How to Be Awesome at Your Job
Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! With 25,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. This show helps grow your skills and impact at any job that requires thinking and collaborating.
Each week, Pete interviews thought-leaders and results-getters to discover specific, actionable insights that boost work performance. Their stories and advice sharpen the universal skills to flourish at work. Boost your time/energy management, leadership, confidence, career opportunities, and fulfillment—while still getting home earlier.
Try starting with episode 0: START HERE and listener favorite episodes we put at the beginning numbered: A, B, C, D, E, and F. (Subscribe and/or sort Old to New to find these starter episodes.) Welcome!
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- 2016 - 2025
880: How to Thrive and Succeed as a Middle Manager with Bill Schaninger
Bill Schaninger explains why middle managers are critical to an organization’s success—and shares powerful principles for better leading.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why middle managers are often unde…
00:43:45 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
879: How to Restore Confidence Quickly with Selena Rezvani
Selena Rezvani shares essential confidence-building habits to achieve your biggest goals.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The three elements of unshakeable confidence.
2) How to effectively deal with yo…
00:43:12 |
Thu 06 Jul 2023
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In this special episode, Pete shares past episodes that help you declare independence at work:878: Saying No Masterfully to Reclaim your Life with Vanessa Patrick683: How to Break…
00:02:06 |
Mon 03 Jul 2023
878: Saying No Masterfully to Reclaim your Life with Vanessa Patrick
Vanessa Patrick shares the science behind why we struggle to say no—and what you can do to get better at refusing.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The three competencies of empowered refusal.
2) What to…
00:43:02 |
Thu 29 Jun 2023
877: Why Small Decisions Matter—and How to Make them Better with Richard Moran
Richard Moran makes the compelling case for why we should take the small decisions in life more seriously.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) One word to purge from your vocabulary.
2) The simple trick tha…
00:27:19 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
876: How to Present Like the Pros with Michael J. Gelb
Michael J. Gelb shows you how to shape your message so that your audience—big or small, in person or virtual—will care about it.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The three questions you need to ask before …
00:37:43 |
Thu 22 Jun 2023
875: How to Unapologetically Ask for What You Want with Jenny Wood
Jenny Wood discusses how to overcome self-doubt and fear to confidently chase after what you want.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to flip negativity into positivity with one word.
2) How always aim…
00:40:05 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
874: The Five Questions that Build the Best Possible Relationships with Michael Bungay Stanier
Michael Bungay Stanier reveals the simple secret to forging better relationships at work and in life.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The key factor that builds and ruins relationships.
2) The way to me…
00:41:51 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
873: Dr. Steven Hayes on Building a More Resilient and Flexible Mind
Steven Hayes discusses how our instincts mentally trap us—and shares powerful tools for liberating your mind.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The benefits of psychological flexibility—and how to develop i…
00:50:34 |
Mon 12 Jun 2023
872: How to Get Unstuck and Break through Any Problem with Adam Alter
Adam Alter reveals the secret to breaking yourself out of any rut.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) When it pays to lower your standards.
2) The question to ask for better insights.
3) The essential sk…
00:40:57 |
Thu 08 Jun 2023
871: How to Lead More Powerfully by Being Human with Minette Norman
Minette Norman discusses what it takes to foster psychological safety for your team.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The secret to high-performing and high-engagement teams.
2) How to increase psycholog…
00:38:12 |
Mon 05 Jun 2023
870: Becoming More Memorable and Persuasive with Diana Kander
Diana Kander reveals the simple secret to creating more memorable impressions and persuading others to say yes.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Precisely how forgettable you really are.
2) The simple se…
00:49:44 |
Thu 01 Jun 2023
869: Transforming Anxiety into Power with Luana Marques
Luana Marques pinpoints the root of anxiety–avoidance–and reveals how to approach it all the more effectively.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why anxiety isn’t the real enemy.
2) The three-step plan to…
00:38:55 |
Mon 29 May 2023
868: Fostering the Sense of Community at Work with Christine Porath
Christine Porath discusses why community is critical to well-being and shares powerful examples of how to build it in the workplace.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The astounding benefits of a sense of c…
00:33:34 |
Thu 25 May 2023
867: How to Stop Being Busy and Start Being Strategic with Richard Medcalf
Richard Medcalf reveals how to free up time for the strategic activities that will advance your career.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why productivity won’t solve busy-ness.
2) The crucial question th…
00:41:28 |
Mon 22 May 2023
866: How to Bounce Back, Find Your Flow, and Thrive in Adversity with Darleen Santore (“Coach Dar”)
Darleen Santore (AKA “Coach Dar”) coaches us on how to reframe setbacks and face adversity head on.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to bounce back from setbacks faster.
2) Why willpower isn’t enough…
00:30:14 |
Thu 18 May 2023
865: The Universal Principles of Successful People with Dave Crenshaw
Dave Crenshaw shares valuable insights on how people succeed, gleaned from his guests on The Dave Crenshaw Success Project podcast.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) One thing every professional should lear…
00:43:45 |
Mon 15 May 2023
864: How to Design a Career Portfolio that Beats Burnout, Navigates Disruption, and Future-Proofs Your Career with Christina Wallace
Christina Wallace discusses the benefits of having a diverse work portfolio that will help you weather any storm.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to diversify your work
2) How to lessen friction and…
00:39:47 |
Thu 11 May 2023
863: Mastering Empathy to Enrich Relationships and Reduce Stress with Anita Nowak
Anita Nowak shows how you can nurture powerful, genuine connections through purposeful empathy.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) What NOT to do when you’re trying to connect
2) The trick to improving you…
00:49:13 |
Mon 08 May 2023
862: How to Create and Choose Better Solutions with Sheena Iyengar
Sheena Iyengar reveals the secret to how the world’s best thinkers come up with their biggest ideas–and how you can do it too.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How the world’s best ideas come to be
2) Ho…
00:40:46 |
Thu 04 May 2023
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