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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:

625: How to Be Happier, More Fulfilled, and More Effective Every Day with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar Dec 10, 2020

Show notes

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar discusses the fundamental principles that help us lead happier, more effective lives.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why many ambitious people end up unhappy

2) Why chasing happiness won’t make you happier—and what will

3) How to find your motivation in just five minutes

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— ABOUT TAL —

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar is the co-founder of the Happiness Studies Academy, as well as the creator and instructor of the Certificate in Happiness Studies and the Happier School programs.

After graduating from Harvard with a BA in Philosophy and Psychology and a PhD in Organizational Behavior, Tal taught two of the most popular courses in Harvard’s history: Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership and taught Happiness Studies at Columbia University. He is an international, best-selling author whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages.

• Tal’s website: TalBenShahar.com

• Tal’s program: Happiness Studies Academy. Enter the code HAPPY to enjoy a 10% discount!

• Tal’s LinkedIn: Tal Ben-Shahar

• Tal’s Instagram: Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar

• HSA’s Facebook: Happiness Studies Academy

• HSA’s LinkedIn: Happiness Studies Academy

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

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

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

• Book: The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson

• Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot

• Poem: “The Guest House” by Jalaluddin Rumi

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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624: How to Be More Engaging with Storytelling and Humor with David Nihill Dec 07, 2020

Show notes

Comedian David Nihill shares his key techniques from his stand-up act that can help you become a better speaker.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The secret to creating stories that stick

2) How to use callbacks to delight listeners

3) How to always remember what you want to say

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep624 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT DAVID —

David Nihill is a bestselling author of Do You Talk Funny, listed by Book Authority as the best book of all time on public speaking and storytelling. “One of the best speaking coaches out there” according to Forbes.com his work has been featured in Inc, Lifehacker, The Huffington Post, Forbes, The Irish Times, TED, and NPR. His videos have been viewed more than 40M times. David is a winner of the prestigious San Francisco Comedy Competition winner, runner up in the Moth’s largest US Grandslam storytelling competition and the first ever Irishman to have a special on Dry Bar Comedy.

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

• TED Talk: Standing-up to Fear | David Nihill | TEDxManchester

• Website: DavidNihill.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer

• Book: The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen

• Book: The Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Dangerous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of an American Hero by Scott Anderson

• Past episode: 356: Living Out the Wisdom of Napoleon Hill with Jeffrey Gitomer

• Personality: Jeffrey Gitomer

• Personality: John Medina

• Podcast: Snap Judgment

• Principle: Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 Hours Rule

• Software: Trint

• TED Talk: Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED2006

• TED Talk: Feats of memory anyone can do | Joshua Foer | TED2012

• TED Talk: The happy secret to better work | Sean Achor | TEDxBloomington

• Tool: Hubspot

• Transcription: Rev.com

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623: Mastering the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in the 2020s with FranklinCovey’s Jennifer Colosimo Dec 03, 2020

Show notes

7 Habits expert Jennifer Colosimo discusses how to practice Stephen Covey’s principles more consistently in your daily life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The 7 Habits and why they’re still relevant today

2) How proactivity improves your effectiveness by 50X

3) The two habits that make the biggest difference in your career

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— ABOUT JENNIFER —

Jennifer Colosimo is a 7 Habits expert as well as President of the Enterprise Division for FranklinCovey. She has led teams in operations, human resources, IT, sales, learning and development, and corporate social responsibility while with Accenture, DaVita, FranklinCovey, and several private equity backed organizations. Her titles have included chief learning officer, COO, EVP, Vice President of Wisdom, and Vice President of Sales.

She co-authored the book Great Work, Great Career with Stephen R. Covey, and has been a featured keynote speaker and panelist at numerous business, government, and education conferences. She has also delivered onsite training and keynotes to more than 50,000 people across 45 states and 12 countries.

