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Injecting Humor into Business, with Comedian Jeff Justice

December 20, 2024 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Injecting Humor into Business, with Comedian Jeff Justice

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Injecting Humor into Business, with Comedian Jeff Justice (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 830)

In this engaging episode of North Fulton Business Radio, host John Ray chats with comedian Jeff Justice, the head laugh master at Jeff Justice’s Comedy Workshoppe. Jeff shares his journey from magician to comedian and then to comedy teacher. He provides insights into how humor can be a valuable tool in business, helping to improve communication, reduce stress, and make presentations more engaging. Jeff also highlights the importance of self-effacing humor, the benefits of professional guidance in learning humor, and the impact of humor in everyday leadership. Real-life success stories of his students illustrate the transformative power of laughter. You’ll want to listen to this episode for tips on incorporating humor into your professional life and for an uplifting conversation about the role of comedy in business.

Jeff offers a free resource to listeners of this episode: Twenty Mistakes that Normal People Make When Trying to Be Funny. You can download the pdf by following this link.

John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced by the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Jeff Justice

Jeff Justice was destined to become a humorist. At an early age, he discovered that if he could make his older brothers laugh, they would stop giving him “Noogies.” Thus, his first realization in humor: You can’t laugh and be angry at the same time.

Jeff spent fourteen years headlining the top comedy clubs across the United States. For the past twenty years, Jeff has focused on empowering corporate Americans to reduce stress in both business and personal life by utilizing our innate sense of humor as a safety valve. Jeff’s true gift is helping people laugh at their mistakes so they can take themselves lightly and their work seriously.

Jeff’s innovative ideas have been featured many times on CNN and CNBC, while his expertise in humor has also been recognized in numerous magazine and newspaper articles plus radio shows across the country.

Jeff’s client list includes IBM, Coca-Cola, Southern Company, Kroger, the Food Marketing Institute, the National Association of Realtors, James Madison University and the list goes on.

His latest book is Laugh More, Stress Less (and avoid getting burned out).

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Topics Discussed in this Episode

00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:28 Meet comedian Jeff Justice: The Head Laugh Master
02:18 Jeff’s Journey from Magic to Comedy
04:40 The Birth of Jeff Justice’s Comedy Workshoppe
07:31 Tips for Using Humor Effectively
11:27 Humor in Business Presentations
17:18 The State of Humor in Business Today
19:04 The Power of Humor in Communication
20:08 Humor in Stressful Situations
20:45 Creating a Humorous Environment
22:42 Personal Stories of Humor
24:32 The Impact of Comedy Workshops
26:18 Success Stories from Comedy Classes
29:44 Details of the Comedy Workshoppes
33:51 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Renasant Bank supports North Fulton Business Radio

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $17 billion in assets and more than 180 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices throughout the region. All of Renasant’s success stems from each banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way to better understand the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray

With over 800 shows and having featured over 1,200 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!

The show welcomes a wide variety of business, non-profit, and community leaders to get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignore. Some media leans left. Some media leans right. We lean business.

John Ray, Business RadioX - North Fulton, and Owner, Ray Business Advisors — **John Ray, Business RadioX – North Fulton, and Owner, Ray Business Advisors**

John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.

The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.

John is the national bestselling author of The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices.

Sunny Brown, Comedienne

April 26, 2023 by John Ray

Hello, Self . . .

Sunny Brown, Comedienne

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Sunny Brown, Comedienne (Hello, Self… Episode 18)

Comedienne, entertainer and writer Sunny Brown was Patricia Leonard’s guest and they had a lively conversation about women in comedy. Sunny talked about her discovery of comedy, blogging, the amazing story of debuting her one-woman show, finding her audience, and many Hello, Self.. moments.

Hello, Self… is presented by Patricia Leonard & Associates and produced by Arlia Hoffman in association with the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®.

Sunny Brown, Comedienne

Sunny’s charismatic, bubbly blonde personality always comes shining through in everything she does to the delight of her audiences, readers and fans.

Even though as a child she was always making her family laugh, and they always called her “Gracie” (a nod to the great comedienne Gracie Allen), she was a “Late Bloomer” and did not actually realize her talent for comedy until she was 47 years old. It was at this time that she had a life changing epiphany, an experience that changed the course of her life, and she took an unexpected pivot into comedy.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama Sunny studied dance at Birmingham-Southern College under the acclaimed teachers Mira Popovich and Ruth Ammons Henry as well as voice under the renowned instructor Andrew Gainey. She danced professionally with the Birmingham Stallions professional dance team, the “Fillies”, as well as touring in shows with Seventeen Magazine.

