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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:

705: Helping Others Change in Four Steps with Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson Sep 23, 2021

Show notes

Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson break down their simple four-step process for encouraging others to change.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The critical question that opens others to change

2) The best thing to do when a person doesn’t want to change

3) The perils of giving positive feedback

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— ABOUT PETER & HOWIE —

Peter Bregman is the CEO of Bregman Partners. He coaches, writes, teaches, and speaks, mostly about leadership and about life. His sweet spot is as a strategic thought partner to successful people who care about being exceptional leaders and stellar human beings. Peter is recognized as the #1 executive coach in the world by Leading Global Coaches, the bestselling author of five books, and host of the Bregman Leadership Podcast. His works frequently appear in Harvard Business Review, BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Psychology Today, Forbes, CNN, and NPR.

Howie Jacobson, PhD, is an executive coach to clients ranging from startup founders to established and rising Fortune 100 leaders. He is director of coaching at Bregman Partners and head coach at the Healthy Minds Initiative, as well as host of the Plant Yourself Podcast. He’s written a bunch of books, and his mission includes helping kind and generous people grow their capability and scale their influence.

• Book: You Can Change Other People: The Four Steps to Help Your Colleagues, Employees-- Even Family-- Up Their Game

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows (Six of Crows, 2) by Leigh Bardugo

• Book: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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704: How to Achieve Lasting Success by Thinking Long-Term with Dorie Clark Sep 20, 2021

Show notes

Dorie Clark reveals the critical skills that help us think long-term and set ourselves up for future success.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three barriers to long-term strategic thinking

2) The top two skills that make you indispensable

3) What to do when you’re stuck in a rut

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— ABOUT DORIE —

Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was honored as the #1 Communication Coach in the world at the Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Awards. She is a keynote speaker and teaches for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She is the author of Entrepreneurial You, which was named one of Forbes’ Top 5 Business Books of the Year, as well as Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine.

A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, Clark has been described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and consults and speaks for clients such as Google, Yale University, and the World Bank. She is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album, and a Broadway investor.

• Dorie’s book: The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World

• Dorie’s website: DorieClark.com

• Free assessment: The Long Game: Your Strategic Thinking Self-Assessment

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Executive Presence” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Lauren Leader-Chivée, Laura Sherbin, and Joanne Gordon with Fabiola Dieudonné

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

• Book: The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How To Master It by Walter Mischel

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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703: How to Find the Work that Sparks You and Makes You Come Alive with Jonathan Fields (Host of Good Life Project Podcast) Sep 16, 2021

Show notes

Jonathan Fields discusses how to spark meaning, fulfillment, and joy in your work by aligning with your Sparketype.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) A (free!) assessment that identifies what makes you come alive

2) The ten impulses that describe how we work

3) The fundamental questions that create career fit

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— ABOUT JONATHAN —

Jonathan Fields hosts one of the top-ranked podcasts in the world, Good Life Project®, where he shares powerful stories, conversations, and resources, on a mission to help listeners live more meaningful and inspired lives. Fields is also the founder and CEO of Spark Endeavors, a research initiative focused on helping individuals and organizations reclaim work as a source of purpose, energy, meaning, and possibility. His new book, SPARKED: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work That Makes You Come Alive delivers an important message in a time when many people are emerging from the pandemic and seeking out new work that will both challenge and fulfill them.

• Jonathan’s book: Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work that Makes You Come Alive

• Jonathan’s podcast: Good Life Project Podcast

• Jonathan’s website: GoodLifeProject.com

• Jonathan’s website: Sparketype.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran

• Book: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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702: Building the Courage to Speak Up and Stand Out at Work with Jim Detert Sep 13, 2021

Show notes

Jim Detert discusses how to build your courage to stand out and influence.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why acting courageously is easier than you think

2) The four fears that keep us from acting courageously

3) The most effective way to get others to listen to you

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— ABOUT JIM —

Jim Detert (PhD, Harvard) is the John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Detert's research focuses on employee voice and other forms of workplace courage, experiential leadership development, and ethical decision-making and behavior. His research has won several academic best-paper awards, and his teaching and curriculum development have also won multiple awards at UVA and Cornell.