• Jennifer’s book: Great Work, Great Career with Stephen Covey

• Company site: FranklinCovey

• Jennifer’s Twitter: @jencolosimo

• Jennifer’s LinkedIn: Jennifer Colosimo

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

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

• Book: Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal

• Book: Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being by Martin Seligman

• Book: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin Seligman

• Book: Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

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

• Past episode: 330: Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• Canva. Design like a pro–for less time and money at canva.me/awesome

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622: Taking Control of Stress Before It Takes Control of You with Kirsty Bortoft Nov 30, 2020

Show notes

Kirsty Bortoft shares easy ways to keep stress and negativity at bay.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to un-hijack your brain in 12 seconds

2) How to effectively deal with stress in five steps

3) The number one reason why most people struggle with stress

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep622 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT KIRSTY —

Kirsty Bortoft is an award-winning mindset coach to entrepreneurs and professionals. She helps them to dissolve stress and anxiety without having to resort to medication and traditional therapy. Kirsty developed the unique ‘Freedom Alignment Method', a three-stage process that crushes the obstacles so many high achievers frequently face during their lifetime. Obstacles that inevitably leave them feeling trapped by their current circumstance and pulled from the inner peace and happiness they deserve, despite working so very hard for it.

• Kirsty’s book: Break Free From Pain: How to Heal from Physical, Emotional and Mental Pain

• Kirsty’s program: The Freedom Alignment Method

• Kirsty’s website: KirstyBortoft

• Kirsty’s YouTube: Kirsty Bortoft – Mindset Coach

• Kirsty’s Facebook: Kirsty Bortoft

• Kirsty’s Twitter: @KirstyBortoft

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal

• Book: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David Hawkins

• Book: The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles by Bruce Lipton

• Personality: Joe Dispenza

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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Announcement Nov 16, 2020

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2020 is catching up to Pete and the team. We'll be back soon, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy revisiting some of our previous episodes. Stay safe!

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621: How to Banish the Four Habits of Time Wasting with Steve Glaveski Nov 09, 2020

Show notes

Steve Glaveski reveals how to unlearn the four habits that make us time poor.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why we often feel like we get nothing done

2) The simplest way to keep others from stealing your time

3) Why we achieve more when we have less time

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep621 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT STEVE —

Steve Glaveski is an entrepreneur, author and podcast host whose mission is to unlock the latent potential of people so that they can create more impact for humanity and lead more fulfilling lives.

Steve is CEO of Collective Campus, an innovation accelerator based in Melbourne and Singapore, and founder of Lemonade Stand, a children’s entrepreneurship program and now, SaaS platform, that has been delivered to kids across Australia and Singapore. Steve is also the author of Employee to Entrepreneur: How To Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters, the children’s picture book Lemonade Stand: From Idea to Entrepreneur, and the newly released Time Rich.

Steve hosts the Future Squared podcast. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Australian Financial Review, Tech in Asia and numerous other outlets.

• Steve’s book: Time Rich: Do you best work, live your best life

• Steve’s website: SteveGlaveski.com

• Steve’s book site: TimeRichBook.com

• Steve’s article: “The Case for the 6-Hour Workday”

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Airtable

• App: BlockSite

• App: Freedom

• Book: Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius

• Book: "Principles: Life and Work" by Ray Dalio

• Company: IFTTT

• Company: Zapier

• Google Chrome Plugin: Quick Compose for Gmail

• Organization: Advanced Brain Monitoring

• Software: Formstack (formerly WebMerge)

• Tool: Online-Voice-Recorder.com

• Tribute Band: Ratt Poison

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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620: Reframing Your Mindset for Greater Resilience and Positivity with Anne Grady Nov 05, 2020

Show notes

Anne Grady discusses how to bring more positivity into your life by building your resilience muscle.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What to do when negativity hijacks your brain

2) The simple trick to making each day more enjoyable

3) The foundational skills of resilient people

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— ABOUT ANNE —

Anne Grady is an internationally recognized speaker and author who shares humor, humility, refreshing honesty, and practical strategies that can be applied both personally and professionally to improve relationships, navigate change, and triumph over adversity.

Anne is a two time TEDx speaker, and her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur and Inc. magazines, CNN, ESPN, and FOX Business.

With a master's degree in organizational communication and more than 20 years of experience working side-by-side with industry gurus, political and educational leaders, and CEOs, Anne addresses audiences worldwide on topics including change management, resilience, leadership, communication, and emotional intelligence.

