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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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  • 1133: The Philosophy of Scores: How to Measure What Truly Matters and Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game with C. Thi Nguyen

    1133: The Philosophy of Scores: How to Measure What Truly Matters and Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game with C. Thi Nguyen
    Mar 2 2026

    Thi Nguyen draws on the philosophy of games to explain how scores and metrics impact our lives—and what we can do to use them more meaningfully.


    — YOU’LL LEARN —

    1) How metrics can coopt our values and behavior

    2) The hidden costs of the desire to quantify everything

    3) Why the wrong people often seem to get ahead


    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1133 for clickable versions of the links below.


    — ABOUT THI —

    C. Thi Nguyen is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Utah, and a specialist in the philosophy of games, the philosophy of technology, and the theory of value.

    A former food writer for the Los Angeles Times, Nguyen is active in public philosophy, writing for The New York Times, The Washington Post, New Statesman, and elsewhere.

    • Book: The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

    • Website: Objectionable.net

    • Bluesky: @add-hawk


    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

    • Study: The Cultural Evolution of Bad Science by Paul Smaldino and Richard McElrath

    • Book: Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St) by James Scott

    • Book: Trust and Antitrust: A Philosophical Exploration of Ethics by Annette Baier

    • Book: The Grasshopper - Third Edition: Games, Life and Utopia by Bernard Suits


    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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    47 minutos
  • 1132: How to Find Deep Satisfaction While Pursuing Excellence with Brad Stulberg

    1132: How to Find Deep Satisfaction While Pursuing Excellence with Brad Stulberg
    Feb 26 2026
    Brad Stulberg shares foundational principles for making the process of self-development more fun and fulfilling. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) What true excellence looks and feels like2) Why to stop chasing happiness—and what to focus on instead3) The best tool for building focus and concentrationSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1132 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT BRAD — Brad Stulberg researches, writes, and coaches on performance, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He is the bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness and Master of Change, and coauthor of Peak Performance. Stulberg regularly contributes to the New York Times and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic, among many other outlets. He serves as the co-host of the podcast “excellence, actually” and is on faculty at the University of Michigan. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.• Book: The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World• Website: BradStulberg.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: “The comparison of Imagery ability in elite, sub-elite and non-elite swimmers” by P. Duarte-Mendes, et al.• Study: “Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity” by Adrian F. Ward, Kristen Duke, Ayelet Gneezy, and Maarten W. Bos• Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley• Book: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr• Book: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig• Past episode: 164: Sustaining Your Peak and Avoiding Burnouts with Brad Stulberg• Past episode: 415: Pursuing Your Passion the Smart Way with Brad Stulberg• Past episode: 699: Redefining Success for More Fulfilling Days with Brad Stulberg— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Monarch.com. Get 50% off your first year on with the code AWESOME.• Shopify. Sign up for your $1/month trial at Shopify.com/better• Factor. Head to factormeals.com/beawesome50off and use the code beawesome50off to get 50% off and free breakfast for a year. (New Factor subscribers only)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 minutos
  • 1131: How to Stop Playing Small at Work with Kelli Thompson

    1131: How to Stop Playing Small at Work with Kelli Thompson
    Feb 22 2026

    Kelli Thompson shows you how to break free from intimidation, hierarchy, and self-doubt.


    — YOU’LL LEARN —

    1) Why over-admiring your coworkers could be undermining your progress

    2) The key to sustainable confidence

    3) How to identify and trust your “genius zone”


    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1131 for clickable versions of the links below.


    — ABOUT KELLI —

    Kelli Thompson is an award-winning leadership and executive coach, keynote speaker, and the critically-acclaimed author of Closing The Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential & Your Paycheck. In Kelli’s two-decade career leading teams, she received industry awards for her ability to build programs that cultivated the pipeline of future leaders.

    Kelli has coached and trained thousands of leaders to lead with more clarity and confidence through her no BS, yet highly compassionate approach. Her corporate clients rave about the insightful, engaging and practical application of her training and speaking programs.

    • Book: Closing the Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential, and Your Paycheck

    • LinkedIn: Kelli Rae Thompson

    • Program: Clarity and Confidence Collective

    • TEDxTalk: "How idolizing coworkers can hold you back" | | Kelli Thompson | TEDxOmaha

    • Website: KelliRaeThompson.com


    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

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


    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

    • Monarch.com. Get 50% off your first year on with the code AWESOME.

    • Shopify. Sign up for your $1/month trial at Shopify.com/better

    • Factor. Head to factormeals.com/beawesome50off and use the code beawesome50off to get 50% off and free breakfast for a year. (New Factor subscribers only)

    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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    35 minutos
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