She was signed with the L’Agence Modeling Agency in Miami/Atlanta which lead to working internationally by signing with the Cosmopolitan Modeling Agency in Osaka, Japan. Upon returning home to Birmingham, Sunny married award winning professional photographer, Billy Brown. Unexpectedly she was asked to perform the lead role in a theatre production of “Born Yesterday” and received rave reviews for her comedic turn starring as the “dumb blonde”, Billie Dawn. (She still didn’t realize that she had a gift for comedy!)

Other starring roles in comedy followed and after years of working on the stage and in front of the camera she took an extended hiatus from performing to raise her two children. It was during this time that she began to try blogging. She began writing for Sashay Magazine and now writes a monthly humor column for B-Metro Magazine. After becoming an “Empty Nester” she decided it was time to return to the stage.

Sunny wrote and performed her one-woman show “Confessions of a Glamorous Mind” debuting at the historic Virginia Samford Theatre, based on the popular essays from her magazine column. Her comedic talent won her the monthly talent competition at the well respected Stardome Comedy Club and she was invited back to perform on their main stage.

Sunny joined forces with three other lovely ladies of laughter and they frequently perform to sold-out audiences as the all-female comedy variety act “Feminine Hyjinx”. She wrote and starred in her latest show “An Invisible Woman ~ the disappearing act of a woman over 50!” and again premiered it at the historic Virginia Samford Theatre to outstanding success.

Sunny believes that laughter can unify and heel and has lent her talents for many philanthropic organizations.

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About Hello, Self…

Hello, Self… is a biweekly podcast focused on inspiring stories of turning dreams into reality. Join coach and author Patricia Leonard and her guests as they share life-changing Hello, Self… moments.

Hello, Self… is brought to you by Patricia Leonard & Associates and is based on the new book by Patricia Leonard, Hello, Self.., available here.

The show is produced by Arlia Hoffman in association with Business RadioX®. You can find this show on all the major podcast apps. The complete show archive is here.

Patricia Leonard, Host of Hello, Self…

Patricia Leonard is President of RUNWAY TO SUCCESS, a division of Patricia Leonard & Associates located in Nashville, TN. She is a MESSAGE ARTIST speaker, career & business coach, author and magazine columnist. Patricia consults with clients on leadership, empowerment, career management, entrepreneurship and the power of language. Her work is focused on helping clients find their runway to success!

She has a professional background in management, human resources, corporate training, business consulting and talent development. Patricia has worked with companies in the service, music, banking, manufacturing, publishing, warehousing, healthcare, academic, retail and financial industries, and has taught management classes as an adjunct professor.

Patricia has a degree in Human Resource Management, is certified as a Career Coach and Consulting Hypnotist and is MBTI qualified.

Her volunteer energies are focused on Women in Film and Television-Nashville, where she is a Board Vice President; Dress for Success as the Advisory Board President; and International Coaching Federation-Nashville where she held Board roles for several years.

Patricia is the author of Wearing High Heels in a Flip Flop World, BECOMING WOMAN…a journal of personal discovery, THE NOW, HOW & WOW of Success, Happenings, a full year calendar of inspirational messages and a spoken word album titled, I AM…

She enjoys songwriting, creating poetry and has written a one-woman show and artistic speech she performs titled Hello, Self…, about a woman in midlife reinventing herself, which led to her new book by the same name, available here.

On the personal side, Patricia, describes herself as a woman, lover of life, mother, grandmother, career professional and message artist; AND in that order! Her goal is to continue inspiring others, of any age, to START NOW creating and expanding their Runway to Success.

She believes that life is a gift, the way we wrap it is our choice.

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Comedian and Podcaster Joel Byars

December 2, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Comedian and Podcaster Joel Byars

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Comedian and Podcaster Joel Byars (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 584)

Joel Byars joined host John Ray to share his story and how he became a comedian. Joel discussed his Hot Breath! Podcast, how comedy can have a positive impact in the world and its value in business, how more humor in the workplace builds employee morale and draws teams together, and so much more.

North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Joel Byars

Joel Byars is a comedian, podcaster, and trophy husband with over 12 years’ experience performing clean comedy for everyone from the grandkids to grandparents and even granddogs!

Not only has he toured the world doing stand-up, but he has also interviewed over 400 comedians like Jeff Foxworthy and Cedric the Entertainer on his award-winning Hot Breath! Podcast.

Joel’s mission is to connect the world one laugh at a time with his “Feel Good Funny” comedy.

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Questions and Topics in this Interview

Why did you become a comedian?
What have you learned from interviewing over 400 comedians?
What lessons have you learned from comedy that apply to business?
Why should a company have more laughter in the workplace?
How do you balance work and personal life?
How can people hire you?

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

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