How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Pete Mockaitis

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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!

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399: Maximizing Your Mental Energy with Isaiah Hankel

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

02/08/19 • 49 min

Isaiah Hankel highlights the importance of your mental energy, the best time to use it, and how to protect it from the people and things that drain it. You'll Learn: The little ways we waste our limited mental energy How to tactfully deal with people who drain your mental energy How to gain more energy by closing mental loops About Isaiah: Isaiah Hankel received his doctorate in Anatomy & Cell Biology and is an expert on mental focus, behavioral psychology, and career development. His work has been featured in The Guardian, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur Magazine. Isaiah’s previous book, Black Hole Focus, was published by Wiley & Sons and was selected as Business Book of the Month in the UK and became a business bestseller internationally. Isaiah has delivered corporate presentations to over 20,000 people, including over 300 workshops and keynotes worldwide in the past 5 years. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep399 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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648: How to Turn Stage Presence into Screen Presence with Diane DiResta

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03/08/21 • 37 min

Diane DiResta shares expert tips to up your presence in remote meetings.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The simple change that dramatically improves your presence

2) Cost-efficient tips for improving your audio

3) Expert tips for engaging your virtual audience

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— ABOUT DIANE —

Diane DiResta, CSP, is Founder and CEO of DiResta Communications, Inc., a New York City consultancy that serves business leaders who deliver high-stakes presentations—whether one-to-one, in front of a crowd, or from an electronic platform. A Certified Speaking Professional, DiResta is one of only 12% of speakers to hold that designation. She was President of the New York City chapter of the National Speakers Association and former media trainer for the NBA and WNBA.

• Diane’s book: Knockout Presentations

• Diane’s website: DiResta.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Software: Miro

• Microphone: Blue Yeti USB Mic

• Headset: Logitech H390

• Headset: Sennheiser SC 60

• Headset: Sennheiser SC 30

• Website: The Training Arcade

• Website: WheelofNames.com

• Book: The Science of Mind: The Complete Edition by Ernest Holmes

• Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

• Book: Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert Cialdini

• Podcast: Entrepreneurs on Fire

• Video: “I’m not a cat”

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609: Why You Need to Stop Multitasking and Start Singletasking with Devora Zack

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09/28/20 • 40 min

Devora Zack debunks multitasking myths and shares how singletasking can help you get more done– one thing at a time.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why multitasking reduces your efficiency

2) How to unplug effectively

3) Why we get addicted to multitasking

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— ABOUT DEVORA —

Devora Zack is CEO of Only Connect Consulting, a Washington Post bestselling author and global speaker with books in 45 language translations. Her clients include Deloitte, Smithsonian, Delta Airlines, the FDA, Johns Hopkins, and the National Institutes of Health. She has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News & World Report, Forbes, Self, Redbook, Fast Company, and many others. She is the author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Managing for People Who Hate Managing and Singletasking.

• Book: Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

• Book: Singletasking: Get More Done-One Thing at a Time

• Book: Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success by Being Yourself

• Website: MyOnlyConnect.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

• Mythology: Odysseus

• Personality: Douglas Merrill on Multitasking

• Personality: Elinor Glyn

• Personality: Philo of Alexandria

• Personality: Steven Pressfield

• Term: Cluster tasking

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400: Making Better Decisions through Multiple Mental Models with Shane Parrish (Host of The Knowledge Project podcast)

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02/11/19 • 48 min

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Shane Parrish offers expert perspectives and tips for boosting your decision-making. You'll Learn: Why we often fail to improve at decision-making Three useful mental models to serve you well The role of emotions in decision-making About Shane: Shane Parrish invests in wonderful companies as a Partner at Partners. He’s also the mastermind behind the Farnam Street blog and the Knowledge Project podcast. Farnam Street blog is devoted to helping people develop an understanding of how the world really works, make better decisions, and live a better life. It focuses on sharing the principles that help others become better versions of themselves and live consciously. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep400 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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A. PRESENCE. Managing Self-Doubt to Tackle Bigger Challenges with Tara Mohr

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04/21/16 • 47 min

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Tara Mohr offers deep insight into how our fears and inner critic operate–and how to optimally respond.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) The key drivers behind fear and self-doubt.

2) A handy Hebrew distinction for thinking about fear.

3) How to consult your inner critic–and inner mentor–wisely.

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— ABOUT TARA —

Tara Mohr is an expert on leadership and well-being. She helps people play bigger in sharing their voices and bringing forward their ideas in work and in life. Tara is the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, named a best book of the year by Apple’s iBooks and now in paperback. In the book, she shares her pioneering model for making the journey from playing small–being held back by fear and self-doubt–to playing big, taking bold action to pursue what you see as your callings.

• Tara’s Book: Playing Big

• Tara’s website: TaraMohr.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Author: Marianne Williamson

• Book: Einstein and the Rabbi by Naomi Levy

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610: How to Communicate with People Who Disagree with You with Dr. Tania Israel

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10/01/20 • 38 min

Dr. Tania Israel discusses the fundamental skills that help us have more empathic conversations.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) One skill to make difficult conversations more manageable

2) How to stop seeing disagreement as a threat

3) The two fears that keep us from actively listening

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— ABOUT TANIA —

Tania Israel is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Raised in Charlottesville, Virginia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Arizona State University, Dr. Israel is known for her work on dialogue across political lines, social justice, and LGBT psychology.

