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!
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Dave Crenshaw discusses how to find the energy to tackle your goals–when you really don’t feel like it. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to overcome procrastination in one minute 2) The five costs of multitasking 3) Why to pick a terrible stopping point Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1055 for clickable versions
Kara Smith Brown shares principles from her storied B2B sales career that help every professional make the most of their opportunities. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How and why to think of your career like a funnel 2) Why “maybes” are more dangerous than “no’s” 3) How to develop and share a unique point of view that gets yo
Dr. Angela Jackson reveals how practices that help employees thrive translate into enhanced business results. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) What’s really driving disengagement at work 2) How the social contract of work has changed 3) The best way to get your boss’ support Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1053 for c
1052: Building Better Relationships through Radical Listening with Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener
Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener shares powerful insights on how to listen well and deepen your connections. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The hidden barriers to listening 2) Why we should interrupt more 3) The secret to handling disagreements better Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1052 for clickable versions of the links
Sumit Paul-Choudhury shares the science behind optimism and why it gives people an advantage in the long term. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The case for optimism 2) How to train your brain to become an optimist 3) How to direct your optimism to where you need it most Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1051 for click
1050: How to Shift Your Mood and Keep Your Cool with Dr. Ethan Kross
Ethan Kross shares simple, science-backed tools for managing your emotions. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) When avoidance is actually helpful 2) Effortless strategies for quickly shifting your mood 3) The emotional regulation framework used by the Navy SEALs Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1050 for clickable versio
