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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:

755: How to Market Yourself to Maximize Career Opportunities with Diana Chan Mar 31, 2022

Show notes

Diana Chan outlines best practices for improving your career prospects by marketing yourself well.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The biggest networking mistakes professionals make

2) The real first step to any successful job hunt

3) The right way to answer, “Tell me more about yourself”

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— ABOUT DIANA —

Diana YK Chan is a former Recruiter turned Executive Career Coach, Speaker and Trainer at My Marketability. Her mission is to empower you to own your greatness with confidence to shine and thrive in your career. She’s recognized as LinkedIn Top Voice in 2022 for Job Search & Careers, where she’s known for differentiating your personal brand, building strong relationships, and communicating with confidence. Diana is the Creator of Top Talent Academy, where she’s coached thousands of clients globally on how to stand out, get hired and earn more. She’s the host of the “Dare to Differentiate” live show on LinkedIn and YouTube.

• LinkedIn: Diana YK Chan

• Website: My Marketability

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Assessment: CliftonStrengths

• Book: Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication by Vanessa Van Edwards

• Book: Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

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754: How to Get More by Negotiating So Everyone Wins with Barry Nalebuff Mar 28, 2022

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Barry Nalebuff introduces a radical new way to negotiate so everyone gets their fair share of the pie.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Three questions to make any negotiation easier

2) The two key words to avoid and embrace

3) The popular negotiation tactic that can actually break trust

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— ABOUT BARRY —

Barry Nalebuff is the Milton Steinbach Professor at Yale School of Management where he has taught for over thirty years. An expert on game theory, he has written extensively on its application to business strategy. His best sellers include Thinking Strategically, The Art of Strategy, and Mission in a Bottle.

He advised the NBA in their prior negotiations with the Players Association, and several firms in major M&A transactions. Barry has been teaching this negotiation method at Yale in the MBA core and online at Coursera. His Introduction to Negotiation course has over 350,000 learners and 4.9/5.0 rating. He is also a serial entrepreneur. His ventures include Honest Tea, Kombrewcha, and Choose Health.

A graduate of MIT, a Rhodes Scholar, and a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, Barry earned his doctorate at Oxford University.

• Book: Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate

• Website: SplitThePieBook.com

• Course: Introduction to Negotiation: A Strategic Playbook for Becoming a Principled and Persuasive Negotiator

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Article: “In a Sea of Uncertainty, We All Have an Anchor” by Shankar Vedantam

• Study: “The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action: The Role of ‘Placebic’ Information in Interpersonal Interaction” by Ellen Langer, Arthur Blank, and Benzion Chanowitz

• Tool: Blue Yeti Microphone

• Book: Grant by Ron Chernow

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753: How to Stop Avoiding and Start Resolving Conflict with Ralph Kilmann Mar 24, 2022

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Ralph Kilmann, co-creator of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, reveals the surprising source of all conflict—and shares his best practices for expertly resolving them.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The surprising root of almost all conflict

2) Why collaboration isn’t your best and only option

3) Two strategies to overcome the stress and discomfort of conflict

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— ABOUT RALPH —

Ralph H. Kilmann, Ph.D., is CEO and Senior Consultant at Kilmann Diagnostics (KD) in Newport Coast, California. In this position, he has created as well as produced all of KD's online courses and assessment tools on conflict management, change management, and more. Ralph's online products are used by such high-profile organizations as Amazon, Bank of America, Harvard University, NASA, and more.

Ralph is an internationally recognized authority on systems change. He has consulted for numerous corporations throughout the United States and Europe, including AT&T, General Electric, and the Office of the President of the United States.

Ralph has published more than twenty books and one hundred articles and the coauthor of more than ten assessment tools, including the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), the Kilmann-Saxton Culture-Gap(R) Survey, and the Kilmann Organizational Conflict Instrument (KOCI).

• Book: Creating a Quantum Organization: The Whys and Hows of Implementing Eight Tracks for Long-Term Success

• Book: Quantum Organizations

• Website: KilmannDiagnostics.com

• Tool: Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Breathwrk

• Technique: 4-7-8 Breath

• Technique: Box Breathing

• Book: Radical Forgiveness: A Revolutionary Five-Stage Process to Heal Relationships, Let Go of Anger and Blame, and Find Peace in Any Situation by Colin Tipping

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752: How to Reframe Rejection, Beat Burnout, and Get Unstuck with Lia Garvin Mar 21, 2022

Show notes

Lia Garvin talks about the mental shifts that are crucial to moving forward at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Key phrases to avoid at work

2) The questions to ask when you’re stuck

3) How to overcome impostor syndrome

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— ABOUT LIA —

Lia Garvin is an operations leader, speaker and executive coach on a mission to humanize the workplace, one conversation at a time. She has nearly 10 years of experience working in some of the largest and most influential companies in tech including Microsoft, Apple and Google to explore the power of reframing to overcome common challenges found in the modern workplace. She is a TEDx speaker, presenting a talk at the 2022 TEDx Conference in Boca Raton, and will be featured at the SXSW Conference in Austin in 2022.

