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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:

1173: The Tools for Greater Mental Strength with Amy Morin Aug 10, 2026

Show notes

Amy Morin shares practical tools to stay calm, confident, and resilient under pressure.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to quickly shift your mood and energy

2) How to defuse dread and make your workday easier

3) The simple tool to keep worry from taking over your day

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— ABOUT AMY —

Amy Morin, LCSW is a psychotherapist, mental strength trainer, internationally bestselling author, and the award-winning host of the Mentally Stronger With Therapist Amy Morin podcast. Her books on mental strength, including 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, have sold more than 1 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages.

She’s practiced therapy for over 20 years, and she’s a sought-after speaker whose TEDx talk, “The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong,” is one of the most viewed talks of all time with more than 25 million views. Her new book is The Mental Strength Playbook: 50 Tools to Cope with Stress, Thrive Under Pressure, and Gain a Competitive Edge in the Workplace. Amy lives on a sailboat in the Florida Keys.

• Book: The Mental Strength Playbook: 50 Tools to Cope with Stress, Thrive Under Pressure, and Gain a Competitive Edge in the Workplace

• Podcast: Mentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin

• TEDxTalk: The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong | Amy Morin | TEDxOcala

• Website: AmyMorinLCSW.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: How We Feel

• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

• Book: Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends by Marisa Franco

• Past episode: 482: David Allen Returns with the 10 Moves to Stress-Free Productivity

• Past episode: 840: The Science Behind Strong, Lasting Friendships with Dr. Marisa G. Franco

• Video: The Chris Hemsworth Video You Need | Netflix

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6th Year - 693: Building Better Relationships through Validation with Michael Sorensen Aug 06, 2026

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Michael Sorensen demonstrates the simple superpower that vastly improves our relationships: validation.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to improve conversations with the four-step validation method

2) How we unintentionally invalidate others

3) How to move past the discomfort of emotional conversations

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— ABOUT MICHAEL —

Michael Sorensen is a marketing executive by day and a bestselling author, speaker, and relationship coach by night. His book, I Hear You, has helped hundreds of thousands of people across the world become masters of connection in business, love, and life.

Michael has been invited to speak at some of the world’s largest organizations, had his work translated into over a dozen languages, and has even conducted training for the United States Navy.

• Book: I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships

• Website: MichaelSSorensen.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Software: TextExpander

• App: Copy’Em

• Book: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss

• Book: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

• Book: The Slight Edge (Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness) by Jeff Olson

• Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss

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1172: How to Train Your Brain for More Peaceful Conflict Resolutions with Jeremy Pollack Aug 03, 2026

Show notes

Jeremy Pollack explains the critical role our nervous system plays in conflict resolution.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The neurobiological underpinnings of conflict

2) The 60-second hack to regain your composure

3) How to deal with a conflict that’s going nowhere

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— ABOUT JEREMY —

Jeremy Pollack, Ph.D. is a social-organizational psychologist and a leader in the field of workplace conflict resolution and peacebuilding. He is the Founder of Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, an international conflict resolution consulting firm. He is also co-founder and chairman of the Peaceful Leadership Institute, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to promoting the model and theory of Peaceful Leadership. Jeremy is a coach, trainer, mediator, and author. He coaches and trains executives and employees at a variety of levels and industries, from Fortune 100 companies to major non-profits.

• Book: Wired for Peace: Using 7 Neuroscience-Based Principles to Resolve Conflicts

• Website: PollackPeaceBuilding.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Term: Terror management theory

• Book: Little Book of Conflict Transformation: Clear Articulation Of The Guiding Principles By A Pioneer In The Field (Justice and Peacebuilding) by John Lederach

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1171: How to Get Better Results through Better Questions with Dr. Marilee Adams Jul 30, 2026

Show notes

Dr. Marilee Adams shows you how to ask the questions that drive improvement and innovation.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How your inner questions shape your decisions and behavior

2) Why brainstorming often falls short–and what to do instead

3) The hidden assumptions that limit your thinking and creativity

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— ABOUT MARILEE —

Marilee Adams, PhD, award-winning author, is a pioneer in inquiry-based coaching, leadership, and organizational culture. The originator of the Question Thinking methodologies, she is CEO and founder of the Inquiry Institute and a consultant for organizations large and small.

