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Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! 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. The show has 20,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. 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!

How to Be Awesome at Your Job Pete Mockaitis

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    • 4.5 • 976 Ratings

Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! 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. The show has 20,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. 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!

    920: A Masterclass in Health Insurance Benefits with Dr. Noor Ali

    920: A Masterclass in Health Insurance Benefits with Dr. Noor Ali

    Dr. Noor Ali simplifies the beast of United States health insurance—and shares insider tips for making the most out of yours. 




    — YOU’LL LEARN — 

    1) How to evaluate the biggest non-salary piece of your compensation. 

    2) Why you shouldn’t limit yourself to your company’s health insurance. 

    3) What most people overlook when it comes to insurance. 




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    — ABOUT DR. NOOR — 

    Dr. Noor is a Bangladeshi-American medical doctor turned health insurance expert from NYC. She currently runs her own health insurance consulting practice out of Tampa, Florida offering healthcare insurance strategy to female founders all over the nation. Dr. Noor is also the founder of Think Like A Woman, a platform designed to amplify the aspirations and ambitions of female founders, worldwide. She hosts a highly curated roundtable business networking brunch called The Empresaria Brunch Experience. When she is not working on managing her current businesses or building her next retail venture, you can find her curled up in bed with a good fiction book. 

    • Website: DrNoorHealth.com 




    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

    • Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 




    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

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    • 53 min
    919: How to Find Fulfillment, Drive Engagement, and Unlock Your Greatness with Sean Patton

    919: How to Find Fulfillment, Drive Engagement, and Unlock Your Greatness with Sean Patton

    Sean Patton reveals his warrior mindset to help maximize your potential and performance. 




    — YOU’LL LEARN — 

    1) How to get better at feeling grateful. 

    2) The root of every workplace failure–and how to overcome it. 

    3) The coaching approach that really works. 




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    — ABOUT SEAN — 

    Sean Patton’s mission is to transform modern leadership into a driver of fulfillment, abundance, and freedom. He applied these principles while growing his own companies and now helps others unlock greatness through Stronger Leaders Stronger Profits, a leadership coaching and consulting company. Sean’s leadership foundation was forged as a US Army Airborne Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret Commander, where he earned the respect of his men and chain of command while operating in hostile and politically sensitive environments. 

    • Book: A Warrior's Mindset: The 6 Keys to Greatness 

    • Website: StrongerLeadersStrongerProfits.com 




    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

    • Book: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp 

    • Book: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams 

    • Martial art: Jiu Jitsu 

    • Concept: Dukkha 

    • Study: The Harvard Happiness study as discussed by Robert Waldinger 

    • Tool: Jasper 




    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

    • The Management Muse podcast. Sharpen your leadership skills with Cindi Baldi and Geoffrey Tumlin 

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    • 48 min
    918: How to Think and Innovate Like a Genius with Paul Sloane

    918: How to Think and Innovate Like a Genius with Paul Sloane

    Paul Sloane discusses how to become more innovative and effective by adopting different styles of thinking. 




    — YOU’LL LEARN — 

    1) The top question to ask when problem-solving. 

    2_ The simple trick for improving your memory. 

    3) How to build rapport with anyone with one phrase. 




    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep918 for clickable versions of the links below. 




    — ABOUT PAUL — 

    Paul Sloane is the author of many books on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation. He graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Engineering. He had a successful career in sales at IBM before becoming Marketing Director and then Managing Director at the database company, Ashton-Tate. He was subsequently the VP International and CEO of software companies. He now speaks and consults on lateral thinking and innovation with corporate clients. 

    • Book: How to be a Brilliant Thinker: Exercise Your Mind and Find Creative Solutions 

    • Website: DestinationInnovation.com 

    • TEDx Talk: Are You Open Minded? Three Ways to Break Thinking Patterns | Paul Sloane | TEDxUniversityofBrighton 

    • LinkedIn: Paul Sloane 

    • Twitter: @PaulSloane 




    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

    • Book: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie 

    • Book: Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono 

    • Book: The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton Christensen 




    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

    • UpliftDesk.com. Build your dream workstation and get 5% off with promo code AWESOME 

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    • 41 min
    Happy Thanksgiving 2023!

