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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- Update frequency
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- Episodes
- 1106
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- 2016 - 2025
956: How to Delegate Anything with Dave Kerpen
Dave Kerpen shows how to get over delegation hangups to tackle your top life priorities and prevent burnout.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to get over yourself and finally begin delegating
2) How …
00:38:33 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
955: Mastering Emotion and Conversation Like a Top Hostage Negotiator with Scott Walker
Former hostage negotiator Scott Walker shares powerful principles for masterful dialogue when the stakes are high.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The number one skill of master negotiators
2) Two trick…
00:42:51 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
954: Rewriting Your Source Code: How to Identify and Cure the 12 Patterns Holding You Back with Dr. Sam Rader
Dr. Sam Rader discusses a fresh approach to identify and cure the unconscious patterns that keep us from living fully.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The surprising origins of many work dysfunctions
2)…
01:41:53 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
953: How to Transform Tension into Progress amid Tough Conversations with Todd Davis
Todd Davis shows how to fix strained relationships and shift conversations from difficult to productive.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to reduce the discomfort in difficult conversations
2) The th…
00:44:41 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
952: How Wonder Eliminates Stress and Improves Wellbeing with Monica Parker
Monica Parker discusses the surprising benefits of wonder—and shares easy ways to experience more of it in your life.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How wonder helps us at work
2) Easy ways to experien…
00:24:42 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
951: The Three Sentences that Improve (almost) Every Conversation with Chris Fenning
Chris Fenning shares how to master the first minute of conversation for clearer, more concise, and more persuasive communication.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to capture your audience’s attention i…
00:41:39 |
Mon 08 Apr 2024
950: Cal Newport: Slowing Down to Boost Productivity and Ease Stress
Cal Newport shows how to achieve more by doing less.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why we’re measuring productivity all wrong
2) The surprising math showing how doing less means achieving more
3) Th…
00:48:54 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
949: How to End Miscommunications, Unclarity, and Endlessly Repeating the Same Conversation with Marsha Acker
Marsha Acker reveals how to break free from the cycle of miscommunication and misunderstandings.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The root of misunderstandings and miscommunications
2) The four actions o…
00:41:07 |
Mon 01 Apr 2024
948: The 3 Simple Steps to Compelling Stories with Mark Carpenter
Master storyteller Mark Carpenter shares handy keys for telling great stories that enrich all your communication.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why stories are more effective than numbers
2) The scien…
00:40:20 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
947: How to Unlock Clarity through Your Brain’s Blueprint with Rachel Rider
Rachel Rider shares visualization and other approaches to gain individualized insights on improving your leadership.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) A powerful visualization to break out of negativity
2…
00:34:17 |
Mon 25 Mar 2024
946: Why Most Projects Fail and What to Do About it with Kory Kogon
Kory Kogon offers her practical guide for effective project management–even when you’re not the official project manager.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why most projects fail
2) Key questions to ask b…
00:47:07 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
945: How to Master Your Inner World and Flourish During Stress with Mawi Asgedom
Mawi Asgedom shares four tools anyone can use to master their emotions and thrive.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Easy ways to keep your cool when things go awry
2) The key investment that improves bot…
00:48:30 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
944: Becoming a Leader that People Want to Follow with Jon Rennie
Former submarine officer Jon Rennie outlines the leadership principles that make people want to follow you.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to deepen your connection with your team
2) Why to let you…
00:31:07 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
943: Crushing the 9 Barriers to Taking Action with David Nurse
David Nurse reveals how to identify and overcome the roadblocks preventing you from taking action.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to bridge the gap between knowing and doing
2) The nine reasons why…
00:42:30 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
942: How to Reach Better Team Decisions with Less Drama with Janice Fraser
Janice Fraser reveals her secrets to team decision-making with less drama.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to get to the root of any argument
2) How to know if your decision is good enough
3) Why …
00:42:53 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
941: The Best Way to Hire Top Talent with Mike Michalowicz
Mike Michalowicz reveals a surprising strategy for finding and retaining top talent.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The more effective alternative to job interviews
2) The key signs someone is perfect …
00:35:07 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
940: How to Find the Best Job for you that Actually Exists with Lauren McGoodwin
Lauren McGoodwin challenges the notion of the “dream job” and makes the case for pursuing the “good-enough” job.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why the dream job actually doesn’t exist
2) The true driv…
00:34:43 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
939: How to Waste Less Time on Meetings…and Spend More Time on Strategy with Rich Horwath
Rich Horwath reveals how to cut through the busywork and make more time for strategy.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) What being “strategic” really means
2) The critical questions that determine what tr…
00:36:46 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
938: William Ury on How to Thrive in Conflict
Renowned negotiation expert William Ury draws from his extensive experience of working in the world’s toughest conflicts to help transform conflict into opportunity.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why w…
00:44:29 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
937: Speaking the Hidden Language of Connection with Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg shares the simple secret that helps you build powerful connections with anyone.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) What supercommunicators know that others don’t
2) How to ask questions that…
00:47:28 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
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