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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:

745: How to Handle Bad Bosses and Toxic Coworkers with Tessa West Feb 24, 2022

Show notes

Tessa West addresses the seven common types of jerks at work–and how to deal with them effectively.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to tell if someone is being an intentional jerk at work

2) How to identify your particular type of work jerk

3) How to tell if you’re the jerk at work

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— ABOUT TESSA —

Tessa West is an Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University, where she is a leading expert on interpersonal interaction and communication. She has published over 60 articles in the field of psychology's most prestigious journals, and has received multiple grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. She writes regularly about her research in the Wall Street Journal.

• Book:Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to do About Them

• Quiz: “Am I a Jerk at Work?”

• Website: TessaWestAuthor.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• University of California Irvine. Chart your course to career success at ce.uci.edu/learnnow

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744: Mastering the Skill of Confidence with Nate Zinsser Feb 21, 2022

Show notes

Nate Zinsser reveals practices that athletes and military cadets use to overcome pressure and build the confidence to perform anytime and anywhere.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why confidence is a skill–not a quality

2) How to make affirmations work for you

3) What to do when you feel unmotivated

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— ABOUT NATE —

Dr. Nate Zinsser is the Director of the Performance Psychology Program at the United States Military Academy at West Point, the most comprehensive mental training program in the country, where, since 1992, he has helped prepare cadets for leadership in the U.S. Army. He also has been the sport-psychology mentor for numerous elite athletes, including two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers, as well as many Olympians and NCAA champions.

He has been a consultant for the FBI Academy, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, and the Fire Department of New York. He earned his Ph.D. in sport psychology from the University of Virginia and his senior black belt rank from Shotokan Karate of America.

• Book: The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance

• Website: DrNateZinsser.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: Talking Yourself Out of Exhaustion

• Study: “The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention” by Geoffrey Cohen and David Sherman (PDF download)

• Book: Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson

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

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• LinkedIn Jobs. Find quality hires fast with a free job posting at LinkedIn.com/beawesome.

• Athletic Greens. Support your health with my favorite greens supplement. Free 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5 travel packs when you purchase from athleticgreens.com/awesome.

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743: How to Achieve and Flourish in the New World of Work with Keith Ferrazzi Feb 17, 2022

Show notes

Keith Ferrazzi reveals fresh best practices for working and leading in the post-COVID world of work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The four critical shifts teams need to make

2) Two tiny tweaks that vastly improve team morale

3) Time-saving alternatives to time-wasting meetings

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— ABOUT KEITH —

Keith Ferrazzi is a bestselling author, speaker, investor, philanthropist, and executive team coach who helps teams transform enterprises. As Founder and Chairman of Ferrazzi Greenlight, its applied research institute, he coaches executive teams in top organizations to achieve extraordinary outcomes. He formerly served as CMO of Deloitte and Starwood Hotels. He is the author of the new book, COMPETING IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest.

• Book: Competing in the New World of Work: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest

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

• Website: RadicallyAdapt.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Article: “Why We Need Best Friends at Work” by Annamarie Mann

• Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Tool: MURAL

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• Lexus. Check out the lovely innovations in the all-new 2022 Lexus NX at https://lexus.com/nx

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742: How to Break Bad Habits and Make Good Habits Stick with Wendy Wood Feb 10, 2022

Show notes

Wendy Wood reveals recent science behind habit formation and how you can use it to reshape your own behavior.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The trick to building habits

2) Why context is so crucial for habits

3) The one question to control your bad habit

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— ABOUT WENDY —

Wendy Wood is a behavioral scientist who is Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at the University of Southern California. She is the author of the book, Good Habits, Bad Habits. For the past 30 years, she has been researching the nature of habits and why they are so difficult to change.

• Book: Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick

• Instagram: @profwendywood

• Twitter: @ProfWendyWood

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Principles of Psychology by William James

• Book: Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg

• Past episode: 317: How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD

• Past episode: 665: How to Make Lasting Change – According to Science – with Katy Milkman

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741: How to Stop Struggling and Start Thriving with Nataly Kogan Feb 07, 2022

Show notes

Nataly Kogan shares how to become the boss of your own brain and beat the negativity bias.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why struggle is optional

2) The two questions to boost your emotional fitness

3) How to combat your brain’s negativity bias

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— ABOUT NATALY —

Nataly Kogan is a former VC and the founder of Happier, a global technology and learning platform helping individuals and organizations to realize full potential by adopting scientifically-proven practices that improve their well-being.

Since launching Happier, Nataly has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, New York Magazine and Time Magazine, and has appeared as an expert on Dr. Oz, Bloomberg TV, and "One World" with Deepak Chopra.

She is a sought-out keynote speaker, having appeared at events that include at Million Dollar Roundtable, Fortune's Tech Brainstorm, Blogher, SXSW, the 92nd St. Y, Harvard Women's Leadership Conference, TEDxBoston, and many more.

• Book: Happier Now: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Everyday Moments (Even the Difficult Ones)

• Book:The Awesome Human Project: Break Free from Daily Burnout, Struggle Less, and Thrive More in Work and Life

• Company: Happier

• Program: Elevating Women Leaders

• Website: NatalyKogan.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Todoist

• Book: The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection by Michael Singer

• Podcast: Huberman Lab

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• Athletic Greens. Support your health with my favorite greens supplement. Free 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5 travel packs when you purchase from athleticgreens.com/awesome.

