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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:

940: How to Find the Best Job for you that Actually Exists with Lauren McGoodwin Feb 29, 2024

Show notes

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 drivers of happiness at work

3) Why to become invaluable–not indispensable

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— ABOUT LAUREN —

Lauren founded Career Contessa in 2013 after experiencing a gap in career development resources for women who might be job searching, soul searching, leading and managing, or trying to find new ways to advance within their careers. With women accounting for more than 50% of the workforce and the workforce being less defined than ever before, it seemed crazy (and outdated) that a resource for us didn't exist.

Fast-forward to today, Career Contessa is now the largest online career site built inclusively for women. Lauren is also author of Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose (2020), co-host of The Career Contessa podcast, and an educator/speaker on a variety of career topics.

Formerly, Lauren was a University Recruiter for Hulu focused on hiring, employer branding, and program management. Lauren has a Bachelors in Education from the University of Oregon and a Masters in Communication Management from the University of Southern California where she wrote her thesis on millennials and career resources.

When not Contessa-ing, you can find Lauren spending time with her family in Redondo Beach, CA where she lives with her husband and daughter.

• Book:Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose

• LinkedIn: Lauren McGoodwin

• Podcast: Career Contessa

• Website: LaurenMcGoodwin.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

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

• Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

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939: How to Waste Less Time on Meetings…and Spend More Time on Strategy with Rich Horwath Feb 26, 2024

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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 truly matters

3) Why most meetings are useless—and how to fix them

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— ABOUT RICH —

Rich Horwath is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking and has been rated the #1 keynote speaker on strategy at national conferences, including the Society for Human Resource Management Strategy Conference.

He has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX TV to provide commentary on the strategic aspects of current events and his work has appeared in publications including Fast Company, Forbes, and the Harvard Business Review.

A former Chief Strategy Officer and professor of strategy, Rich has created more than 700 resources to help leaders at all levels maximize their strategic potential. He designed the Strategic Quotient (SQ) Assessment, a validated tool to measure how effectively a person thinks, plans, and acts strategically. Rich created the Strategic Fitness System as an online platform for leaders to practice the skills to effectively navigate all areas of their business, including strategy, leadership, organization, and communication.

• Book: Strategic: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence

• Website: StrategySkills.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Software: Loom

• Software: MindManager (formerly Mindjet)

• Book: The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin

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938: William Ury on How to Thrive in Conflict Feb 22, 2024

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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 we need more conflict, not less

2) The true enemy to confront

3) How writing the other side’s victory speech can help you win

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— ABOUT WILLIAM —

William Ury is one of the world’s best-known experts on negotiation, and co-author of Getting to Yes, the world’s all-time bestselling book on negotiation with more than 15 million copies sold. A co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, Ury has devoted his life to helping people, organizations, and nations transform conflicts around the world, having served as a negotiator in many of the toughest disputes of our times, taught negotiation to tens of thousands, and consulted for the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, and dozens of Fortune 500 companies. He has served as a negotiation adviser and mediator in conflicts ranging from Kentucky wildcat coal mine strikes to family feuds, from US partisan battles to wars in the Middle East, Colombia, Korea, and Ukraine.

Ury is an internationally sought-after speaker and has two popular TEDx talks with millions of viewers. He lives in Colorado where he loves to hike in the mountains.

• Book: Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

• Book: The Power of a Positive No: Save The Deal Save The Relationship and Still Say No

• Website: WilliamUry.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Chingtranslated by Chao-Hsiu Chen

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937: Speaking the Hidden Language of Connection with Charles Duhigg Feb 19, 2024

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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 deepen and enrich relationships

3) How one sentence can dramatically ease workplace conflict

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— ABOUT CHARLES —

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. He writes for The New Yorker and other publications, was previously a senior editor at The New York Times, and occasionally hosts the podcast How To!

• Book: Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

• Book: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

• Website: CharlesDuhigg.com

• Email: charles@duhigg.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “The Experimental Genesis of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and some Preliminary Findings” by Arthur Aron, et al.

• Book: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

• Book: The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study In Human Nature by William James

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936: The 8 Super Powers that Unlock Gravitas with Lisa Sun Feb 15, 2024

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Lisa Sun shares her tools for building true, lasting confidence.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What gravitas really means

2) The Six Forces ruining your confidence

3) How to discover your “confidence language”

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— ABOUT LISA —

Lisa Sun is the founder and CEO of GRAVITAS, a company on a mission to catalyze confidence. GRAVITAS offers innovative size-inclusive apparel, styling solutions, and content designed to make over women from the inside out.

Prior to founding GRAVITAS, Sun spent 11 years at McKinsey & Company, where she advised leading luxury fashion and beauty brands and retailers in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America on strategic and operational issues. Her first collection was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, People, and the Today Show in the same month.

Sun and GRAVITAS have been featured on CNN and in Forbes, Fast Company, New York Magazine, Elle, Marie Claire, InStyle, and more. GRAVITAS includes among its activities a commitment to AAPI causes and New York City’s Garment District. Often called the “dress whisperer,” Lisa is also a highly sought-after public speaker who likes to impart her hard-won knowledge on gravitas and how to best harness it to other women.