• Anne’s book: Mind Over Moment: Harness the Power of Resilience

• Anne’s book: Mind Over Moment Journal: Simple Reminders to Harness the Power of Resilience

• Anne’s website: AnneGradyGroup.com

• Text “Strength” to 22454 to receive free resources from Anne!

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Organization: National Alliance on Mental Illness

• TED Talk: “How to make stress your friend” by Kelly McGonigal

• Book: The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal

• Previous episode: 479: How to Slash Anxiety and Keep Positivity Flowing with Anne Grady

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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619: Seth Godin on How to Ship More Great Creative Work...and Why Much of Your Work is Actually “Creative” Nov 02, 2020

Show notes

Seth Godin debunks persistent myths about creativity to show how professionals can deliver more creative output at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The real reason why we don’t think we’re creative

2) The most effective way to overcome creative block

3) Why you should embrace your impostor syndrome

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— ABOUT SETH —

Seth Godin is the author of nineteen international bestsellers that have been translated into over 35 languages, and have changed the way people think about marketing and work.

He's a recent inductee to the Marketing Hall of Fame, and also a member of the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame, and the Guerrilla Marketing Hall of Fame.

In addition to his writing and speaking, Seth was founder and CEO of Squidoo.com. His blog (find it by typing "seth" into Google) is the most popular marketing blog in the world. Before his work as a writer and blogger, Seth was Vice President of Direct Marketing at Yahoo!, a job he got after selling them his pioneering 1990s online startup, Yoyodyne.

• Seth’s book: The Practice: Shipping Creative Work

• Seth’s book: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

• Seth’s blog: Seth’s Blog

• Seth’s blog post: “Where do ideas come from?”

• Book site: TrustYourself.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Company: ePac Flexible Packaging

• Personality: Theodore Levitt

• Past episode: 267: Managing Self-Doubt to Tackle Bigger Challenges with Tara Mohr

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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618: Finding Greater Clarity Amid Uncertainty with Jodi Hume Oct 29, 2020

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Jodi Hume shares decision-making strategies for finding greater clarity whenever you’re stuck.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What to do when every decision seems overwhelming

2) Two best practices for sorting through tough decisions

3) Powerful questions to surface hidden roadblocks

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— ABOUT JODI —

After a 15-year career as COO of a growing architecture firm, Jodi Hume shifted gears and has made a name for herself over the last decade providing on-call decision support and facilitated leadership conversations for startup founders, corporations, entrepreneurs and executives. Each week, she also hosts So, Here’s My Story… a business podcast of real stories with poignant take-aways and plenty of humor. She’s the lead singer for The Wafflers – and if you ask nicely, she might tell you about the time she won 1st place in a Truck Pull.

• Jodi’s website: LeadingClarity.com

• Jodi’s website: JodiHume.com

• Jodi’s podcast: So, Here's My Story...

• Jodi’s LinkedIn: Jodi Hume

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Miro

• Tool: Mural

• Book: Winning with Accountability: The Secret Language of High-Performing Organizations by Henry Evans

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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617: Enhancing Your Productivity by Managing Your Mental Energy with David Kadavy Oct 26, 2020

Show notes

David Kadavy explains how to harness your mental energy to improve your productivity.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How our obsession with time management hurts us

2) Three questions to ask to get more work done

3) How to easily shift to the optimal mental state for work

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— ABOUT DAVID —

David Kadavy is a bestselling author, blogger, podcaster, and speaker. Through his blogging at kadavy.net and his podcast, Love Your Work, he helps people find satisfaction through following their crafts, even if it takes them down unconventional paths. David's writing has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Inc.com, The Huffington Post, McSweeny's Internet Tendency, and Upworthy. He has spoken in eight countries, including appearances at SXSW at TEDx. He lives in Medellín, Colombia.

• David’s book: Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters

• David’s book: The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating

• David’s Twitter: @kadavy

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Todoist

• Plugin: Boomerang

• Product: AlphaSmart NEO

• Publication: Neuron

• Book: The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain by John Kounios and Mark Beeman

• Book: The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence by Josh Waitzkin

• Book: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

• Previous episode: 052: Mind Management for Productivity with David Kadavy