How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Lisa McCarthy reveals five principles that help turn your boldest ambitions into reality. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to manage your inner critic. 2) The benefits of sharing your goals with others. 3) Three words to avoid using. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep905 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT LISA — Lisa McCarthy is Fast Forward’s CEO and co-founder. Prior to launching Fast Forward, she spent 25 years at prominent media companies Univision, Viacom, and CBS leading sales organizations that were responsible for billions in revenue. Recognized as a people-first leader and change agent, Lisa was named a “Woman to Watch” by Advertising Age and was included in Crain’s New York Business “40 Under 40” list. She experienced the costs of an always-on workplace where people end up simply surviving, putting out fires, and often putting their happiness and health on hold. Together, she and Wendy designed a simple and immediately actionable system of Power Principles to help people achieve success and fulfillment in their whole lives. • Book: Fast Forward: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year • Email: lisa@fastforwardgroup.net • Website: FastForwardGroup.net — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Article: “Debriefing: A Simple Tool to Help Your Team Tackle Tough Problems” by Doug Sundheim • Book: All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard, Maryanne Vollers • Book: Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Dash Hudson. Manage your social media and stay up to speed with Dash Hudson’s Social Media Trends Report. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former founder and CIO of Balasa Dinverno & Foltz LLC, Mark Balasa, shares lessons on trust and insight. Learn how to build trust, avoid sounding smart, and ask the most important question in any meeting. Explore the challenges of building relationships, managing money, and transitioning careers. Discover the importance of taking authority, behavioral finance, and kindness in the workplace.

Donna McGeorge, a productivity coach, shares practical examples of using ChatGPT to save time at work. Topics include getting started with ChatGPT, its pros and cons compared to humans, utilizing AI-generated emails for difficult situations, convenience of voice-activated tools, and strategies for overcoming procrastination through emotional writing.

André Martin, organizational psychologist and author of Wrong Fit, Right Fit, discusses how to avoid wrong career fit and know if a job is the right fit. He explores signs of a good career fit and emphasizes the importance of aligning preferences with company culture. Martin also highlights the challenges of finding the right career fit and the need for self-reflection. The chapter concludes with favorite tools and habits, including a text-based learning platform and having no tech Sundays for quality family time.

Julia DiGangi, a neuropsychologist, discusses harnessing emotional energy, reframing negative patterns, root causes of procrastination and skepticism, understanding human suffering and resilience, reframing rejection and making meaning, overcoming fear of failure, looking within and addressing emotional pain, and the power of reframing for a more satisfying and emotionally intelligent life.

Charles Conn, an investor, environmentalist, and entrepreneur, shares strategies for thriving in uncertain times. Topics include self-sabotage, clever breakthroughs, effective communication, embracing risk, curiosity, innovation from different perspectives, imperfectionism, compelling storytelling, and collective intelligence through outsourcing.

Guest Matt Abrahams, a leading expert in communication, shares six steps to improve spontaneous speaking skills. He discusses strategies to feel more comfortable when speaking on the spot, techniques to enhance communication performance, and the power of paraphrasing. The podcast offers valuable advice, frameworks, and book recommendations for improving public speaking.

Cy Wakeman, drama researcher and international leadership speaker, discusses reducing workplace drama and ego. She highlights the impact of ego on daily productivity and shares three questions to break free from it. Cy emphasizes the negative impact of workplace complaints and judgments, and the importance of toggling up to higher levels of consciousness. She explores different modes of behavior in the workplace and the benefits of toggling up to engage with others. Cy also provides tools for reducing workplace drama and ego, emphasizing personal accountability and creating engaging workplaces. She discusses the importance of observing our thinking and shifting perspective for a happier work life.

Jon Acuff, NY Times bestselling author, shares practical advice for achieving goals, including breaking them down into smaller steps and maintaining motivation. They discuss overcoming imposter syndrome, the power of desire, and creating a motivation portfolio. They also emphasize the importance of creating from a place of love.

Suneel Gupta shares ancient Indian wisdom for daily success, including the eight essential practices, resetting energy in five minutes, and achieving more with 85% effort. They discuss the concept of Dharma, optimizing for energy, controlling emotions, the 85% rule for sustainable performance, different mindsets for task completion, and discovering your Dharma through childhood interests.