• University of California Irvine. Chart your course to career success at ce.uci.edu/learnnow

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740: How to Reclaim Your Time and Calendar with Rick Pastoor Feb 03, 2022

Show notes

Rick Pastoor shares his tried and tested strategies for beating the calendar overwhelm so you can get back to what matters.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why your calendar isn’t working–and how you can fix it

2) Powerful questions to keep you on track

3) The simple trick to knocking out your biggest tasks

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— ABOUT RICK —

Rick Pastoor has always liked experimenting at work. He’ll try things out, then keep what works, ditch what doesn’t. Try. Rinse. Repeat. In his time at Blendle, the New York Times-backed journalism startup, Rick steadily refined his methods. That’s where GRIP was born, a flexible collection of tools and insights that helped the team do their best work.

Originally self-published in Dutch in 2019, GRIP became an overnight bestseller in Holland. Rick’s mission today is the same: helping people make smarter decisions about their time. He divides his own time between his young family in Amsterdam, giving talks on GRIP, his weekly newsletter “Work in Progress,” and a new startup, where he’s building a next-generation calendar called Rise.

• App: Rise Calendar

• Book: Grip: The Art of Working Smart (And Getting to What Matters Most)

• Twitter: @rickpastoor

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Blog: A List Apart

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

• Book: How To Live On 24 Hours A Day by Arnold Bennett

• Book: Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg

• Previous episode: 015: David Allen, The World’s Leading Authority on Productivity

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739: Greater Happiness and Success through the Principles of Influence with Brian Ahearn Jan 31, 2022

Show notes

Brian discusses how influence really boils down to investing in people.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The secret to liking and being liked

2) How to use contrast to be more persuasive

3) How to use LinkedIn to create real-life connections

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— ABOUT BRIAN —

Brian Ahearn is the Chief Influence Officer at Influence PEOPLE. An international trainer and consultant, he specializes in applying the science of influence in everyday situations. He is one of only a dozen individuals in the world who holds the Cialdini Method Certified Trainer designation.

Brian’s first book, Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical, was named one of the Top 100 Influence Books of All Time by BookAuthority. His LinkedIn courses have been viewed by more than 400,000 people around the world.

• Book:Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical

• Book: The Influencer: Secrets to Success and Happiness.

• Business: Influence PEOPLE

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book:You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters by Vanessa Bohns

• Past episode: 701: How to Get People to Say Yes through the Power of Persuasion with Vanessa Bohns

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738: How to Get Inspired and Be Inspiring with Alise Cortez Jan 27, 2022

Show notes

Alise Cortez reveals what sets apart inspirational leaders, and how you can become one yourself.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three principle sources of meaning

2) How to get yourself out of a job rut

3) What people look for in an inspirational leader

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— ABOUT ALISE —

Dr. Alise Cortez is the chief purpose officer at Alise Cortez and Associates, a management consulting firm. She is also an inspirational speaker, social scientist, author, and host of the Working on Purpose radio show. Having developed her expertise within the human capital / organizational excellence industry over the last 20 years, she is focused on helping companies, leaders, and individuals across the globe to live with “gusto,” meaning, and purpose. She is the author of Purpose Ignited: How Inspiring Leaders Unleash Passion and Elevate Cause, and the Curator of Passionately Striving in “Why”: An Anthology of Women Who Persevere Mightily to Live Their Purpose.

• Book: Purpose Ignited: How Inspiring Leaders Unleash Passion and Elevate Cause

• Website: AliseCortez.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Novella: The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James

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737: How to Make Decisions Smarter and Faster with Ralph Keeney Jan 24, 2022

Show notes

Ralph Keeney reveals his simple process for making wiser decisions.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three steps to making better decisions

2) How to gain extreme clarity on your best options

3) How to quickly move past indecision

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— ABOUT RALPH —

Ralph L. Keeney has made significant contributions to the fields of decision analysis and value-focused thinking. He is a consultant, an award winning author, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

He lives in San Francisco where he consults on business, organizational, and government decisions in the United States and overseas.

• Book: Give Yourself a Nudge: Helping Smart People Make Smarter Personal and Business Decisions

• Website: RalphKeeney.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Organization: Oji Life Lab

• Book: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

• Book: Raiffa: Decision Analysis by Howard Raiffa

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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736: The Surprising Problem-Solving Insights from Art with Amy Herman Jan 20, 2022

Show notes

Amy Herman reveals the surprising framework agencies like the FBI, NATO, and Interpol have used to solve their most intricate problems.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What to do when you don’t know what to do

2) Three simple steps for smarter problem solving

3) The top two do’s and don’ts of problem solving

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— ABOUT AMY —

Amy Herman is the founder and president of The Art of Perception, Inc., a New York–based organization that conducts professional development courses for leaders around the world, from Secret Service agents to prison wardens. Herman was the head of education at the Frick Collection for over ten years.

An art historian and an attorney, Herman holds a BA in international affairs from Lafayette College, a JD from the National Law Center at George Washington University, and an MA in art history from Hunter College. A world-renowned speaker, Herman has been featured on the CBS Evening News, the BBC, and in countless print publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Daily Telegraph, the New York Daily News, Smithsonian Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

• Amy’s book: Fixed.: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving

• Amy’s website: ArtfulPerception.com

• Amy’s website: ArtfulBooks.com

• Amy’s Instagram: @amyhermanaop

• Amy’s Twitter: @AmyHermanAOP

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “The Effects of Including a Patient's Photograph to the Radiographic Examination” by Yehonatan Nizan Turner and Irith Hadas-Halpern

• Art: “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault

• Book: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

• Previous episode: 707: Amy Edmondson on How to Build Thriving Teams with Psychological Safety

• Previous episode: 696: How to Separate Truth from Bullsh*t for Smarter Decisions with John V. Petrocelli

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