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Fellow podcaster Kwame Christian giggles with Pete as he shares his insights and lessons learned on a novel notetaking approach. 




— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to listen and understand audio at 3X speed 

2) How notetaking improves your decision-making 

3) How AI can make a fun soundtrack for your life 




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— ABOUT KWAME — 

Kwame Christian is a best-selling author, business lawyer and CEO of the American Negotiation Institute (ANI). 

Following the viral success of his TedxDayton talk, Kwame released his best-seller Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life in 2018. He’s also a regular Contributor for Forbes and the host of the number one negotiation podcast in the world, Negotiate Anything – which currently has over 5 million downloads worldwide. Under Kwame’s leadership, ANI has coached and trained several Fortune 500 companies on applying the fundamentals of negotiation to corporate success. 

Kwame was the recipient of the John Glenn College of Public Affairs Young Alumni Achievement Award in 2020 and the Moritz College of Law Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award 2021. He is the only person in the history of The Ohio State University to win alumni awards in consecutive years from the law school and the masters of public affairs program. That said, Kwame’s proudest achievement is his family. He’s married to Dr. Whitney Christian, and they have two lovely sons, Kai and Dominic. 

• Instagram: @kwamenegotiates 

• LinkedIn: Kwame Christian 

• Podcast: Negotiate Anything Premium 




— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Song: Rise and Shine Pete

• Book: The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed by Robin Dreeke, Cameron Stauth

• Book: Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully by Elaine Lin Hering

• Past episode: 976: How (and When) to Freely Speak Your Mind with Elaine Lin Hering

• App: Voice Dream Reader

• App: Suno AI

• Study: Gandhi and the Anchoring Effect, Strack & Mussweiler, 1997

• Study: "Why do we compare everything to the first piece of information we received?" Anchoring Bias explained




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Scott Mautz shares powerful strategies to stay confident and in control when negativity strikes. 




— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to wisely managed doubt–and confidence 

2) The early warning signs of self-acceptance being degraded 

3) The three-step solution to reset negative chatter 




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— ABOUT SCOTT — 

Scott Mautz is a high-octane speaker expert at igniting peak performance and deep employee engagement, motivation, and inspiration. He’s a Procter & Gamble veteran who successfully ran several of the company’s largest multi-billion dollar businesses, an award-winning/best-selling author, faculty at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business for Executive Education, a popular instructor on LinkedIn Learning where his courses have been taken over 1.5 million times, and a frequent national publication and podcast guest.

• Book: The Mentally Strong Leader: Build the Habits to Productively Regulate Your Emotions, Thoughts, and Behaviors 

• Website: ScottMautz.com. Listeners can get the Mental Strength Self-Assessment for free at ScottMautz.com/mentallystronggift! 

• Article: “Following the 90:10 Rule Will Make You Noticeably More Self-Confident” 




— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Website: Unsplash 

• Book: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford 

• Book: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 

• Book: The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 

• Previous episode: 270: Reclaiming Workplace Inspiration with Scott Mautz 

• Previous episode: 669: Making More Impact as a Middle Manager with Scott Mautz 

• Previous episode: 945: How to Master Your Inner World and Flourish During Stress with Mawi Asgedom




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Retired Green Beret Scott Mann shares battle-tested strategies for motivating people in low-trust, high-stakes environments. 




— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why storytelling is super powerful 

2) The key shift that makes stories memorable

3) How to regulate emotions (both yours and others)




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— ABOUT SCOTT — 

Lt. Col. Scott Mann is a retired Green Beret with over twenty-two years of Army and Special Operations experience around the world, and a New York Times bestselling author. He has deployed to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He is the CEO of Rooftop Leadership and the founder of a 501c3, The Heroes Journey, committed to helping veterans tell their stories in transition. Scott regularly speaks to and trains corporate leaders, law enforcement, and special operations forces on best practices for going local, storytelling, and making better human connections. 