• Tania’s book: Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work

• Tania’s website: TaniaIsrael.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Hidden Tribes”

• Technique: The Pomodoro Technique

• Tool: Temi

• Book: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

• Book: Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

• Cartoon: Peadoodles

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643: The Overlooked Fundamentals of Inspiring and Managing Teams with 15Five’s Shane Metcalf

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02/18/21 • 42 min

Shane Metcalf reveals his top research-based do’s and don’ts for being a great manager.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The one meeting a manager should always make

2) The teambuilding technique for great teams from the get-go

3) How and why to keep an employee dossier

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— ABOUT SHANE —

Shane Metcalf is a keynote speaker on building a world class workplace and one of the world’s leading pioneers in the space of cultural engineering and positive psychology. His insights have been featured in Inc, Fast Company, Business Insider, Washington Post, Tech Crunch, and Bloomberg.

As the Co-founder of 15Five, Shane and his team support HR Executives with data-driven continuous performance management. 15Five has won numerous awards for their company culture, including the prestigious Inc Best Workplaces award, and is ranked #3 in the U.S. on GlassDoor.

Follow Shane on Twitter and LinkedIn, and listen to him co-host the Best-Self Management Podcast.

• Blog: 15Five.com/blog

• Company: 15Five

• LinkedIn: Shane Metcalf

• Podcast: HR Superstars

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization by Robert Kegan

• Book: Managing Up: How to Move up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss by Mary Abbajay

• Book: The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile

• Book: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

• Past episode: 275: How to Manage Your Manager with Mary Abbajay

• Past episode: 582: The Five Behaviors That Make You an Indispensable “Go-to” Person with Bruce Tulgan

• Strengths Survey: VIA Character Strengths

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644: How to Sharpen Your Skills for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet with Michelle Weise

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

02/22/21 • 44 min

Michelle Weise sheds light on the learning challenges professionals will face in the near future—and how we can prepare for them.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to surface your hidden skills

2) How to keep AI from making you irrelevant

3) Nifty tools for upskilling quickly

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— ABOUT MICHELLE —

Michelle Weise was just named to the Thinkers50 thinkers to watch in 2021. She is senior advisor to Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group, and BrightHive, a data collaboration platform.

She is former chief innovation officer of Strada Education Network and Southern New Hampshire University. She led the higher education practice at Clay Christensen’s Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Her most recent book is LONG LIFE LEARNING: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Even Exist Yet (Wiley, 2020). Her first book, with Clay Christensen (2014) is Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution.

• Michelle’s book: Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet

• Michelle’s LinkedIn: Michelle R. Weise

• Michelle’s Twitter: @rwmichelle

• Michelle’s website: RiseAndDesign.io

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Freestyle2 Keyboard for PC

• Website: Skills Match

• Software: GLEAC

• Software: Mursion

• Company: FutureFit AI

• Company: Skyhigh Manpower Recruitment International

• Company: InnoCentive

• Company: Climb Hire

• Book: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

• Book: Beloved by Toni Morrison

• Previous episode: 376: How to Become the Success Nobody Saw Coming: Research Insights into “Dark Horses” from Harvard’s Todd Rose

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647: Cal Newport: How to Break Free from Your Email Inbox

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03/04/21 • 45 min

Cal Newport reveals how the rise of email led to a productivity disaster and what we can do to change that.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How email changed the way we work for worse

2) Simple strategies for cutting down the email back-and-forth

3) Why we feel guilty when we don’t respond—and what to do about it

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— ABOUT CAL —

Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. In addition to researching cutting edge technology, he also writes about the impact of these innovations on our culture. Newport is the author of six books, including the New York Times bestseller, Digital Minimalism, which argues that we should be much more selective about the technologies we adopt in our personal lives, and Deep Work, which argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the modern workplace.

Newport’s work has been published in over 25 languages and has been featured in many major publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker, Washington Post, and Economist, and his long-running blog Study Hacks, which receives over 3 million visits a year. He’s also a frequent guest on NPR.

• Cal’s book: A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

• Cal’s book: Deep Work (Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World)

• Cal’s podcast: Deep Questions

• Cal’s planner: Time Block Planner

• Cal’s website: CalNewport.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Calendly

• App: Trello

• Researcher: Sophie Leroy

• Book: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman

• Previous episode: 632: How to Reclaim 40 Hours Every Month (WITHOUT Multitasking!) with Dave Crenshaw

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640: Why Being Qualified Isn't Enough: How to Overcome Your Fear of Selling Yourself with Jena Viviano

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

02/08/21 • 40 min

Jena Viviano shares her three-step process for making more successful career transitions.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three sources of career clarity

2) Why networking doesn’t have to feel sleazy

3) The three things recruiters are always looking for

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— ABOUT JENA —

Jena Viviano is an ex-Wall Streeter turned career coach and entrepreneur who helps ambitious professionals articulate their personal branded career stories to land their dream jobs.

• Jena’s LinkedIn: Jena Viviano Dunay

• Jena’s podcast: Recruit the Employer

• Jena’s website: RecruitTheEmployer.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Software: Loom

• Term: Briefcase technique

• Book: Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

• Book: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris

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