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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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 1107
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
802: How to Level Up Your Career and Find a Job You Love with Brandi Nicole Johnson
Brandi Nicole Johnson shares simple and practical tips for streamlining your job search.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to get really clear on what you want
2) The best salary database I’ve ever s…
00:22:56 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
801: How to Find the Upside amid Uncertainty with Nathan Furr
Nathan Furr discusses how to reframe your relationship with uncertainty to open up to new possibilities.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to turn the fear of the unknown into an excitement for possibil…
00:54:45 |
Mon 19 Sep 2022
800: How to Get Better at Asking for Help with Dr. Heidi Grant
Dr. Heidi Grant reveals the secrets to asking for and getting the help you need.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why asking for help is beneficial for everyone involved
2) The do’s and don'ts of asking …
00:36:26 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
799: The Unspoken Rules of High Performers and High Potentials with Gorick Ng
Gorick Ng lays out the unspoken rules and expectations of managers that explain why top performers get ahead.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The three questions everyone is asking about you
2) The A+ w…
00:50:08 |
Mon 12 Sep 2022
798: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race with Kwame Christian
Kwame Christian lays out his three-step framework for masterfully handling difficult conversations around race and other sensitive issues at work.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why we struggle when disc…
00:52:50 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
797: How to Find and Do Your Great Work with Amanda Crowell
Amanda Crowell shares practical wisdom on how to make time and space for the work that matters most to you.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to get clarity on the work that fulfills you most
2) How t…
00:41:23 |
Mon 05 Sep 2022
796: How to Make Progress on Your Most Audacious Goals, Every Day with Grace Lordan
Grace Lordan offers actionable solutions and tips to help bring you closer to your goals, one step at a time.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to free yourself from the fear of making mistakes
2) How…
00:35:14 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
795: How to Stop Being Crazy Busy and Take Back Your Time with Zena Everett
Zena Everett reveals the time-wasters to drop in order to make time for what matters.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The top things slowing us down at work
2) The questions to ask for effective priorit…
00:36:48 |
Mon 29 Aug 2022
794: How to Get Comfortable with Discomfort with Sterling Hawkins
Sterling Hawkins shows you how to turn discomfort into fuel for transformative change.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why we need to hunt discomfort
2) Why you need your own “street gang”
3) What …
00:42:06 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
793: The Six Mind Shifts for Thriving at Work with Aliza Knox
Aliza Knox breaks down the six critical shifts that help turn around an unpleasant work situation.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to stay enthusiastic in the face of work hardships
2) What to do wh…
00:44:24 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
792: How to Handle Negotiations and Difficult Conversations Like an Expert Hostage Negotiator with Scott Tillema
Scott Tillema shares powerful wisdom on handling emotional and tense conversations with ease and finesse.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Two powerful skills to help you connect with anyone
2) A handy s…
00:30:55 |
Mon 15 Aug 2022
791: Promoting and Sustaining Trust through Honest Leadership with Ron Carucci
Ron Carucci reveals the four keys to cultivating a culture of trust and honesty in your teams and organizations.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why people don’t trust you even if you think you’re trustwo…
00:41:27 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
790: How to Stop Being Overlooked, Underpaid, and Undervalued with Arika Pierce
Arika Pierce reveals the simple steps to improving your visibility and value in the workplace.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The critical assumption that keeps professionals from advancing
2) How to p…
00:32:22 |
Mon 08 Aug 2022
789: How to Beat Stress, Stagnation, and Burnout with Alan Stein Jr.
Alan Stein Jr. lays out the fundamental shifts that help sustain your game and build resilience in the face of stress, stagnation, and burnout.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to stop stress from over…
00:39:13 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
788: Roger Martin Shares How to Make Better Strategic Choices By Rethinking Your Models
Roger Martin reveals how to identify the unconscious mental models holding you back from more superior management effectiveness.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why people will resist correcting outdated …
00:45:39 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
787: How to Consistently Perform at Your Peak with Dr. Haley Perlus
Dr. Haley Perlus shares everyday tactics to help you achieve consistent peak performance.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How just three words can transform your day
2) How to increase your attention sp…
00:39:35 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
786: How to (Really) Strengthen Your Relationships with Eric Barker
Eric Barker shares science-based wisdom on how to make your relationships flourish.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The two critical elements of trust-building
2) The secret to dealing with difficult pe…
00:38:29 |
Mon 25 Jul 2022
785: How to Improve Focus and Productivity through Smarter Deadlines with Christopher Cox
Christopher Cox discusses how to leverage deadlines to curb procrastination, improve productivity, and deliver better results.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The worst possible deadline you can give your…
00:40:17 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
784: How to Quadruple Your Reading Speed and Learn Faster with Abby Marks-Beale
Speed reading expert Abby Marks-Beale shares the key strategies to speed up your reading–on screens and paper–without compromising comprehension.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to quadruple your read…
00:40:57 |
Mon 18 Jul 2022
783: How to Restore Energy and Clarity by Tuning in to Silence with Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn
Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn share compelling research on the surprising benefits of silence—and how to find it amidst the noise and busyness of today’s world.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The small but …
00:44:24 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
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