Through her writing, leadership coaching and program management skills, she helps teams examine the challenges that hold them back and focus on what matters. She was recognized by the National Diversity Council as a 2021 DEI Champion. She is also a Co-Active- and ICF-certified professional coach with a certification in Hatha yoga. She lives in Corte Madera, California.

• Book:Unstuck: Reframe your thinking to free yourself from the patterns and people that hold you back

• Instagram: @lia.garvin

• LinkedIn: Lia Garvin

• Website: LiaGarvin.com

• YouTube: Reframe with Lia

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Asking: A 59-Minute Guide to Everything Board Members, Volunteers, and Staff Must Know to Secure the Gift Jerold Panas

• Book:The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groupsby Daniel Coyle

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

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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751: How to Decrease Loneliness and Increase Belonging with Ryan Jenkins Mar 17, 2022

Show notes

Ryan Jenkins tackles the overlooked problem of loneliness in the workplace and shares expert tips for fostering connection and belonging for both yourself and your team.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why you can still feel lonely around other people

2) Just how loneliness is harming our health and productivity

3) The simplest thing you can do now to feel less lonely

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— ABOUT RYAN —

Ryan Jenkins CSP® is an internationally-recognized keynote speaker and three-time published author. He speaks all over the world to companies such as State Farm, Salesforce, Wells Fargo, FedEx, Liberty Mutual, and John Deere.

For a decade, he has been helping organizations create engaged, inclusive, and high-performing teams by lessening worker loneliness and closing generational gaps. Ryan’s top-ranked insights have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and The Wall Street Journal.

He is also co-founder of LessLonely.com, the world’s first resource fully dedicated to reducing worker isolation and strengthening team connections. Ryan lives in Atlanta, GA, with his wife, three children, and yellow Labrador.

• Book: Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All In

• Tool: Team Connection Assessment

• Tiktok: @ryanandsteven

• Podcast: The Case for Connection

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Evernote

• Tool: Asana

• Tool: Boomerang

• Study: Harvard Study of Adult Development

• Study: Project Aristotle

• Video: Space Oddity with Chris Hadfield

• Figure: Christina Koch

• Book: Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas Friedman

• Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor

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

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750: How to Inspire Growth Amidst Discomfort with Bill Eckstrom Mar 14, 2022

Show notes

Bill Eckstrom discusses how top coaches inspire and challenge their teams to grow.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The six things effective coaches do differently

2) The wrong and right way to challenge your team to grow

3) Three morning habits to make every day a great day

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— ABOUT BILL —

Bill Eckstrom is the CEO and founder of Ecsell Institute. Bill’s robust professional career path has encompassed sales, sales leadership, executive leadership with both private and publicly traded companies, as a founder of start-ups, and even as an athletic coach. In 2008, he established Ecsell Institute to fill a void he witnessed and personally experienced in the coaching and leadership profession within businesses. Since then, EcSell’s research and improvement programming has been utilized in the athletic and academic worlds, spawning his new start-ups Ecsell Sports and Ecsell Education in 2019.

• Book: The Coaching Effect: What Great Leaders Do to Increase Sales, Enhance Performance, and Sustain Growth

• TEDx Talks:“Why comfort will ruin your life”

• Website: BillEckstrom.com

• Company: EcSell Institute

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Documentary: The Playbook

• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Past episode: 357: The Six Morning Habits of High Performers with Hal Elrod

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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749: How to Break Free from Perfectionism with Dr. Thomas Curran Mar 10, 2022

Show notes

Behavioral psychologist Thomas Curran reveals the science behind perfectionism and why it’s perfectly OK to be imperfect.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why perfectionism is not correlated with performance

2) The self-limiting beliefs underlying perfectionism

3) The tools to combat perfectionism

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— ABOUT THOMAS —

Thomas Curran is a British Psychological Society chartered social psychologist. His primary area of expertise is the personality characteristic of perfectionism, how it develops, and how it impacts on mental health. He is the author of over 30 published papers and book chapters on related topics and has received numerous awards for his scholarship and research.

