How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Christina Wallace discusses the benefits of having a diverse work portfolio that will help you weather any storm. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to diversify your work 2) How to lessen friction and hit your flow 3) The three questions that surface your hidden needs Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep864 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT CHRISTINA — Christina Wallace is a human Venn diagram with a career at the intersection of business, technology and the arts. A writer, podcaster, serial entrepreneur, and erstwhile theater producer, Christina spent a decade building businesses in New York City. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, an active startup mentor, and angel investor. Christina holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and theater studies from Emory University and an MBA from Harvard. In her free time she likes to sing in choirs, climb mountains, and run marathons (slowly). She lives in Cambridge with her husband and their two energetic children. • Book: The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card • Instagram: Christina Wallace • LinkedIn: Christina Wallace • Website: PortfolioLife.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower by Morra Aarons-Mele• Book: The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton ChristensenSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Anita Nowak shows how you can nurture powerful, genuine connections through purposeful empathy. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) What NOT to do when you’re trying to connect 2) The trick to improving your active listening 3) How to get into the empathic mood Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep863 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ANITA — Anita Nowak, PhD, is an empathy expert, speaker, podcaster, award-winning educator, certified coach, and founder of Purposeful Empathy by Design, a boutique global advisory firm that helps purpose-driven organizations create cultures of empathy and social impact. Passionate about mentoring the next generation of changemakers, she teaches leadership, ethics in management, and social entrepreneurship and innovation at McGill University. Anita lives in Montreal with her husband and daughter. • Book: Purposeful Empathy: Tapping Our Hidden Superpower for Personal, Organizational, and Social Change • LinkedIn: Anita Nowak • YouTube: @anitanowak2977 • Website: AnitaNowak.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution by Marianne Williamson • Book: Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brene Brown • Book: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown • Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss • Tool: The Personal Values Assessment — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • AutomateYourBusywork.com. Check out the book that helps you Automate Your BusyworkSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sheena Iyengar reveals the secret to how the world’s best thinkers come up with their biggest ideas–and how you can do it too. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How the world’s best ideas come to be 2) How to identify what the actual problem is 3) Where emotions fit into the creative process Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep862 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT SHEENA — Sheena S. Iyengar is the S.T. Lee Professor of Business at the Columbia Business School. She is one of the world’s experts on choice and innovation.In 2010, her book, The Art of Choosing, was ranked by the Financial Times, McKinsey, and Amazon as one of the Best Business Books of the Year. Her recorded TED Talks have received a collective 7 million views and she regularly appears in top tier media such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, Bloomberg Businessweek, CNBC, CNN, BBC, and NPR.She regularly appears on the Thinkers50 list of the Most Influential Business Thinkers. In 2012, she was recognized by Poets and Quants as one of the Best Business School Professors for her work merging academia with practice.Iyengar holds a dual degree from the University of Pennsylvania, with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School and a BA in psychology from the College of Arts and Sciences. She received her PhD from Stanford University.In her personal life, as a blind woman, Iyengar intuitively used Think Bigger to find her calling and strives to inspire others to do the same.• Book: Think Bigger: How to Innovate• LinkedIn: Sheena Iyengar• Website: Columbia Business School— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson• Book: The Prophet (A Borzoi Book) by Kahlil Gibran— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • AutomateYourBusywork.com. Check out the book that helps you Automate Your Busywork. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Heather Younger shares the simple steps anyone can take to help others feel heard and valued. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why others feel like we aren't listening—even when we are 2) The wrong and right way to paraphrase what you heard 3) How to keep your patience when things get heated Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep861 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT HEATHER — Heather R. Younger is the founder and CEO of Employee Fanatix. She is an international keynote speaker, host of the “Leadership with Heart” podcast, and a workplace culture, employee engagement and diversity, equity and inclusion consultant. Heather has a law degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the best-selling author of The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty and The Art of Caring Leadership.• Book: The Art of Active Listening: How People at Work Feel Heard, Valued, and Understood • LinkedIn: Heather Younger — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Developing the Leader Within You by John Maxwell — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • BetterHelp. Invest in yourself with online therapy. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/awesome. • Storyworth. Give the moms in your life something super special this Mother’s Day with $10 off at StoryWorth.com/awesome See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Richard Newman reveals insights on the small–but impactful–shifts anyone can make to become a more powerful communicator. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to maximize your impact with two hand gestures. 2) The key to looking like a charismatic leader. 3) The most important question to ask before any presentation. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep860 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT RICHARD — Richard is the Founder of Body Talk. Over the past 22 years his team have trained over 120,000 business leaders around the world, to improve their communication and impact, including one client who gained over $1 Billion in new business in just one year, using the strategies that Richard teaches. • Research: “Non-Verbal Presence: How Changing Your Behaviour Can Increase Your Ratings for Persuasion, Leadership and Confidence” by Richard Newman, Adrian Furnham, Laura Weis, Marcus Gee, Roxana Cardos, Alixe Lay, Alistair McClelland • Book: Lift Your Impact: Transform Your Mindset, Influence, and Future to Elevate Your Work, Team, and Life (website) • Book: You Were Born to Speak • Website: UKBodyTalk.