• Book: Gravitas: The 8 Strengths That Redefine Confidence

• LinkedIn: Lisa Sun

• Quiz: MyConfidenceLanguage.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

• HBR Article: Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome by Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey

• Past episode: 327: Unclog Your Brain through Unfocusing with Dr. Srini Pillay

• Past episode: 852: Dale Carnegie’s Timeless Wisdom on Building Mental Resilience and Strong Relationships with Joe Hart

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935: The Five Steps to Winning Every Week with Demir Bentley Feb 12, 2024

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Demir Bentley reveals the five simple steps to successfully plan and execute vastly more satisfying and productive weeks.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why nobody really plans their week—and how to fix it

2) The master key to getting ahead of your to-do list

3) How to transform your calendar into a power tool

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— ABOUT DEMIR —

Demir Bentley is an executive productivity coach, co-founder of Lifehack Method and WSJ Bestselling author of Winning The Week: How To Plan A Successful Week, Every Week.

He teaches hard-hitting efficiency techniques and proven accountability strategies that have helped clients generate millions in revenue while saving thousands of hours.

In the past eight years, he’s helped more than 70,000 professionals, including executives from Facebook, Google, Uber and PepsiCo, to prevent burnout and create more freedom in their lives.

• Book: Winning the Week: How To Plan A Successful Week, Every Week

• Website: WinningTheWeek.com

• Website: LifeHackMethod.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

• Past episode: 080: Finding and Doing the One Thing with Jay Papasan

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934: Building Confidence by Facing Fears with Michelle Poler Feb 08, 2024

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Michelle Poler shares her epic story and strategies for facing fears head-on.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to instantly flip your fear perspective

2) Why to dare being disliked

3) The distinction between being brave versus fearless

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— ABOUT MICHELLE —

As the Founder of Hello Fears, Michelle Poler has created a social movement empowering millions to step outside of their comfort zone and tap into their full potential. She has inspired some of the world’s most influential organizations including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many more. Poler is also the creator of the project 100 Days Without Fear and her work has been featured on CBS, CNN and Buzzfeed, among many others.

• Book: Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You're Meant to Be (Motivational Self-Confidence Book for Women and Men)

• Instagram: @hellofears

• Website: 100DaysWithoutFear.com

• Website: MichellePoler.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Maybe by Kobi Yamada

• Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battlesby Steven Pressfield

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933: How Building a Habit of Bravery Transforms Everything with Todd Henry Feb 05, 2024

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Todd Henry shares how to build the courage to chase after opportunities amidst uncertainty.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to muster courage in the moment

2) The biggest myth that holds us back

3) Five steps to feel braver every day

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— ABOUT TODD —

Todd Henry teaches leaders and organizations how to establish practices that lead to everyday brilliance. He is the author of seven books: The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder Than Words, Herding Tigers, The Motivation Code, Daily Creative, The Brave Habit, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he speaks and consults across dozens of industries on creativity, leadership, and passion for work.

With more than fifteen million downloads, his podcast offers weekly tips for how to stay prolific, brilliant, and healthy.

• Book: The Brave Habit: A Guide To Courageous Leadership

• Book: Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day

• Book: The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice

• Podcast: The Daily Creative with Todd Henry

• Website: ToddHenry.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life" by Walter Isaacson

• Book: "Harvard Classics Volume 1: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; The Journal of John Woolman; Some Fruits of Solitude"

• Book: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin

• Book: The Complete Harvard Classics 2020 Edition

• Past episode: 614: Making Smarter Decisions When You Can’t Know Everything with Annie Duke

• Past episode: 798: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race with Kwame Christian

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2024 Survey Results Feb 01, 2024

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In this episode, Pete shares insights from the listener's survey and some of the changes happening to the podcast based on your feedback.

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932: How to have breakthrough conversations with Dr. Marcia Reynolds Jan 29, 2024

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Master coach Dr. Marcia Reynolds reveals how to prompt more lightbulb moments through reflective inquiry.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why coaching is simpler than you think

2) How to shift into the ideal state of mind

3) Your most powerful coaching tool

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— ABOUT MARCIA —

Dr. Marcia Reynolds is passionate about researching, writing about, and teaching people around the world how to engage in powerful conversations that connect, influence, and activate change.

She was the 5th global president of the International Coaching Federation and is recognized by Global Gurus as one of the top five coaches in the world. She is also the creator of the renowned WBECS program, Breakthrough Coaching.

Interviews and excerpts from her books have appeared in many places including Fast Company, Forbes.com, CNN.com, Psychology Today, The Globe and Mail, and The Wall Street Journal and she has appeared in business magazines in Europe, Asia and on ABC World News.

• Book: Breakthrough Coaching: Creating Lightbulb Moments in Your Coaching Conversations

• Website: CoVisioning.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Sanebox

• Book: Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will by Robert Sapolsky

• Past episode: 014: Emotional Mastery with Dr. Marcia Reynolds

• Past episode: 575: How to Coach More Effectively using Reflective Inquiry with Dr. Marcia Reynolds

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