Scott has frequent appearances on Fox News, CNN, and other national platforms as a thought leader on building organizational relationships, restoring trust in our communities, and a range of national security issues. He is also an actor and playwright who has written a play about the war called Last Out—Elegy of a Green Beret on Amazon Prime. Scott lives in Florida with his wife Monty where they are deepening their skills on empty nesting.

• Book: Nobody Is Coming to Save You: A Green Beret's Guide to Getting Big Sh*t Done 

• Website: ScottMann.com 




— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life by Stuart Diamond 

• Book: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz 

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

• Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield 

• Book: The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond 

• Play: “Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret”

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Marie-Hélène Pelletier argues that resilience isn’t a trait and provides a customizable path to develop yours. 




— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why no one should assume they’re resilient

2) How to design your Resilience Plan 

3) The tiny actions that build big resilience 




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— ABOUT MARIE-HÉLÈNE — 

Throughout her career in business management and psychology, Dr. Pelletier has spearheaded the dialogue on the crucial issues of leadership resilience and work performance. Drawing on her extensive background in corporate, insurance, governance and public sectors, she brings an international perspective and unique expertise on leadership. She is a practicing leadership psychologist and executive coach with over 20 years of experience and holds a Ph.D. and an MBA from the University of British Columbia. 

Marie-Hélène is a Member of the Global Clinical Practice Network of the World Health Organization, and past Director on the boards of the Canadian Psychological Association and the International Association of Applied Psychology. She has presented and authored and co-authored a number of industry and academic publications and has won numerous academic and industry awards. In 2024, Dr. Pelletier published her award-winning book, The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health.

• Book: The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health

• LinkedIn: Marie-Hélène Pelletier 

• Website: TheResiliencePlan.com 

• Worksheets: The Resilience Plan Worksheets 




— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky

• Past episode: 317: How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD 

• Research: "Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation" by Edwin Locke and Gary Latham

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Dr. Barbara Kellerman explores the roots of bad leadership and offers strategic tips for challenging it. 




— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Where leadership training falls short 

2) The two core components of “bad” leadership 

3) Four tips for standing up to bad leaders 




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— ABOUT BARBARA — 

Barbara Kellerman was Founding Executive Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School; the Kennedy’s School’s James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Leadership; and a member of the Harvard faculty for over twenty years. She is currently a Fellow at the Center. 

Kellerman received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. (in Political Science) degrees from Yale University. She was awarded a Danforth Fellowship and three Fulbright fellowships. Kellerman was cofounder of the International Leadership Association (ILA) and is author and editor of many books. She’s appeared on numerous media outlets and has contributed to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and the Harvard Business Review.  

She received the Wilbur M. McFeeley Award from the National Management Association for her pioneering work on leadership and followership, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Leadership Association. From 2015 to 2024 she has been ranked by Global Gurus as among the “World’s Top 30 Management Professionals.” 

• Book: Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters (Leadership for the Common Good) 

• Book: Leadership from Bad to Worse: What Happens When Bad Festers 

• Book: Professionalizing Leadership 

• Website: BarbaraKellerman.com 




— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Documents: The Federalist Papers

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Elaine Lin Hering discusses why to stop censoring yourself at work—and how to strategically do that. 




— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The massive costs of keeping quiet 

2) The fundamental question that helps you speak up wisely 

3) The subtle ways we silence others—and how to stop 




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— ABOUT ELAINE — 

Elaine Lin Hering works with organizations and individuals to build skills in communication, collaboration, and conflict management. She has worked on six continents and facilitated executive education at Harvard, Dartmouth, Tufts, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. She is the former Advanced Training Director for the Harvard Mediation Program and lecturer at Harvard Law School. She is the author of the USA Today Bestselling book Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully. 

• Book: Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully 

• Website: ElaineLinHering.com 




— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Study: “Testing the babble hypothesis: Speaking time predicts leader emergence in small groups” 

• Book: Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World Without A Bullhorn by Omkari Williams

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