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Software: Mentimeter.com • Book: Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language by Desmond Morris • Book: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins • Book: Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within by David Goggins See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Todd Dewett shares how to harness you and your team’s true power. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why and how to collaborate–not dictate. 2) Why you should go for candor over. 3) The low-cost way to optimize your team. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep859 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT TODD — Dr. Todd Dewett is a globally recognized leadership educator, author, and speaker. After working with Andersen Consulting and Ernst & Young, he completed his PhD at Texas A&M University in Organizational Behavior as well as a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship. He was an award-winning professor at Wright State University for ten years, teaching leadership-related courses to MBA students and publishing research. His activities grew to encompass speaking, training, consulting, and eventually online educational courses. To date, Todd has delivered over 1,000 speeches around the world (including several TEDx talks) and created a library of courses enjoyed by millions of professionals. His clients include Microsoft, IBM, GE, Pepsi, ExxonMobil, Boeing, MD Anderson, State Farm, and hundreds more. • Book: Dancing with Monsters: A Tale About Leadership, Success, and Overcoming Fears • LinkedIn: Todd Dewett • Website: DrDewett.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates • Book: Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • HelloFresh: Get 50% off and free shipping on your first box of America’s #1 Meal Kit HelloFresh.com/awesome50. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rob Cross explains the dangers of microstress and provides practical solutions to build your resilience. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why microstress is a much larger problem than we think. 2) Three types of microstress to watch out for. 3) Three solutions for when someone’s causing microstress. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep858 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ROB — Rob Cross is the Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership at Babson College and the cofounder and director of the Connected Commons, a consortium of more than 150 leading organizations. He has studied the underlying networks of relationships within effective organizations and the collaborative practices of high performers for more than twenty years. Working with over 300 organizations and reaching thousands of leaders from the front line to the C-suite, he has identified specific ways to cultivate vibrant, effective networks at all levels of an organization and any career stage. He is the author of Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being and coauthor of THE MICROSTRESS EFFECT: How Little Things Pile Up and Become Big Problems—and What to do about it with Karen Dillon. • Book: The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It • Book: Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being • Website: RobCross.org • Website: Connected Commons — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek Murthy — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Storyworth. Give the moms in your life something super special this Mother’s Day with $10 off at StoryWorth.com/awesome See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Laura Gassner Otting reveals the surprising reason why success can sometimes feel like a burden—and what to do about it. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why success often makes us feel conflicted. 2) How to turn impostor syndrome on its head. 3) How to find your confidence when doubt settles in. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep857 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT LAURA — Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Her most recent book is Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It (2023). • Book: Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It (website) • Book: Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life • Website: heyLGO.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future by Dorie Clark • Book: Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi • Past episode: 426: How to Feel Limitless in Your Career with Laura Gassner Otting • Past episode: 001: Communicating with Inspiration and Clarity with Mawi Asgedom See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ozan Varol reveals how to surface your unique talents that enable you to achieve extraordinary results. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The surprising technique writers of The Office used to keep their ideas fresh. 2) A powerful question for uncovering your hidden genius. 3) How being a people pleaser is killing your genius. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep856 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT OZAN — Ozan Varol is a rocket scientist turned award-winning professor and #1 bestselling author. He is one of the world’s foremost experts in creativity, innovation, and critical thinking. His writing has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Time, Washington Post, and more. His latest book is called Awaken Your Genius: Escape Conformity, Ignite Creativity, and Become Extraordinary. • Book: Awaken Your Genius: Escape Conformity, Ignite Creativity, and Become Extraordinary • Book website: GeniusBook.net • Website: OzanVarol.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen • Book: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan • Previous episode: 563: Accelerating Your Career by Thinking Like a Rocket Scientist with Ozan Varol See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Morra Aarons-Mele shares powerful tactics for channeling anxiety into a productive force. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why it’s powerful to admit you’re anxious. 2) The common thought traps that hold achievers back. 3) Three powerful solutions to stop negative self-talk. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep855 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT MORRA — Morra Aarons-Mele is the host of The Anxious Achiever, a top-10 management podcast that helps people rethink the relationship between their mental health and their leadership. Morra founded Women Online and The Mission List, an award-winning digital-consulting firm and influencer marketing company dedicated to social change, in 2010, and sold her business in 2021. She helped Hillary Clinton log on for her first internet chat and has launched digital campaigns for President Obama, Malala Yousafzai, the United Nations, the CDC, and many other leading figures and organizations. She lives outside Boston with her family and menagerie. • Book: The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower • Book: Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert's Roadmap to Getting Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home) • LinkedIn: Morra Aarons-Mele • Podcast: The Anxious Achiever — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns • Book: Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety by David Burns • Book: The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points by Alice Boyes, PhD — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • BetterHelp. Discover your potential with online therapy. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/awesome See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.