• Jim’s book: Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work

• Jim’s article: "Words and Phrases to Avoid in a Difficult Conversation"

• Jim’s LinkedIn: Jim Detert

• Jim’s website: JimDetert.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: Milgram Experiment

• Study: Asch Conformity Experiments

• Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

• Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

• Book: Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony De Mello

• Book: Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott

• Personality: Chris Argyris

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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701: How to Get People to Say Yes through the Power of Persuasion with Vanessa Bohns Sep 09, 2021

Show notes

Vanessa Bohns talks about how all of us have hidden influence and how we can use it effectively.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why we end up underestimating the willingness to say yes

2) How to get more comfortable with asking

3) How to say no without feeling guilty or awkward

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— ABOUT VANESSA —

Vanessa Bohns is a social psychologist, an award-winning researcher and teacher, and a professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University. She holds a PhD in psychology from Columbia University and an AB in psychology from Brown University.

Professor Bohns has been a Visiting Scholar at the NYU Stern School of Business and has taught at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and Harvard Business Review, and her research has been published in top academic journals in psychology, management, and law, and featured by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, and NPR's Hidden Brain.

Her first book, You Have More Influence Than You Think, will be published in September 2021. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two daughters.

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

• Twitter: @profbohns

• Website: VanessaBohns.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: "The really fundamental attribution error in social psychological research" by Sabini, J., Siepmann, M., & Stein, J

• Blog: Rejection Therapy with Jia Jiang

• Book: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Lifeby Anne Lamott

• Book: Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want by Nicholas Epley

• Book: Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection by Jia Jiang

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700: How to Make Your Anxiety Work For You with Wendy Suzuki Sep 06, 2021

Show notes

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki talks about how you can leverage your anxiety to solve problems and boost your well-being.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The six superpowers of anxiety

2) How to trick your brain into relaxing

3) How a 30-second meditation can make all the difference

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— ABOUT WENDY —

Dr. Wendy Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University and a celebrated international authority on neuroplasticity. She was recently named one of the ten women changing the way we see the world by Good Housekeeping and regularly serves as a sought-after expert for publications including The Wall Street Journal, Shape, and Health.

Her TED talk has received more than 31 million views on Facebook and was the 2nd most viewed TED talk of 2018.

• Book: Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion

• Website: www.WendySuzuki.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir by Colin Jost

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699: Redefining Success for More Fulfilling Days with Brad Stulberg Sep 02, 2021

Show notes

Brad Stulberg discusses the fundamental mindset shift that helps us feel more fulfilled every day.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The deeply-rooted belief that explains why we’re often dissatisfied

2) The simple secret to feeling more fulfilled every day

3) The hidden costs of efficiency

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— ABOUT BRAD —

Brad Stulberg is an internationally known expert on human performance, well-being, and sustainable success. He is coauthor of the bestselling Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Wired, Forbes, and more, and he is a contributing editor to Outside Magazine. In his coaching practice, Brad works with executives and entrepreneurs on their performance and well-being, and he regularly speaks to large organizations on these topics as well.

• Brad’s book: The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds—Not Crushes—Your Soul

• Brad’s Twitter: @BStulberg

• Brad’s website: www.BradStulberg.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Article: “Track Your Happiness iPhone Study Finds That Your Mind Is Wandering Too Much”

• Book: The Bulletproof Diet: Lose up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life by David Asprey

• Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot

• Previous episode: 164: Sustaining Your Peak and Avoiding Burnouts with Brad Stulberg

• Previous episode: 415: Pursuing Your Passion the Smart Way with Brad Stulberg

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698: How to Grow Your Career Faster through Reading with Jeff Brown (Host of the Read to Lead Podcast) Aug 30, 2021

Show notes

Jeff Brown breaks down how to make the most of the one habit that puts you ahead in your career: reading.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to strategically pick out your next read

