How to Be Awesome at Your Job
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!
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Dec 15, 2025 • 46min
2025 GREATS: 1045: How to Stop Overthinking and Build Mental Resilience with Joseph Nguyen
Joseph Nguyen, author of the bestselling book *Don't Believe Everything You Think*, shares transformative insights on overcoming overthinking and building mental resilience. He explores the link between judgments and emotional suffering, stressing the importance of presence over positive thinking. Nguyen introduces his PAUSE framework to manage negative thoughts and offers the SPAW technique to tackle procrastination. Listeners will gain practical tools to let go of fear and embrace authenticity in their lives.
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Dec 11, 2025 • 42min
2025 GREATS: 1020: The Three Keys to Being Inspirational with Adam Galinsky
Adam Galinsky, a renowned social psychologist and professor at Columbia Business School, shares powerful insights on inspiring leadership from his book, Inspire. He reveals that inspiring leaders are made, not born, and highlights the importance of perspective-taking and generosity. Galinsky introduces three keys to inspiration: being a visionary, an exemplar, and a mentor. Practical tips include a simple values-reflection exercise to boost clarity and recalling powerful moments to enhance performance. He also promotes the value of written praise to deepen positive impact.
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Dec 8, 2025 • 35min
1116: How to Take Control of Your Career with Confidence with Kimberly Brown
Kimberly Brown, a renowned career and leadership strategist and bestselling author, shares insightful strategies for taking charge of your career. She discusses common mistakes in managing reputation, emphasizing the balance between execution and relationships. Kimberly explains how to audit your personal brand and invites candid feedback to uncover blind spots. She also highlights the significance of aligning experiences to reshape perceptions and owning your unique expertise. Her practical tips empower mid-career professionals to amplify their impact and grow confidently.
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Dec 4, 2025 • 40min
1115: How to Earn and Keep Your Next Promotion with Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson, a globally recognized authority on CEO succession and executive readiness, shares invaluable insights on preparing for leadership roles. He emphasizes humility and curiosity as key traits for success, urging listeners to ask how they can support their bosses. Mark discusses the importance of aligning with stakeholders and continuously seeking feedback. He also highlights the necessity of broadening one’s skill set and experiences to build a strong reputation. Ultimately, readiness is a continuous practice, not a one-time achievement.
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Dec 1, 2025 • 45min
1114: How to Achieve Authentic Thriving with Jon Rosemberg
Jon Rosemberg, co-founder of Anther and executive coach with expertise in positive psychology, discusses breaking free from limiting beliefs. He emphasizes the key difference between thriving and mere success, highlighting how agency plays a crucial role in this shift. Jon introduces the A.I.R. method—Awareness, Inquiry, Reframing—as a tool for reclaiming control. He also touches on the loneliness epidemic and the importance of social connections for thriving, while inviting listeners to challenge their beliefs and practice agency for a more fulfilling life.
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Nov 24, 2025 • 34min
1113: How to Make Memorable and Lasting First Impressions with Rebecca Okamoto
Rebecca Okamoto, a communication consultant and founder of Evoke Strategy Group, transforms introductions from mundane to memorable. She highlights the power of succinct 20-word self-introductions, illustrating their effectiveness in today's distraction-filled environment. Listeners learn to avoid credential-heavy introductions, focus on their audience, and infuse familiar language. Rebecca emphasizes practice in delivery and adapting introductions for various contexts, all while ensuring it's about the audience, not just themselves. Her insights can dramatically enhance first impressions and open new opportunities.
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Nov 20, 2025 • 48min
1112: How to Beat Digital Exhaustion and Reclaim Your Energy with Paul Leonardi
Paul Leonardi, Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at UC Santa Barbara, dives into the pressing issue of digital exhaustion. He outlines how mindless scrolling and multitasking can wear us down despite technological advancements meant to help. Paul reveals two hidden forces contributing to our fatigue and shares how reducing attention-switching can reclaim our energy. He emphasizes the importance of choosing the right tools for different tasks and offers strategies for intentional device use to combat burnout.
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Nov 17, 2025 • 53min
1111: How to Get Better Results from AI to Amplify Your Productivity with Gianluca Mauro
Gianluca Mauro, Founder and CEO of AI Academy and author of Zero to AI, shares insights on maximizing productivity with AI. He emphasizes the importance of mindset over tools and warns against the pitfalls of AI 'workslop,' which can undermine credibility. Gianluca introduces the CIDI framework for effective AI prompting and discusses AI's strengths in tasks like copywriting and analysis. He encourages using AI to enhance curiosity and critical thinking, rather than as a shortcut for laziness, and offers practical examples for automation to boost efficiency.
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Nov 13, 2025 • 49min
1110: How to Multiply Your Opportunities through Smarter LinkedIn Posts with Jason Feifer
In this engaging discussion, Jason Feifer, the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, shares how to leverage LinkedIn for career growth. He emphasizes the importance of consistent content to create connections, even when not job hunting. Jason reframes personal branding as being simple and helpful rather than self-promotional. He reveals insights on LinkedIn’s algorithm, offers a three-hook post structure, and advises on avoiding common mistakes. Plus, he encourages listeners to pursue unique opportunities that others overlook.
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Nov 10, 2025 • 33min
1109: How to Find Great Mentors and Build Your Legacy with Dr. Deborah Heiser
Dr. Deborah Heiser, an applied developmental psychologist and CEO of The Mentor Project, dispenses wisdom on mentorship's multifaceted nature. She highlights the core human need mentorship fulfills and offers advice on finding mentors in unexpected places. The conversation delves into the concept of lateral mentoring and the importance of small, specific requests to initiate mentorship. Deborah also discusses the generativity stage in midlife, emphasizing how and why individuals seek to give back, ultimately guiding listeners to build their own mentorship legacy.