Informed by his research and expertise in data analysis, he has previously lectured to undergraduates in the UK and Australia. He now teaches research methods and statistics units in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science.

• Twitter: @thom_curran

• Website: ThomasCurran.co.uk

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Our Inner Conflicts: A CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF NEUROSIS (International Library of Psychology) by Karen Horney

• Book: The Neurotic Personality of Our Time by Karen Horney

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748: How to Decrease Ambiguity and Increase Clarity with Karen Martin Mar 07, 2022

Show notes

Karen Martin shares her top tips for clearly communicating what you mean and getting others to do the same.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to speak your mind without coming off as harsh

2) The one question to ask when someone’s being unclear

3) Fuzzy words you should stop using immediately

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— ABOUT KAREN —

Karen Martin, president of the global consulting firm TKMG, Inc., is a leading authority on business performance and Lean management. Known for her keen diagnostic skills and rapid-results approach, Karen and her team have worked with clients such as AT&T, Chevron, Epson, GlaxoSmithKline, International Monetary Fund, Lenovo, Mayo Clinic, Prudential Insurance, Qualcomm, and the United States Department of Homeland Security to develop more efficient work systems, grow market share, solve business problems, and accelerate performance.

• Book: Clarity First: How Smart Leaders and Organizations Achieve Outstanding Performance

• Book: The Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence

• Website: TKMG.com

• Academy Website: TKMGAcademy.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Article: “Multitasking undermines our efficiency, study suggests”

• Book: Out of the Crisis by Edwards Deming

• Book: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

• Past episode: 382: The Immense Power of Clarity with Karen Martin

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747: How to Build your Career with Extraordinary Mentors with Patrick Kilner Mar 03, 2022

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Patrick Kilner reveals why traditional networking methods no longer work—and shares his simple process for expanding influence.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why everyone needs to find six key relationships

2) The simple secret to winning anyone over

3) One question you should never ask—and another you should always ask

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— ABOUT PATRICK —

Pat Kilner has created and led three companies: two in the real estate space and one in the training world. He’s currently the CEO of the Kilner Companies which includes The Kilner & Kirk Group, The Indispensable Agent, and Tower Hill Enterprises. Pat is also the co-founder of the DC Accelerator, a young professional development non-profit. Pat serves on the boards of primary education initiatives and donates time to develop strategic plans for inner-city non-profits at the service of youth in the DC metro area. His companies support the special needs community in the DC areas as well as in Jamaica. He studied business and philosophy at The Catholic University of America and taught and studied economics at the Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, where he achieved a Master’s degree. Pat lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC with his wife, Elena, and their children.

• Book: Find Your Six: Stop Lead Generating & Start Building Influence

• Website: FindYourSix.com

• Website: PatrickKilner.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Google Ngram

• Tool: OptimalWork.com

• Book: Who's Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success--and Won't Let You Fail by Keith Ferrazzi

• Book: Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis

• Book: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

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746: How to Foster Deep Connection and Influence with Zoe Chance Feb 28, 2022

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Zoe Chance shares heartwarming, powerful, and practical advice for building relationships and getting people to say yes to you.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The one thing that motivates people more than money

2) How to exude more warmth and likability

3) The one question that helps you get along with anyone

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— ABOUT ZOE —

Zoe Chance is a writer, teacher, researcher, and climate philanthropist. She’s obsessed with the topic of interpersonal influence and her science-based book is called Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen. It is being published in more than 20 languages. Zoe earned her doctorate from Harvard and now teaches the most popular course at Yale School of Management (Mastering Influence and Persuasion). Her research is published in top academic journals and covered in global media outlets. She speaks on television and around the world, and her framework for behavior change is the foundation for Google’s global food policy. Before joining academia, Zoe managed a $200 million segment of the Barbie brand, helped out with political campaigns, and worked in jobs like door-to-door sales and telemarketing. She lives with her family in New Haven, CT.

• Book: Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen

• Website: ZoeChance.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: reMarkable 2

• TED Talk: What is in Your Heart? | Lalin Anık | TEDxCharlottesville

• Book: The World According to Star Wars by Cass Sunstein

• Book: The Effortless Experience: Conquering the New Battleground for Customer Loyalty by Matthew Dixon, Nick Toman, Rick DeLisi

• Book: The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman

• Book: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff

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