroom farms, over extended himself, and went out of business. The group was happy about that – more business for them! I had written new jokes about it to kick off the show. So I hopped on stage and immediately . . . blanked. I couldn't remember any of the new the

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01:06

Memory Techniques From a Comedian, part 2

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/15

I have a reoccurring dream that I'm onstage and I forget my comedy act. I always wake up before I figure out what to do. Luckily that's never happened because I work hard at remembering it . . . especially new jokes. I do a lot of jokes – 3 or 4 a minute, and so when I add in a new one in, it's hard. I’m in a rhythm of saying the ones I've done forever, you know joke, joke, joke. And then I hit the new one and I don't want to have to break the rhythm to remember it. This week's theme is memory

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01:29

Memory Techniques From a Comedian

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/14

I met a guy in college my freshman year, and we ended up being friends. Not close friends, but we were in the same major and so we'd see each other around campus. Immediately after I met him, I forgot his name. I was too naive and embarrassed to ask him again, so I spent 4 years trying to remember it. Every time we'd meet, he'd say Hello Jan and I'd say how's it going, or great to see you. At a big end of year party my senior year, he came up to me and gave me a big hug . . .and said Jan we did

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01:05

Sunday Funnies - Clean Comedy Live

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/13

That's pretty much the first joke I ever came up with– I actually said it to a makeup lady. If you want to know one way comedians come up with the humor, listen to Saturday's humor tip. I think you can just say Alexa previous. And if you want to hear short stories from my comedy travels, check out my podcast – Comedian Stories. It's a very short podcast, under 5 minutes. I kick it off with a joke, tell a quick story and end with a take-away tip of what I learned. That's it for today. Take care

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