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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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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  • 1110: How to Multiply Your Opportunities through Smarter LinkedIn Posts with Jason Feifer

    1110: How to Multiply Your Opportunities through Smarter LinkedIn Posts with Jason Feifer
    Nov 13 2025

    Jason Feifer discusses how to advance your career by creating winning LinkedIn content.


    — YOU’LL LEARN —

    1) Why LinkedIn matters even when you aren’t job hunting

    2) What most get wrong about personal branding

    3) The trick to getting your posts seen on LinkedIn


    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1110 for clickable versions of the links below.


    — ABOUT JASON —

    Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, a startup advisor, host of the podcasts Build For Tomorrow and Problem Solvers, and has taught his techniques for adapting to change at companies including Pfizer, Microsoft, Chipotle, DraftKings, and Wix. He has worked as an editor at Fast Company, Men’s Health, and Boston magazine, and has written about business and technology for the Washington Post, Slate, Popular Mechanics, and others.

    • LinkedIn: Jason Feifer

    • Newsletter: OneThingBetter.email

    • Website: JasonFeifer.com


    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

    • Book: The Three-Body Problem (The Three-Body Problem Series, 1) by Cixin Liu

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

    • Past episode: 848: How to Quickly Grow and Future-Proof Your Career with Jason Feifer

    • Past episode: 997: How to Push Past Self-Doubt and Find the Confidence to Pursue Big Things with Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland

    • Past episode: 1089: Mastering New Skills and Information Overload through Lean Learning with Pat Flynn


    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

    • Vanguard. Give your clients consistent results year in and year out with vanguard.com/AUDIO

    • Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome

    • Cashflow Podcasting. Explore launching (or outsourcing) your podcast with a free 10-minute call with Pete.

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    49 mins
  • 1109: How to Find Great Mentors and Build Your Legacy with Dr. Deborah Heiser

    1109: How to Find Great Mentors and Build Your Legacy with Dr. Deborah Heiser
    Nov 10 2025

    Dr. Deborah Heiser discusses how and why to find mentors from all directions.


    — YOU’LL LEARN —

    1) The fundamental human need that mentorship fulfills

    2) Why most struggle to find mentors—and the simple fix

    3) The unlikely places where you can find more mentors


    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1109 for clickable versions of the links below.


    — ABOUT DEBORAH —

    Dr. Deborah Heiser (Ph.D.) is an applied developmental psychologist, the CEO/Founder of The Mentor Project, and author of The Mentorship Edge: Creating Maximum Impact Through Lateral and Hierarchical Mentoring. She is a TEDx speaker, member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, Thinkers 50 Radar List, expert contributor to Psychology Today and is also an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at SUNY Old Westbury.

    • Book: The Mentorship Edge: Creating Maximum Impact through Lateral and Hierarchical Mentoring

    • LinkedIn: Deborah Heiser

    • Substack: The Right Side of 40

    • Website: DeborahHeiser.com


    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

    • Book: Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie and Vincent Sheean


    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

    • Vanguard. Give your clients consistent results year in and year out with vanguard.com/AUDIO

    • Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome

    • Cashflow Podcasting. Explore launching (or outsourcing) your podcast with a free 10-minute call with Pete.

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    33 mins
  • 1108: How to Think, Act, and Achieve Like an “A-Player” with Rob Monson

    1108: How to Think, Act, and Achieve Like an “A-Player” with Rob Monson
    Nov 6 2025
    Rob Monson reveals how professionals can become A-players—and what leaders can do to retain them. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The hard truth many leaders don’t want to accept2) What A-players do differently from the rest 3) The simple trick to get a day back every weekSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1108 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ROB — Rob Monson, founder of Tenfold Advisors, is Utah’s leading business growth coach. A Scaling Up and Metronomics coach, he helps mid-market CEOs install disciplined systems that transform people, strategy, execution, and cash. His clients have driven Utah’s most founder exits at a 7X EBITDA multiple, 10X profit gains, Inc. 5000 honors, and award-winning cultures. Formerly with Golf Channel and 1-800 Contacts, Rob now shares practical scaling insights as Tenfold Biz Coach on TikTok.• Tiktok: @rmonson12• Website: TenfoldAdvisors.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Liz Wisemen Multipliers Assessment• Website: The Systems Thinker• Book: Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People, Revised and Updated Edition by Bradford Smart• Book: Who by Geoff Smart• Book: Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm by Vern Harnish• Book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition by Patrick Lencioni• Book: The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams by Sam Walker• Past episode: 030: Optimal Practices for Prioritizing, Hiring, and Relating with ghSMART’s Randy Street• Past episode: 552: The Foundational Principle that Separates Good Leaders from Bad Ones with Pat Lencioni• Past episode: 719: Liz Wiseman Reveals the Five Practices of Indispensable, High-Impact Players— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Vanguard. Give your clients consistent results year in and year out with vanguard.com/AUDIO• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Cashflow Podcasting. Explore launching (or outsourcing) your podcast with a free 10-minute call with Pete.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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    38 mins
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