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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:

725: How to Master Your Attention, To-Do List and Inbox with Maura Thomas Dec 06, 2021

Show notes

Productivity expert Maura Thomas reveals strategies for increasing your productivity and truly making an impact.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to regain control of your work day

2) The wrong places you’re putting your task list

3) How to really get to inbox zero

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— ABOUT MAURA —

Maura Thomas is an award-winning productivity and time management speaker, author of two books, founder of Regain Your Time, and nationally recognized expert delivering her unique message that the key to productivity and effectiveness is attention management. She is a TEDx Speaker, a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and was invited by one of the largest publishers in the world to literally “write the book” on productivity (Personal Productivity Secrets was her first book.) Her work has appeared in hundreds of national media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Inc. and The Huffington Post, to name a few.

• Book: From To-Do to Done: How to Go from Busy to Productive by Mastering Your To-Do List (A Revolutionary Time Management Book to Take Control of Your Busy ... Professionally) (Empowered Productivity, 2)

• Book:The Happy Inbox: How to Have a Stress-Free Relationship with Your Email and Overcome Your Communication Clutter (Empowered Productivity, 3)

• Website: MauraThomas.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Twist

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

• Past episode: 496: How to Break The Habit of Distraction with Maura Nevel Thomas

• Past episode: 572: How Morning Practices Like Savoring and Investing in Calm Boost Productivity with Chris Bailey

• Book: Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman

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

• Software: Bulc Club

• Software: Prattle

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724: How to Master Your Executive Presence with Muriel Wilkins Dec 02, 2021

Show notes

Muriel Wilkins dispels myths surrounding executive presence and shows you how you can develop your own, no matter what your role is.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What executive presence really means

2) The two muscles you need to train for executive presence

3) The key factors that affect your confidence

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— ABOUT MURIEL —

Muriel Maignan Wilkins, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Paravis Partners is a C-suite advisor and executive coach with a strong track record of helping already high performing senior leaders take their effectiveness to the next level. Muriel is the host of the Harvard Business Review podcast, “Coaching Real Leaders” and is the co-author, with Amy Su, of “Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence”.

• Podcast: CoachingRealLeaders.com

• Website: MurielWilkins.com

• Website: ParavisPartners.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale

• Book: "The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself" by Michael Singer

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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723: The Crucial Perspectives of Effective Leaders with Daniel Harkavy Nov 29, 2021

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Daniel Harkavy walks through his proven framework for elevating your leadership.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The seven perspectives of effective leaders

2) The critical first step to elevating your leadership

3) Three questions to help you build your compelling vision

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— ABOUT DANIEL —

Over the past twenty-five years, Daniel Harkavy has coached thousands of business leaders to peak levels of performance, efficacy, and fulfillment. In 1996, he harnessed his passion for coaching teams and leaders to found Building Champions where he serves as CEO and Executive Coach. Today the company has over 30 employees, with a team of 20 executive and leadership coaches who provide guidance to thousands of clients and organizations. His previous best-selling books include Living Forward, a simple framework for prioritizing your self-leadership, and Becoming a Coaching Leader, a step-by-step guide to moving from manager to coaching leader.

• Daniel’s book: The 7 Perspectives of Effective Leaders: A Proven Framework for Improving Decisions and Increasing Your Influence

• Daniel’s book: Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want with Michael Hyatt

• Daniel’s organization: SetPath.org

• Daniel’s website: BuildingChampions.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: 1776 by David McCullough

• Book: Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

• Book: The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul

• Book: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

• Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

• Book: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• Blinkist. Read or listen to summarized wisdom from thousands of nonfiction books! Free trial available at blinkist.com/awesome

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

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722: How to Hire and Get Hired Masterfully with Lou Adler Nov 22, 2021

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Seasoned recruiter Lou Adler shares insights from his decades of professional experience to help you hire and/or get hired.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What’s wrong with most job descriptions

2) The real 30% increase you should be seeking

3) Why you shouldn’t apply for a job directly

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— ABOUT LOU —

Lou is the CEO and founder of The Adler Group – a consulting and training firm helping companies implement "Win-Win Hiring" programs using his Performance-based Hiring℠ system for finding and hiring exceptional talent. More than 40 thousand recruiters and hiring managers have attended his ground-breaking workshops over the past 20 years.

Lou is the author of the Amazon top-10 best-seller, Hire With Your Head and The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired. Lou has been featured on Fox News and his articles and posts can be found on Inc. Magazine, BusinessInsider, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.

Prior to his executive search experience. Lou held senior operations and financial management positions at the Allen Group and at Rockwell International's automotive and consumer electronics groups. He holds an MBA from UCLA and a BS Engineering from Clarkson University.

• Book:Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams

• LinkedIn Article: 15 Hack-a-Job Ideas for Getting a (Better) Job

• Website: WinWinHiring.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

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

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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721: How to Balance Caregiving with Your Career with Liz O’Donnell Nov 18, 2021

Show notes

Liz O’Donnell shares her tips on how to deal with the stresses of taking care of your aging parents while managing your career.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The mindset that eases the burden of caregiving

2) The most important thing you can do when things get overwhelming

3) The motto to remember when times get tough

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— ABOUT LIZ —

Liz O’Donnell is the founder of Working Daughter, a community for women balancing eldercare, career, and more. An award-winning writer, her book, Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Earning A Living, was named one of the Best Books of 2019 by Library Journal.

