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.
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- 1107
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- 2016 - 2025
743: How to Achieve and Flourish in the New World of Work with Keith Ferrazzi
Keith Ferrazzi reveals fresh best practices for working and leading in the post-COVID world of work.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The four critical shifts teams need to make
2) Two tiny tweaks that …
00:38:39 |
Thu 17 Feb 2022
742: How to Break Bad Habits and Make Good Habits Stick with Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood reveals recent science behind habit formation and how you can use it to reshape your own behavior.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The trick to building habits
2) Why context is so crucial fo…
00:44:39 |
Thu 10 Feb 2022
741: How to Stop Struggling and Start Thriving with Nataly Kogan
Nataly Kogan shares how to become the boss of your own brain and beat the negativity bias.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why struggle is optional
2) The two questions to boost your emotional fitness
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00:28:53 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
740: How to Reclaim Your Time and Calendar with Rick Pastoor
Rick Pastoor shares his tried and tested strategies for beating the calendar overwhelm so you can get back to what matters.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why your calendar isn’t working–and how you can …
00:46:16 |
Thu 03 Feb 2022
739: Greater Happiness and Success through the Principles of Influence with Brian Ahearn
Brian discusses how influence really boils down to investing in people.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The secret to liking and being liked
2) How to use contrast to be more persuasive
3) How to use …
00:37:11 |
Mon 31 Jan 2022
738: How to Get Inspired and Be Inspiring with Alise Cortez
Alise Cortez reveals what sets apart inspirational leaders, and how you can become one yourself.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The three principle sources of meaning
2) How to get yourself out of a jo…
00:31:16 |
Thu 27 Jan 2022
737: How to Make Decisions Smarter and Faster with Ralph Keeney
Ralph Keeney reveals his simple process for making wiser decisions.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The three steps to making better decisions
2) How to gain extreme clarity on your best options
3) Ho…
00:38:21 |
Mon 24 Jan 2022
736: The Surprising Problem-Solving Insights from Art with Amy Herman
Amy Herman reveals the surprising framework agencies like the FBI, NATO, and Interpol have used to solve their most intricate problems.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) What to do when you don’t know what …
00:37:56 |
Thu 20 Jan 2022
735: Cultivating the Mindset of Motivated and Successful People with Jim Cathcart
Legendary speaker Jim Cathcart shares powerful wisdom for overcoming the self-limiting beliefs that keep us from thriving in work and life.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The simple secret to motivating …
00:44:38 |
Mon 17 Jan 2022
734: How to Train Your Mind to Focus and Handle Distractions Better with Dr. Amishi Jha
Dr. Amishi Jha shares the results of her research to provide a simple solution to improve your focus.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The biggest myth about our attention spans
2) The four reasons your …
00:45:22 |
Thu 13 Jan 2022
733: How to Keep Growing Over Your Whole Career with Whitney Johnson
Whitney Johnson shares key science behind learning and growth so you can continue growing your skills smartly over the long haul.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The 3 phases of growth–and how to master t…
00:43:34 |
Mon 10 Jan 2022
732: How Aspiring Leaders Can Succeed Today with Clay Scroggins
Clay Scroggins lays out how leadership is rapidly changing and what aspiring leaders can do to adapt and succeed.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The 4As for mastering tricky conversations
2) Why the “r…
00:36:29 |
Thu 06 Jan 2022
731: How to Harness Motivation…According to Science with Ayelet Fishbach
Ayelet Fishbach reveals insights into motivation to help you achieve your goals.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The top variable for motivation
2) How to find motivation when you’re just not feeling it…
00:40:33 |
Mon 03 Jan 2022
730: How Leaders Can Succeed by Mastering the Eight Paradoxes of Effective Leaders with Dr. Tim Elmore
Dr. Tim Elmore sheds light on the eight paradoxes the leaders of today must embrace to more effectively inspire and connect with their teams.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why leaders say it’s more diff…
00:46:37 |
Thu 23 Dec 2021
729: A Veteran Broadcaster’s Top Tips for Great Listening and Speaking with Jane Hanson
Emmy-award-winning journalist Jane Hanson shares the secrets of communicating like the pros.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why we’re listening wrong–and how to fix it
2) How to communicate through bod…
00:35:37 |
Mon 20 Dec 2021
728: Uncovering the Hidden Elements that Influence Decisions with Eric Johnson
Professor Eric Johnson shares compelling research revealing the tiny factors that have a huge impact on what we (and others!) end up choosing.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How changing order drasticall…
00:31:05 |
Thu 16 Dec 2021
727: How to Start Something New and See it Through with Michael Bungay Stanier
Michael Bungay Stanier shares his three-step process for starting and achieving your most ambitious goals.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The secret to crafting more motivating goals
2) Why we often fa…
00:48:52 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
726: Developing the Mind of a Champion and Leader with Dr. Jim Afremow
Dr. Jim Afremow reveals the secrets of how top performers prepare themselves mentally to succeed.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The five-minute mental training routine used by top athletes
2) Two easy…
00:34:20 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
725: How to Master Your Attention, To-Do List and Inbox with Maura Thomas
Productivity expert Maura Thomas reveals strategies for increasing your productivity and truly making an impact.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to regain control of your work day
2) The wrong place…
00:42:04 |
Mon 06 Dec 2021
724: How to Master Your Executive Presence with Muriel Wilkins
Muriel Wilkins dispels myths surrounding executive presence and shows you how you can develop your own, no matter what your role is.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) What executive presence really means
…
00:40:24 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
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