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**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!

Latest Episodes:

1034: Simple Shifts that Form Exceptional Teams with Keith Ferrazzi Feb 20, 2025

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Keith Ferrazzi shares the simple but powerful shifts all teams can make to elevate performance.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What’s holding most teams back

2) How to improve collaboration with fewer meetings

3) The practices that turn team members into co-leaders

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— ABOUT KEITH —

Keith Ferrazzi is an entrepreneur and global thought leader in high-performing teams and Chairman of Ferrazzi Greenlight and its Research Institute. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Who’s Got Your Back andbestsellers like Never Eat Alone, Leading Without Authority, and Competing in the New World of Work. He is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, Inc, Fortune, and other many other publications.

• Book: Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

• Book: Never Lead Alone: 10 Shifts from Leadership to Teamship

• Article: “Culture change isn’t about flowery rhetoric—it can be turned into a simple assignment”

• LinkedIn: Keith Ferrazzi

• Website: KeithFerrazzi.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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1033: How to Build Your Social Confidence with Susan Callender Feb 17, 2025

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Susan Callender reveals the critical mindset shifts that lead to greater charisma and confidence.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Six steps for overcoming shyness

2) How to quickly curb nervousness and anxiety

3) The small shifts that improve your professional presence

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— ABOUT SUSAN —

Susan Callender is a success coach and founder of Social Confidence Pro, where she runs The School of Social Mastery. She helps sharp, high-achieving yet socially reluctant professionals polish their people skills and step into the spotlight. Through her school and coaching, she helps chronic overthinkers create a bigger impact and add more value to the careers they love. Susan shares her expertise as host of the Social Skills Mastery podcast, transforming clients from Boston to Bangkok and beyond.

• Website: SocialConfidencePro.com/breakthrough

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy

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1032: How to Find Yourself and Create Your Ideal Life through Rebellion with Graham Cochrane Feb 13, 2025

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Graham Cochrane discusses how to stop living on autopilot and start making progress towards your ideal life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The problem with autopilot and “the logical next thing”

2) The five-part REBEL framework

3) The magical time frame for goals

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— ABOUT GRAHAM —

Graham Cochrane is a 7 figure entrepreneur, TEDx and keynote speaker, and bestselling author of How To Get Paid For What You Know and Rebel: Find Yourself by Not Following The Crowd (2024).

He is the host of The Graham Cochrane Show, a top .5% ranked podcast globally, where each week he helps people create more money, margin, and meaning in their lives. With over 14 years of online coaching and content experience, 700,000 YouTube subscribers across his channels, and having built multiple 7 figure businesses that require less than 5 hours of work per week to run, Graham is a leading voice in the life-giving business movement.

His insights have been regularly featured in national media outlets like Forbes, CNBC and Business Insider.

As a coach and dynamic keynote speaker he can help any success-oriented person who feels stuck, exhausted, or disappointed, leverage their true identity to experience clarity, confidence, and make life and business more effortless through utilizing his signature REBEL framework.

• Book: Rebel: Find Yourself by Not Following the Crowd

• Instagram: @thegrahamcochrane

• Website: GrahamCochrane.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann

• Book: The Prosperous Coach: Increase Income and Impact for You and Your Clients (The Prosperous Series) by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin

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1031: Mastering Virtual Communication with Andrew Brodsky Feb 10, 2025

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Andrew Brodsky shows how to sharpen your virtual communication skills.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What your emails and texts say about you

2) The PING framework for efficient virtual communication

3) Why in-person meetings aren’t always better

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— ABOUT ANDREW —

Andrew Brodsky is an award-winning professor, management consultant and virtual communications expert at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. Poets&Quants selected Andrew as one of the “World’s 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40.” He is an expert in workplace technology, communication and productivity and serves as the CEO of Ping Group. Andrew earned a PhD in organizational behavior from Harvard Business School and BS from The Wharton School. He currently lives with his wife and two rescue dogs in Austin.

• Book: Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication

• LinkedIn: Andrew Brodsky

• Website: ABrodsky.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Hex Kitchenby Stephanie Fazio

• Sketch: When a Text Conversation Goes Very Wrong - Key & Peele

• Email Urgency Bias (Research): "You don’t need to answer right away! Receivers overestimate how quickly senders expect responses to non-urgent work emails" by Laura Glurge and Vanessa Bohns

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1030: Building a Career that Lights You Up with Mary Olson-Menzel Feb 06, 2025

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Mary Olson-Menzel reveals her strategies for aligning your strengths with career opportunities that excite you.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to discover what truly lights you up

2) Effective LinkedIn outreach approaches

3) The key thing that grows careers

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— ABOUT MARY —

Mary Olson-Menzel, bestselling author of What Lights You Up?, is a career expert and executive coach with 30+ years of leadership experience. As CEO of MVP Executive Development, she helps individuals and organizations unlock their potential through her compassionate, results-driven approach to “Humane Leadership.” A member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches Community, Mary is dedicated to guiding leaders toward greater success and fulfillment.