Liz is a recognized expert on working while caregiving and has written on the topic for many outlets including The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, TIME, WBUR and PBS’ Next Avenue, and has been featured in Health and Ozy Media. She also works with companies to create programs in support of working caregivers.

• Book:Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living

• Website: WorkingDaughter.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book:Lonesome Dove: A Novelby Larry McMurtry

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720: Navigating the Great Resignation with Dr. David Rock Nov 15, 2021

Show notes

Dr. David Rock shares strategies to help both employees and employers come out of the Great Resignation feeling more satisfied.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why so many professionals are now quitting

2) The small shifts that drastically improve satisfaction and productivity

3) The telltale signs it’s time to quit your job

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— ABOUT DAVID —

Dr. David Rock coined the term neuroleadership, and is the Co-founder and CEO of the NeuroLeadership Institute (NLI). The Institute is a 23-year-old cognitive science consultancy that has advised over 50% of the Fortune 100. With operations in 24 countries, the institute brings neuroscientists and leadership experts together to make organizations better for humans through science.

Dr. Rock has authored four successful books including Your Brain at Work, a business best-seller, and has written for and been quoted in hundreds of articles about leadership, organizational effectiveness, and the brain which can be found in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Inc., USA Today, BBC, The Boston Globe and more.

Dr Rock is originally Australian, though based in the US since 2010. He holds a professional doctorate in the Neuroscience of Leadership from Middlesex University in the UK.

• David’s book: Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

• David’s website: DavidRock.net

• David’s organization: NeuroLeadership.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Cubicle, Sweet Cubicle: The Best Ways to Make Office Spaces Not So Bad” by S. Alexander Haslam and Craig Knight

• Book: The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer

• Book: Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

• Book: A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention and the Four Theaters of the Brain by John Ratey

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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719: Liz Wiseman reveals the Five Practices of Indispensable, High-Impact Players Nov 11, 2021

Show notes

Liz Wiseman uncovers the small, but impactful practices of exceptional performers.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why it’s okay to not be working on what’s important to you

2) The five things impact players do differently

3) The trick to leading without an invitation

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— ABOUT LIZ —

Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter,; The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work.

She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and in 2019 was recognized as the top leadership thinker in the world.

She has conducted significant research in the field of leadership and collective intelligence and writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and a variety of other business and leadership journals. She is a frequent guest lecturer at BYU and StanfordUniversity and is a former executive at Oracle Corporation, where she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development.

• Liz’s book: Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact(website)

• Liz’s book: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter(website)

• Liz’s book: Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work (website)

• Liz’s Twitter: @LizWiseman

• Liz’s website: TheWisemanGroup.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: Dunning-Kruger effect

• Book: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace

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718: How to Fearlessly Negotiate to Get More of What You Want with Dr. Victoria Medvec Nov 08, 2021

Show notes

Dr. Victoria Medvec offers her top strategies for greater confidence in asking for–and getting– what you want.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Four strategies to minimize your negotiation fears

2) The one thing even expert negotiators get wrong

3) The five Fs of fearless negotiation

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— ABOUT VICTORIA —

Victoria Medvec, PHD, is the Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. In addition, Medvec is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Center for Executive Women at the Kellogg School and the CEO of Medvec and Associates, a consulting firm focused on high stakes negotiations and strategic decisions.

• Victoria’s book: Negotiate Without Fear: Strategies and Tools to Maximize Your Outcomes

• Victoria’s email: victoriamedvec@medvecandassociates.com

• Victoria’s website: MedvecAndAssociates.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: Prospect theory (full text)

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

• Book: How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich

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717: How Logical and Sensitive Professionals Work Best Together with Devora Zack Nov 04, 2021

Show notes

Devora Zack shares approaches to understand a key personality trait–in yourself and others–so thinkers and feelers can thrive together at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to tell if you’re a cactus or a snowflake

2) The leadership style that harms motivation

3) The platinum rule for giving feedback

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— ABOUT DEVORA —

Devora Zack is CEO of Only Connect Consulting, a Washington Post bestselling author, and a global keynote speaker with books in twenty languages. Her clients include Deloitte, the Smithsonian, Delta Airlines, the FDA, Johns Hopkins, and the National Institutes of Health. She has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News & World Report, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Self, Redbook, Fast Company, and many others.

She is the author of Managing for People Who Hate Managing, Singletasking and her upcoming book is called The Cactus and the Snowflake at Work: How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side, releasing November 2021.

• Book:The Cactus and Snowflake at Work: How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side

• Book: Singletasking: Get More Done—One Thing at a Time

• Book: Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

• Book: Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success by Being Yourself

• Website: MyOnlyConnect.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book:The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer

• Product: The Torpedo typewriter

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716: How to Save Your Career without Leaving Your Job with Darcy Eikenberg Nov 01, 2021

Show notes

Darcy Eikenberg offers solutions for turning your job around when you feel like quitting.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three shifts you can always make to improve any job

2) How to to ask for and get what you want

3) How to reset your relationships and boundaries at work

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— ABOUT DARCY —

Darcy Eikenberg is on a mission to help us change our lives at work without changing everything in our lives. She’s the author of Red Cape Rescue: Save Your Career Without Leaving Your Job which shows how to get more of what you want without changing careers or finding a new job—and without sacrificing yourself. She’s coached leaders at companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, State Farm, and Deloitte, and offers encouraging ways to change work for the better, for good.

• Book:Red Cape Rescue: Save Your Career Without Leaving Your Job

• Website: RedCapeRescue.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

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