How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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  • Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! With 25,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. 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.

    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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  • 1043: How to Uncover Your Hidden Aptitudes and Choose the Work You’re Meant to Do with Betsy Wills

    1043: How to Uncover Your Hidden Aptitudes and Choose the Work You’re Meant to Do with Betsy Wills
    Mar 24 2025

    Betsy Wills shares the science behind aptitudes and how to use them for a thriving career.


    — YOU’LL LEARN —

    1) Where most career assessments fall short

    2) Why a low aptitude score shouldn’t discourage you

    3) The root of boredom, frustration, and burnout


    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1043 for clickable versions of the links below.


    — ABOUT BETSY —

    Betsy Wills is the co-author of Your Hidden Genius and a pioneer in democratizing aptitude assessments. A co-founder of YouScience, she helped bring formerly expensive assessments online, now serving over 25% of U.S. high schools and 600+ colleges. With a master’s in Leadership and Organization from Vanderbilt, Betsy specializes in career guidance, helping individuals align work with innate abilities. Her book empowers adults to uncover their strengths, make informed career choices, and lead fulfilling lives.

    • Book: Your Hidden Genius: The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents

    • Book site: YourHiddenGenius.com


    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

    • Website: O*NET

    • Book: "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook" by Hampton Sides

    • Past episode: 1006: A Navy SEAL Shares the Hidden Attributes Enabling Optimal Performance with Rich Diviney


    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

    • Earth Breeze. See all that BambooHR can do at bamboohr.com/freedemo

    • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome

    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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    39 mins
  • 1042: Self-Improvement through Personality Change with Olga Khazan

    1042: Self-Improvement through Personality Change with Olga Khazan
    Mar 20 2025
    Olga Khazan discusses the surprising findings on how personality change can be possible and beneficial. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The problem with “authenticity” 2) The surprisingly simple secret to changing your personality 3) The simple interventions that make us less neurotic Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1042 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT OLGA — Olga Khazan is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author, previously, of Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World. She has also written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Vox, and other publications. She is a two-time recipient of the International Reporting Project’s Journalism Fellowship and winner of the 2017 National Headliner Award for Magazine Online Writing. She lives with her husband and son in Northern Virginia. • Book: Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change • Substack: OlgaKhazan.substack.com • Writer Profile: Olga Khazan, The Atlantic — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • App: TapeACall • Website: PersonalityAssessor.com • Term: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) • Course: 8-week MBSR courses • Study: “Is Personality Fixed? Personality Changes as Much as ‘Variable’ Economic Factors and More Strongly Predicts Changes to Life Satisfaction” by Christopher J. Boyce, Alex M. Wood, and Nattavudh Powdthavee • Researcher: Nathan Hudson • Author: Jon Kabat-Zinn • Book: How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair • Book: The Secret Life of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are by Michael Slepian — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Earth Breeze. See all that BambooHR can do at bamboohr.com/freedemo • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/AwesomeSee 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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    35 mins
  • 1041: How to Tell Compelling Stories and Build Brands with Alex Neist (CEO of Hostage Tape)

    1041: How to Tell Compelling Stories and Build Brands with Alex Neist (CEO of Hostage Tape)
    Mar 17 2025

    Alex Neist shares principles of storytelling and branding that help Hostage Tape –and you.


    — YOU’LL LEARN —

    1) Why brands like Hostage Tape and Liquid Death resonate

    2) The defining element of an inspiring story

    3) The downside to making your story amazing


    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1041 for clickable versions of the links below.


    — ABOUT ALEX —

    Alex Neist is the founder and CEO of Hostage Tape, the best-selling mouth tape. The company has helped over 200,000 customers worldwide and has strong partnerships with the UFC and The Joe Rogan Experience.

    Prior to founding Hostage Tape, Alex was an Arena Football League quarterback. He later ventured into sports technology, building a seven-figure business which was eventually acquired.

    • Website: HostageTape.com


    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

    • Tool: Dan Harmon’s Story Circle

    • Brand: Liquid Death

    • Website: SleepHQ.com

    • Book: Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks

    • Book: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

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

    • Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Vossr

    • Past episode: 1029: How to Tell Stories that Inspire and Influence with Anjali Sharma


    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

    • Earth Breeze. Get 40% off your subscription at earthbreeze.com/AWESOME

    • BambooHR. See all that BambooHR can do at bamboohr.com/freedemo

    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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    37 mins

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Always fresh

I really enjoy the practical pointers on this podcast. Everyone should keep up on these sessions to stay fresh and focused on being "awesome at your job."

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