2) How to double (or triple) your reading speed in minutes

3) Two simple tricks to maximize comprehension

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— ABOUT JEFF —

Jeff is an award-winning radio producer and personality, and former nationally-syndicated morning show host. Following a 26-year career in radio, Jeff went boss-free in 2013 and soon after launched the Read to Lead Podcast. It has gone on to become a four-time Best Business Podcast nominee and has featured Jeff's interviews with today's best business and non-fiction authors, including actor and author Alan Alda, Stephen M. R. Covey, Seth Godin, John Maxwell, Liz Wiseman, Dr. Henry Cloud, Gary Vaynerchuk, Simon Sinek, Brian Tracy, Nancy Duarte, and over 300 more.

Jeff has personally coached hundreds of successful podcasters around the globe – many of them award nominees and winners themselves – and has consulted on podcasts for the US government, two of the largest churches in the US, and numerous multi-million dollar companies.

Jeff and his work have been featured in Inc., Entrepreneur, and Hubspot, the blogs of Seth Godin, Chris Brogan, Jeff Goins, and Social Media Explorer, as well as publications like the Nashville Business Journal, the Tennessean, and hundreds of other blogs and podcasts.

• Jeff’s book: Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career, with Jesse Wisnewski

• Jeff’s website: ReadToLeadBook.com

• Jeff’s podcast: Read to Lead

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Focus@Will

• App: Idagio

• Tool: reMarkable 2

• Study: “Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds”

• Book: Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin

• Book: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins

• Book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni

• Book: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John Maxwell

• Book: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman

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

• Book: Give Your Speech, Change the World: How To Move Your Audience to Action by Nick Morgan

• Book: PresentationZen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds

• Book: slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte

• Book: Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker by David Nihill

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

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

• Book: High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way by Brendon Burchard

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

• Book: Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen Covey

• Book: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware

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697: How to Make Your Point and Communicate Like a Leader with Joel Schwartzberg Aug 26, 2021

Show notes

Joel Schwartzberg walks through how to sharpen your communication to maximize your impact.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to know if you even have a point

2) The simple phrases that make you more memorable

3) Word substitutions that increase presence

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— ABOUT JOEL —

Currently the Senior Director of Strategic and Executive Communications for a major U.S. nonprofit, Joel Schwartzberg teaches communication and presentation skills to clients including American Express, State Farm Insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Comedy Central, and the Brennan Center for Justice. Joel’s books include The Language of Leadership and Get to the Point! and his articles appear in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Toastmaster Magazine. A frequent conference presenter and workshop leader, Joel is also a former national champion public speaker. He can be reached at www.joelschwartzberg.net.

• Joel’s book: Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter

• Joel’s book: The Language of Leadership: How to Engage and Inspire Your Team

• Joel’s article: “Present Your Data Like a Pro”

• Joel’s article: “Find the Right Words to Inspire Your Team”

• Joel’s website: https://www.joelschwartzberg.net

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Software: Grammarly

• Video: “WATCH: Michelle Obama's full speech at the Democratic National Convention | 2020 DNC Night 1”

• Book: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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696: How to Separate Truth from Bullsh*t for Smarter Decisions with John V. Petrocelli Aug 23, 2021

Show notes

John V. Petrocelli discusses the communicative perils of bullsh*t—and what you can do to stop it.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why BS is more damaging than you think

2) Three ways to sharpen your BS detector

3) Six clarifying questions to help you call out BS

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— ABOUT JOHN —

John V. Petrocelli is an experimental social psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest University. His research examines the causes and consequences of bullshit and bullshitting in the way of better understanding and improving bullshit detection and disposal. He is the author of The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit. Petrocelli’s research contributions also include attitudes and persuasion and the intersections of counterfactual thinking with learning, memory and decision making. His research has appeared in the top journals of his field including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Petrocelli also serves as an Associate Editor of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

• John’s book: The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

• John’s Twitter: @JohnVPetro

• John’s academic profile: John V. Petrocelli

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt

• Book: The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone

• Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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