• Book: What Lights You Up?: Illuminate Your Path and Take the Next Big Step in Your Career

• Company: MVP Executive Search

• LinkedIn: Mary Olson-Menzel

• Website: MaryOlsenMenzel.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

• Book: Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton

• Book: The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins

• Past episode: 556: What Drives Your Career Growth with Korn Ferry’s Gary Burnison

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1029: How to Tell Stories that Inspire and Influence with Anjali Sharma Feb 03, 2025

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Anjali Sharma reveals why some stories fail to influence or inspire—and shares her top tips for creating stories that do.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why “amazing” storytelling isn’t the end goal

2) The critical question that generates more effective stories

3) Why to think like a journalist–not a novelist

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— ABOUT ANJALI —

Anjali Sharma is the Managing Director of Narrative: The Business of Stories. Anjali works with private and government organisations to determine what their individual and unique business challenges are, and by incorporating Story Skills, she crafts individualised solutions to help solve those challenges.

Anjali has helped companies to increase Staff Engagement and Performance, increase Client Satisfaction and Sales, define Company Values and effectively Position Brands by embedding Story Skills into their organisations.

• Book: Strategic Storytelling: Why Some Stories Drive Your Success at Work But Others Don’t

• LinkedIn: Anjali Sharma

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

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1028: How to Bridge Disagreements and Create More Win-Win agreements with Robert Fersh Jan 30, 2025

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Robert Fersh shares tried and tested strategies for de-escalating conflict and bridging disagreements.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to find shared goals to move past differences

2) The best way to deal with defensiveness

3) What to do when you fundamentally disagree

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— ABOUT ROBERT —

Rob Fersh is a seasoned consensus-builder and has spent over 45 years bridging policy differences and moving public policy forward in Washington DC, working for Congress, in the Executive Branch, and in leading non-profits. He studied at Cornell University and Boston University School of Law. Rob founded Convergence Center for Policy Resolution in 2009 after directing a national anti-hunger organization. Rob's work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC.

• Book: From Conflict to Convergence: Coming Together to Solve Tough Problems

• Website: ConvergencePolicy.org

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by William Ury and Robert Fisher

• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey

• Past episode: 938: William Ury on How to Thrive in Conflict

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1027: The Mindsets that Inspire Teams with Paula Davis Jan 27, 2025

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Paula Davis shares best practices for keeping your team engaged and motivated.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why to shift focus from performance to people

2)How to keep your team connected and motivated

3) The tiny noticeable things that improve team dynamics

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— ABOUT PAULA —

Paula Davis JD, MAPP, is the Founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute, a training and consulting firm that helps organizations reduce burnout and build resilience at the team, leader, and organizational level.

Paula left her law practice after seven years and earned a master’s degree in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the author of Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being & Resilience and Lead Well: 5 Mindsets to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your Team.

Her expertise has been featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, and Psychology Today.

• Book: Lead Well: 5 Mindsets to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your Team

• LinkedIn: Paula Davis

• Company: StressAndResilience.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Lifeby Brigid Schulte

• Book: The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legendby Rob Copeland

• Book: The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal

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1026: How to Stop Saying Um and Become Super Articulate with Michael Hoeppner Jan 23, 2025

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Michael Hoeppner shares fast ways to improve your speaking with innovative physical exercises.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The key reframe that transforms your speaking

2) How to break the habit of filler words

3) The simple trick to clear enunciation

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— ABOUT MICHAEL —

Michael Chad Hoeppner is theCEO of GK Trainingand is on a mission to help people speak well when it matters most. With nearly 20 years in the field, Hoeppner has taught at Columbia Business Schooland coaches thousands of professionals around the world.

His corporate clients include three of the top eight global financial firms, one third of the AmLaw100, two of the four US professional sports leagues, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, and multinational tech, pharma, and food and beverage companies.

• Book: Don't Say Um: How to Communicate Effectively to Live a Better Life (website)

• LinkedIn: Michael Chad Hoeppner

• Website: GKTraining.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Otter

• Article: “To Get What You Want, Try Shutting Up” by Rachel Feintzeig

• Book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville

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1025: Boosting Your Learning and Presenting with the Science of Memory with Dr. Charan Ranganath Jan 20, 2025

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Dr. Charan Ranganath discusses the science behind our brain’s capacity to remember (and forget) and how it can help you make better decisions and impressions.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How emotions shape memory

2) How to hack your brain for enhanced retention

3) The 4 C's of memorable messaging

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— ABOUT CHARAN —

Charan Ranganath is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California at Davis. For over 25 years, Dr. Ranganath has studied the mechanisms in the brain that allow us to remember past events, using brain imaging techniques, computational modeling and studies of patients with memory disorders. He has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship. He lives in Davis, California.

• Harvard Business Review Article: "How to Craft a Memorable Message, According to Science"

• Book: Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book:Influence: The Psychology of Persuasionby Robert Cialdini

• Book: The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind

• Book: All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera

• App: Khan Academy

• Past episode: 1012: Triple Your Learning through Productive Failure with Dr. Manu Kapur

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