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!
Show episodes
981: Using AI to Enhance Your Reading, Notes, Memory, and Decisions with Kwame Christian
Fellow podcaster Kwame Christian giggles with Pete as he shares his insights and lessons learned on a novel notetaking approach. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to listen and understand audio at 3X speed 2) How notetaking improves your decision-making 3) How AI can make a fun soundtrack for your life Subscribe or visit Aw
Scott Mautz shares powerful strategies to stay confident and in control when negativity strikes. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to wisely managed doubt–and confidence 2) The early warning signs of self-acceptance being degraded 3) The three-step solution to reset negative chatter Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/e
Retired Green Beret Scott Mann shares battle-tested strategies for motivating people in low-trust, high-stakes environments. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why storytelling is super powerful 2) The key shift that makes stories memorable 3) How to regulate emotions (both yours and others) Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com
978: Crafting Your Personal Resilience Plan for Beating Burnout with with Marie-Hélène Pelletier
Marie-Hélène Pelletier argues that resilience isn’t a trait and provides a customizable path to develop yours. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why no one should assume they’re resilient 2) How to design your Resilience Plan 3) The tiny actions that build big resilience Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep978 for clickabl
977: What Makes Leaders Bad—and What You Can Do About It–with Dr. Barbara Kellerman
Dr. Barbara Kellerman explores the roots of bad leadership and offers strategic tips for challenging it. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Where leadership training falls short 2) The two core components of “bad” leadership 3) Four tips for standing up to bad leaders Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep977 for clickable v
Elaine Lin Hering discusses why to stop censoring yourself at work—and how to strategically do that. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The massive costs of keeping quiet 2) The fundamental question that helps you speak up wisely 3) The subtle ways we silence others—and how to stop Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep976 f