    Happy Thanksgiving 2023!

    Happy Thanksgiving! Help us improve the show by answering this listener survey: AwesomeAtYourJob.com/advice. We're grateful for all our listeners and hope to help you be awesome at your job for many more years to come.

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    • 1 min
    917: Training Your Mind For Better Focus, Energy, and Willpower with Oren Jay Sofer

    917: Training Your Mind For Better Focus, Energy, and Willpower with Oren Jay Sofer

    Oren Jay Sofer shares how to engage contemplative practices to improve your focus, energy, and quality of life. 




    — YOU’LL LEARN — 

    1) The five-item list that will help you focus better. 

    2) How to be unstoppable in the face of procrastination. 

    3) The three-second trick for boosting energy. 




    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep917 for clickable versions of the links below. 




    — ABOUT OREN — 

    Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication internationally. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University and is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma. Oren is also the author of several books, including the best-seller Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication and his latest book, Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices toMeet a World In Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love. His teaching has reached people around the world through his online communication courses and guided meditations. A husband and a father, Oren lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys cooking, spending time in nature, and home woodworking projects. 

    • Book: Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love 

    • Website: OrenJaySofer.com 

    • Previous episode: 292: Enhancing Work and Life through Mindfulness with Oren Jay Sofer 

    • Previous episode: 375: How and Why to Communicate Mindfully with Oren Jay Sofer 




    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

    • AwesomeAtYourJob.com/advice : Our survey 

    • Book: How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent by Carla Naumburg 

    • Book: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 

    • Book: Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty 




    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

    • Storyworth. Give a personal gift from the heart this holiday season at StoryWorth.com/awesome 

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    • 47 min
    916: Six Principles for Writing to Busy Readers with Todd Rogers

    916: Six Principles for Writing to Busy Readers with Todd Rogers

    Todd Rogers shares powerful writing principles to help capture your busy audience’s attention. 




    — YOU’LL LEARN — 

    1) Why people aren’t reading—and what to do about it 

    2) The critical question that will improve your writing 

    3) The simple trick to get people to respond to your request




    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep916 for clickable versions of the links below. 




    — ABOUT TODD — 

    Todd Rogers is co-author of Writing for Busy Readers, and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is the faculty director of the Behavioral Insights Group, faculty chair of the executive education program Behavioral Insights and Public Policy, Senior Scientist at ideas42, and Academic Advisor at the Behavioral Insights Team.  

    Todd co-founded the Analyst Institute, which improves voter communications, and serves on its board. He also co-founded EveryDay Labs, which partners with school districts to reduce student absenteeism by communicating with families, is an equity holder and serves as Chief Scientist.  Todd received his Ph.D. jointly from Harvard's department of Psychology and the Harvard Business School.

    • Book: Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World, with Jessica Lasky-Fink

    • Study: “Poison Parasite Counter: Turning Duplicitous Mass Communications Into Self-Negating Memory-Retrieval Cues” with Robert B. Cialdini et al.

    • Website: WritingForBusyReaders.com

    • Tool: AI email editing

    • Tool: Writing checklist




    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

    • Study: “People systematically overlook subtractive changes” by Gabrielle S. Adams, et al.

    • Term: Butterfly ballot

    • Book: Pre-Suasion: Channeling Attention for Change by Robert Cialdini

    • Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

    • Book: Give Your Speech, Change the World: How To Move Your Audience to Action by Nick Morgan

    • Book: Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg

    • Book: Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better by Jennifer Pahlka

    • Book: Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less by Leidy Klotz

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

    • Past episode: 664: Dr. Robert Cialdini on How to Persuade with the 7 Universal Principles of Influence

    • Past episode: 684: Achieving More by Tapping into the Science of Less with Leidy Klotz

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    • 42 min

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