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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- 2016 - 2025
566: How to Start Focusing and Stop Firefighting with Mike Michalowicz
Mike Michalowicz shares how to zero in on the most important issues to fix next.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to identify what you need to fix next.
2) A crucial question you’re forgetting to ask…
00:38:32 |
Mon 27 Apr 2020
565: How to Get Out of a Rut and into Your Flow with Jonah Sachs
Jonah Sachs discusses how a simple shift in the way we think helps us achieve more.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) Why the experts are often the most unreliable.
2) How to make any task more exciting and…
00:41:05 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
564: Tapping the Motivational Forces of the World’s Most Successful People with Marco Greenberg
Marco Greenberg shares how primal drives can be the key to unlocking your motivation and potential at work.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) Why the world’s most successful people are “primitive”.
2) How t…
00:49:40 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
563: Accelerating Your Career by Thinking Like a Rocket Scientist with Ozan Varol
Ozan Varol discusses how to make giant leaps in your career by thinking like a rocket scientist.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) How success can hinder growth—and what to do about it.
2) How to turn worr…
00:36:53 |
Thu 16 Apr 2020
562: How to Get More Done by Working Less with Alex Pang
Alex Pang discusses how to significantly boost your productivity while working fewer hours.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) How working fewer hours greatly increases productivity.
2) Small productivity hac…
00:31:03 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
561: The Ultimate Guide to Working Remotely with Lisette Sutherland
Lisette Sutherland shares expert tips and tricks for working from home masterfully.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) The remote worker hierarchy of needs.
2) Smarter alternatives to online meetings.
3) Th…
00:44:26 |
Thu 09 Apr 2020
560: How to Resolve Conflict and Boost Productivity through Deep Listening with Oscar Trimboli
Oscar Trimboli explains how to increase your impact through sharpening your listening.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) The magic phrases powerful listeners use
2) How to expertly listen for what’s unsaid
…
00:45:29 |
Mon 06 Apr 2020
559: How to Unify, Motivate, and Direct Any Team by Picking a Fight with David Burkus
David Burkus discusses how crafting a compelling vision in terms of a fight can inspire your team to action.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) The three kinds of fights that inspire.
2) A simple trick to gre…
00:41:47 |
Thu 02 Apr 2020
558: How to Escape Non-Stop Urgency and Become Visionary with Michael Hyatt
New York Times bestselling author and leadership mentor Michael Hyatt shares what it really takes to become a vision-driven leader.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) Why anyone can be a vision-driven leader.
…
00:36:39 |
Mon 30 Mar 2020
557: How to Outthink Fear with Dr. Mark McLaughlin
Neurosurgeon and author Mark McLaughlin shares the science of fear and what to do about it.
You'll Learn:
1) How fear affects our decision-making
2) How to manage your fears effectively
3) The…
00:23:54 |
Thu 26 Mar 2020
556: What Drives Your Career Growth with Korn Ferry’s Gary Burnison
Gary Burnison shares what professionals need to start doing differently to advance in their careers.
You'll Learn:
1) Three mindsets to accelerate your career growth
2) The overlooked elements…
00:38:57 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
555: Why We Fail to Empower, Inspire, and Engage: Unmasking the The Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier
Michael Bungay Stanier explains why we need to stop giving advice and start asking questions instead.
You'll Learn:
1) Three reasons why advice is overrated.
2) A step-by-step process for break…
00:42:12 |
Thu 19 Mar 2020
554: How Doing Less Results in Achieving More with Celeste Headlee
Award-winning journalist and speaker Celeste Headlee shares how doing nothing can help you accomplish everything.
You'll Learn:
1) Why idleness isn’t laziness
2) What’s causing you burnout
3)…
00:30:01 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
553: How to Change Minds and Organizations with Jonah Berger
Wharton professor Jonah Berger discusses the biggest obstacles to successful persuasion—and how to overcome them.
You'll Learn:
1) Why persuasive arguments don’t work—and what does
2) A simple …
00:44:03 |
Thu 12 Mar 2020
552: The Foundational Principle that Separates Good Leaders from Bad Ones with Pat Lencioni
Patrick Lencioni explores so many leaders fall short--and how to resolve it.
You'll Learn:
1) The mentality that separates great leaders from the rest
2) Why you shouldn’t be afraid of microman…
00:35:43 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
551: How to Save Massive Time, Energy, and Frustration by Solving Problems Before They Happen with Dan Heath
Dan Heath discusses how upstream-thinking can help solve problems before they even show up.
You'll Learn:
1) The power of “upstream thinking”
2) How to get to the root of the problem
3) How to…
00:48:22 |
Thu 05 Mar 2020
550: How to Free Yourself from Conflict with Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler
Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler shares what to do when your attempts to resolve conflict fail.
You'll Learn:
1) The simplest way to stop conflict from overwhelming you
2) How to untangle the compl…
00:37:50 |
Mon 02 Mar 2020
549: Who Gets Raises and Promotions? Rick Gillis Reveals the Metric that Predicts our Fate.
Rick Gillis shares how knowing and improving your “quotient” can help you get raises and promotions at work.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) The factor that determines your compensation at work.
2) How …
00:35:51 |
Thu 27 Feb 2020
548: How to Get Your Points Across Clearly with Davina Stanley
Davina Stanley shares expert strategies for communicating with greater clarity.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) Why so many business presentations miss the mark.
2) The three-step “So what?” strategy.
…
00:42:20 |
Mon 24 Feb 2020
547: Finding Greater Success and Fulfillment with an Infinite Mindset with Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek discusses the crucial pivot in thinking that professionals need to thrive in their careers.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) What most professionals get wrong about work.
2) The five key pract…
00:31:56 |
Thu 20 Feb 2020
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