Dr. Adams is an affiliate instructor for Weatherhead’s Executive Education Program at Case Western Reserve University and for ten years was an adjunct professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University.

• Book: Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Fifth Edition: 14 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results

• Book: The Art of the Question: A Guide to Short-Term Question-Centered Therapy (Wiley Series in Couples and Family Dynamics and Treatment)

• Email: marilee.adams@inquiryinstitute.com

• Website: InquiryInstitute.com

• Tool: Choice map

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth by The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Padma Lakshmi

• Book: The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Will Storr

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1170: How to Make Discipline Feel Easy and Achieve Your Ambitious Goals with Jia Jiang Jul 27, 2026

Show notes

Jia Jiang explains his four-step framework for making discipline and success easier.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The problem with hard discipline

2) How to make your goals feel easy and enjoyable

3) Two handy tips to defeat procrastination

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— ABOUT JIA —

Jia Jiang is an award-winning speaker, entrepreneur, and the bestselling author of Rejection Proof. As a keynote speaker, Jiang has spoken at corporate and industry events and in front of 400,000+ live audiences. His TED talk has millions of views and is ranked in the top 1% among all TED talks. Jiang is also the owner of Rejection Therapy, which helps people overcome their fear of rejection and develop mental resilience. His work has been featured in Time, CNN, Today, Business Insider, The Guardian, Wired, and more.

• Book: Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things

• TED Talk: What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED

• Video series: 100 Days of Rejection Therapy

• Substack: Easy Ambition

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

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

• Book: Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz

• Book: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

• YouTube: Caroline Girvan

• Game: Slay the Spire II

• Past episode: 016: Going for No with Andrea Waltz

• Past episode: 1167: Mastering the Three Elements of Charisma with Olivia Fox Cabane

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1169: Tapping into the Transformative Power of Sabbaticals with DJ DiDonna Jul 23, 2026

Show notes

DJ DiDonna makes the case for why taking more extended time off helps professionals get further in their careers–and shares tricks for actually snagging that time.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to convince your boss to let you take a sabbatical

2) How sabbaticals act as “regret insurance”

3) How to plan a truly fulfilling sabbatical

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— ABOUT DJ —

DJ DiDonna is a senior lecturer of business administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches MBA courses on entrepreneurship and building meaningful professional and personal lives. He has spent his career translating social science research into real-world tools for positive change. In 2019, DiDonna founded The Sabbatical Project to define, explore, and research the role of sabbaticals in modern life. He has helped organizations around the world—from nonprofits to Fortune 50 companies—design and implement sabbatical policies.

His work has been featured in The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, Time, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Previously, DiDonna cofounded EFL Global, a fintech company that enabled more than $2 billion in capital to underbanked businesses and individuals across twenty countries before its acquisition in 2018. DiDonna earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. On his sabbatical, DiDonna walked nine hundred miles on pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan, helped lead the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities at his undergraduate alma mater, Notre Dame, and unskillfully remodeled his kitchen. Outside work, you can find him plotting how to be in the Big Outdoors.

• Book: Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One by DJ DiDonna

• LinkedIn: DJ DiDonna

• Website: TheSabbaticalProject.org

• Website: djdidonna.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Voice Dream Reader

• Book: The Three-Body Problem (The Three-Body Problem Series, 1) by Cixin Liu

• Book: Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra

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1168: How to Thrive When You Don’t Know What’s Next with Simone Stolzoff Jul 20, 2026

Show notes

Simone Stolzoff shows you that it’s possible to turn uncertainty into your advantage.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to build your uncertainty tolerance

2) What to ask when you face indecision

3) Why curiosity is the antidote to fear

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— ABOUT SIMONE —

Simone Stolzoff is an author and journalist who explores big questions about work, meaning, and identity. A former design lead at the global innovation firm IDEO, he is the author of two books: The Good Enough Job and How To Not Know. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and on the TED stage. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and son.

