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!
Business
Self-Improvement
Money
Careers
Career
Interview
Success
Development
Fun
Mental Health
Writing
Training
Education
Health & Fitness
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 1106
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Happy Thanksgiving 2024!
Happy Thanksgiving! Pete briefly reflects on two recent episodes that helped level up how he uses AI.
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Previous episode: 1004: Seth Godin on How to Maximize…
00:02:35 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
1014: How to Make Meetings Better for Everyone with Calendly’s Darren Chait
Darren Chait discusses how to make meetings more engaging using data from Calendly’s State of Meetings 2024 research.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why 81% of respondents want more meetings
2) Three m…
00:34:55 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
1013: Harnessing the Six Motives that Shape Culture with Neel Doshi
Neel Doshi reveals how to build and sustain high performing cultures through total motivation.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The six motives at the root of culture
2) How to use metrics the wrong and …
00:40:45 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
1012: Triple Your Learning through Productive Failure with Dr. Manu Kapur
Dr. Manu Kapur reveals how to maximize learning by intentionally designing for failure.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why to avoid explanations and experts (at first)
2) How to achieve the sweet spot …
00:42:12 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
1011: How to Defeat Overwhelm and Get SO MUCH Done in 15 Minutes with Sam Bennett
Sam Bennett shows you how to transform the way you work through the magic of the 15 minute method.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The impressive amount you can get done in 15 minutes
2) How to deal wit…
00:36:12 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
1010: Getting the Most Out of Generative AI at Work with Jeremy Utley
Jeremy Utley reveals why many aren’t getting the results they want from AI—and how to fix that.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The #1 mistake people are making with AI
2) ChatGPT’s top advantage over o…
00:47:47 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
1009: Negotiating with Difficult People with Rebecca Zung
Rebecca Zung shares fresh strategies to take on your biggest bullies and win.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to identify if someone is a high-conflict personality
2) How to SLAY your bullies and wi…
00:43:02 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
1008: The Nine Steps for Making Career Progress with Ethan Bernstein
Ethan Bernstein reveals the process for finding and seizing career opportunities you won’t regret.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The four quests driving every career transition
2) The exercise that ke…
00:41:28 |
Mon 04 Nov 2024
1007: The Overachiever’s Guide to Finding More Fulfillment at Work with Megan Hellerer
Megan Hellerer reveals the simple shifts that make your career and life feel more meaningful.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why many overachievers feel underfulfilled
2) The mindset that leads to fit …
00:42:02 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
1006: A Navy SEAL Shares the Hidden Attributes Enabling Optimal Performance with Rich Diviney
Rich Diviney reveals the hidden drivers of optimal performance: attributes.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The crucial difference between skills and attributes
2) When your “weaknesses” are “strengths”…
00:37:11 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
1005: How to Feel Energized Every Day with Dr. Michael Breus
Dr. Michael Breus cuts through the noise and discusses the three most important wellness habits: sleeping, drinking, and breathing.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The top habit that leads to better sleep…
00:44:35 |
Thu 24 Oct 2024
1004: Seth Godin on How to Maximize Your Impact and Deliver Work That Matters
Seth Godin shares insightful stories and perspectives to help us think strategically and create meaningful change in a complex world.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The mindset that makes you indispensab…
00:41:02 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
1003: How to Be Both Empathetic and Effective as a Leader with Maria Ross
Maria Ross reveals how leaders can drive growth and improve performance without sacrificing empathy.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How everyone wins with more empathy
2) Why leaders struggle with acco…
00:37:13 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
1002: How to Inspire Great Performance and Increase Team Satisfaction with Anne Chow
Anne Chow demonstrates how embracing inclusion enhances performance and transforms workplaces.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why busyness destroys opportunities
2) How inclusion boosts success
3) Wh…
00:41:50 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
1001: Transforming Relationships by Overcoming Self-Deception with The Arbinger Institute’s Mitch Warner
Mitch Warner reveals how we end up sabotaging ourselves and how you can overcome these obstacles to strengthen relationships and your leadership as a whole.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How “the box” l…
00:45:57 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
1000th Episode Special!
Pete and the team celebrate 1000 episodes with the help of some extra awesome guests! Thank you to all our listeners for making this special milestone possible 🥳🎉
We’re so glad to have you all, and …
00:55:41 |
Sun 06 Oct 2024
999: How Perfectionism Holds Us Back–and What to Do About It with Dr. Greg Chasson
Dr. Greg Chasson reveals the double-edged nature of perfectionism—and provides expert strategies for managing it.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How perfectionism differs from high standards
2) How ine…
00:40:08 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
998: A Crisis Management Expert’s Guide to Leading Well with Dr. Thom Mayer
The “Master of Disaster” Dr. Thom Mayer shares his most valuable lessons learned from leading during times of major crises.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The critical first step to leading well
2) The…
00:35:29 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
997: How to Push Past Self-Doubt and Find the Confidence to Pursue Big Things with Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland
Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland share insights on impostor syndrome–and more–from their community of thousands of developing entrepreneurs.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The mindset shift that stops self-dou…
00:40:52 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
996: Tackling Work Stressors and Transitions with Dr. Tessa West
Tessa West shares her method for making the necessary changes that lead to greater job satisfaction.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How your body tells you when it’s time to change jobs
2) How to not b…
00:45:40 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of How to be Awesome at Your Job. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.