• Book: How to Not Know: The Value of Uncertainty in a World that Demands Answers

• Book: The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work

• Book site: HowToNotKnow.com

• Substack: The Article Book Club

• Website: SimoneStolzoff.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS)

• Study: World Uncertainty Index

• Study: "Is the Pain Worth the Gain? The Advantages and Liabilities of Agreeing With Socially Distinct Newcomers" by Katherine W. Phillips, Katie A. Liljenquist, and Margaret A. Neale

• Study: "Increasing intolerance of uncertainty over time: the potential influence of increasing connectivity" by R Nicholas Carleton, Gabrielle Desgagné, Rachel Krakauer, and Ryan Y. Hong

• Figure: Annie Duke

• Book: Flex Your Feelings: Train Your Brain to Develop the 7 Traits of Emotional Fitnessby Dr. Emily Anhalt

• Book: London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe

• Book: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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1167: Mastering the Three Elements of Charisma with Olivia Fox Cabane Jul 16, 2026

Show notes

Olivia Fox Cabane reveals the behaviors and practices that help develop your personal charisma.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The number one myth surrounding charisma

2) How to amplify your presence in just a few seconds

3) The master key to looking and feeling more powerful

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— ABOUT IAN —

Olivia Fox Cabane is a leading authority on the science of charisma and the bestselling author of The Charisma Myth and The Net And The Butterfly, translated into 36 languages.

Formerly Director of Innovative Leadership for Stanford StartX, she has lectured on charisma, leadership, and innovation at Harvard, Yale, MIT, the Marine War College, and the United Nations. As cofounder of the KindEarth.Tech Foundation, she supports foodtech companies advancing environmental sustainability.

Her clients include the leadership of Apple, Google, TikTok, Deloitte, UBS, and JP Morgan as well as founders of Airbnb, Brex, Paradigm, and Presight. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal.

• Book: The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

• Meditation: The Charisma Myth Exercises: Metta

• Website: AskOlivia.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Case Report: Women, Be Aware that Your Vocal Charisma can Dwindle in Remote Meetings” by Ingo Siegert and Oliver Niebuhr

• Study: “Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes” by Jane M. Howell and Peter J. Frost

• Study: “Predictors of leadership: The usual suspects and the suspect traits” by John Antonakis

• Researcher: Dr. Oliver Niebuhr

• Microphone: Maono HD300T

• YouTube: Podcastage

• Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

• Book: Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddhaby Tara Brach

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5th Year - 626: Mastering the 2-Hour Job Search That Generates Dream Interviews with Steve Dalton Jul 13, 2026

Show notes

Steve Dalton details his systematic process for securing dream interviews.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to generate 40 target employers in 40 minutes

2) Three effective ways to reach out to potential advocates

3) The 6 crucial elements of the 75-word networking email

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— ABOUT STEVE —

Steve Dalton is a senior career consultant and program director for Duke University’s full-time MBA program. He holds his own MBA from the same institution and a chemical engineering degree from Case Western Reserve.

Steve is also the founder of Contact2Colleague, a corporate training firm that helps organizations increase retention, drive sales, and develop internal expertise by teaching their employees to proactively and systematically build better professional relationships.

• Book: The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster

• Book: The Job Closer: Time-Saving Techniques for Acing Resumes, Interviews, Negotiations, and More

• Website: 2HourJobSearch.com

• Twitter: @Dalton_Steve

• LinkedIn Group: The 2-Hour Job Search - Q&A Forum

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Hunter.io

• Platform: Crunchbase

• System: NAICS Code

• Database: OneSource Business Browser

• Study: "Do Informal Referrals Lead to Better Matches? Evidence from a Firm’s Employee Referral System" by Meta Brown, Elizabeth Setren, and Giorgio Topa

• Book: The 4 Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferris

• Book: Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

• Book: Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome by Ty Tashiro

• Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

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1166: Making Moments More Meaningful with Dr. Ian Bogost Jul 09, 2026

Show notes

Ian Bogost shares why everyday moments are the foundation of a gratifying life–at work and beyond.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why small moments matter so much

2) How dematerialization is hurting you–and what to do about it

3) Tiny upgrades that enhance every day

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— ABOUT IAN —

Dr. Ian Bogost is a writer, designer, and scholar of media and technology. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor and Assistant Vice Provost at Washington University in St. Louis, and a founding partner at Persuasive Games LLC. His latest book is The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life.

• Book: The Small Stuff: The Sensory Enchantment of Everyday Life

• Website: SmallStuffBook.com

• Website: Bogost.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker

• Past episode: 1133: The Philosophy of Scores: How to Measure What Truly Matters and Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game with C. Thi Nguyen

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