Charles Conn shares how to be strategic and make breakthroughs when things are uncertain.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How talented people unknowingly self-sabotage.  2) The simple question that leads to clever breakthroughs.  3) How to communicate your ideas so people will care.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep900 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT CHARLES —  Charles Conn is an investor, environmentalist, and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Monograph, a venture firm, and was previously CEO of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford. He is Board Chair of Patagonia and sits on The Nature Conservancy European Council. He was founding CEO of Ticketmaster-Citysearch, and was a partner at McKinsey & Company. He is a graduate of Harvard, Oxford and Boston Universities.  He is co-author with Robert McLean of Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything, published with Wiley in 2019, a best-seller now in six languages, and The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times, 2023.  • Book: Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything (website)  • Book: The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times (website)  • LinkedIn: Charles Conn  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Article: “M.B.A. Students vs. ChatGPT: Who Comes Up With More Innovative Ideas?” by Christian Terwiesch and Karl Ulrich (and full-text PDF of paper)  • Website: Kaggle  • Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman  • Book: Obvious Adams: The Story of a Successful Businessman by Robert Updegraff  • Book: The Selfish Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins  • Book: Biodiversity by E. O. Wilson  • Past episode: 896: Finding More Success and Joy in Everything You Do with Suneel Gupta  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matt Abrahams outlines six steps to improve your spontaneous speaking skills.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How to feel more comfortable speaking on the spot.  2) Four tactics to keep speaking anxiety in check.  3) The easy formula for great self-introductions.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep899 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT MATT —  Matt Abrahams is a leading expert in communication with decades of experience as an educator, author, podcast host, and coach. As a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, he teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective virtual presenting. He received Stanford GSB’s Alumni Teaching Award in recognition of his teaching students around the world.  When he isn’t teaching, Matt is a sought-after keynote speaker and communication consultant. He has helped countless presenters improve and hone their communication, including some who have delivered IPO roadshows as well as TED, World Economic Forum, and Nobel Prize presentations. His online talks garner millions of views and he hosts the popular, award-winning podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast. He is the author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot. His previous book Speaking Up without Freaking Out: 50 Techniques for Confident and Compelling Presenting has helped thousands of people manage speaking anxiety and present more confidently and authentically.   • Book: Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot  • LinkedIn: Matt Abrahams  • Podcast: Think Fast, Talk Smart  • Website: MattAbrahams.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Study: “Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement” by Alison Wood Brooks  • Podcast episode: “Space, Pace, and Grace: How to Handle Challenging Conversations” with Matt Abrahams and Collins Dobbs  • Book: Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up by Patricia Ryan Madson  • Past episode: 253: How to Speak Out…Without a Freak Out with Matthew Abrahams  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cy Wakeman discusses why engagement is overrated and what really drives results.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How your ego ruins 2.5 hours of each day.  2) Three questions for breaking free from your ego.  3) Why to stop saying “should".  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep898 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT CY —  Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant. In 2001 she founded Reality-Based Leadership. She is the author of four books: Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace and Turn Excuses Into Results (2010), NY Times Bestseller, The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier (2013), No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results (2017), and her newest release, Life’s Messy, Live Happy.  Deemed as “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Cy Wakeman was voted in the top 100 leadership professionals to follow on twitter for 7 years in a row. In 2021, 2022, and 2023 she topped the Global Gurus list of Top 30 Leadership Professionals across the globe, coming in at #1.  • Book: No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results  • Newsletter: Reality-Based Leadership Newsletter  • TED Talk: Ditch the Drama – How to Live Happy in a Messy World  • Website: RealityBasedLeadership.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Book: Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte  • Book: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns  • Figure: Byron Katie  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jon Acuff reveals why we often struggle to meet our goals—and shares practical advice for achieving results.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How to make your loftiest goals more reachable.  2) The “right” amount of goals to pursue.  3) How to stay motivated when things get tough.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep897 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT JON —  Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including Soundtracks, Your New Playlist, and the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. When he's not writing or recording his popular podcast, All It Takes Is a Goal, Acuff can be found on a stage as one of INC's Top 100 Leadership Speakers. He's spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, colleges, and companies around the world, including FedEx, Range Rover, Microsoft, Nokia, and Comedy Central. He lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two daughters.   • Book: All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential  • Book: Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)  • Podcast: All It Takes Is a Goal  • Website: JonAcuff.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Study: “Automaticity of Social Behavior: Direct Effects of Trait Construct and Stereotype Activation on Action” by John A. Bargh, Mark Chen, and Lara Burrows  • Product: Leuchtturm1917 Notebooks  • Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman  • Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield  • Book: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin  • Personality: Mike Peasley, MTSU professor  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Suneel Gupta shows how to find more joy and success every day by drawing from the wisdom of ancient Indian traditions.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The eight essential practices for daily success.  2) How to reset your energy in just five minutes.  3) Why you achieve more with only 85% of the effort.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep896 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT SUNEEL —  Suneel Gupta lost his Dharma and then found it again. He is the founding CEO of RISE and co-founder of the Gross National Happiness Center in the United States. As an author, a visiting scholar at Harvard Medical School, and host of a hit documentary series, Suneel studies the most extraordinary people on the planet to discover and share simple, actionable habits to lift our performance and deepen our daily sense of purpose. His work has been featured by major outlets including CNBC, TED, and the New York Times.  • Book: Everyday Dharma: 8 Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy in Everything You Do  • Past Episode: 708: The 7 Steps to Winning Others’ Support with Suneel Gupta  • Website: SuneelGupta.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Tool: OmniFocus  • Experiment: Dartmouth Scar Experiment  • Book: The Bhagavad Gita translated by Eknath Easwaran  • Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl  • Book: Be Here Now by Ram Dass  • Previous episode: 625: How to Be Happier, More Fulfilled, and More Effective Every Day with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eduardo Briceño reveals the fundamental factors that accelerate your growth and improvement.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How focusing on performance actually hurts results.  2) The one feedback method that always tells the truth.  3) The five key elements that drive growth.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep895 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT EDUARDO —  Eduardo Briceño is a global keynote speaker and facilitator who guides many of the world’s leading companies in developing cultures of learning and high performance. Earlier in his career, he was the co-founder and CEO of Mindset Works, the first company to offer growth mindset development services. Previously, he was a venture capital investor with the Sprout Group.  His TED Talk, How to Get Better at the Things You Care About, and his prior TEDx Talk, The Power of Belief, have been viewed more than nine million times. He is a Pahara-Aspen Fellow, a member of the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network, and an inductee in the Happiness Hall of Fame.  • Book: The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action  • Website: Briceño.com  • LinkedIn: Eduardo Briceño  • Organization: MindsetWorks  • TEDx Talk: The Power of belief -- mindset and success | Eduardo Briceno | TEDxManhattanBeach  • TED Talk: Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about | TED  • Previous episode: 316: Maximizing Your Learning and Growth with Eduardo Briceño  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Tool: Roam Research  • Tool: Otter  • Study: “Systematic review: the relationship between clinical experience and quality of health care” by Niteesh K. Choudhry, Robert H. Fletcher, and Stephen B. Soumerai  • Psychology: Goal Hierarchy  • Book: The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living by the Dalai Lama  • Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck  • Book: The Clan of the Cave Bear: Earth's Children, Book One by Jean Auel  • Past episode: 001: Communicating with Inspiration and Clarity with Mawi Asgedom  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joe Mull breaks down the fundamentals of why people leave their jobs then shares simple solutions to creating a happier, more committed workforce.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The true story behind the myth, “Nobody wants to work anymore.”  2) The sweet spot for a team’s workload.  3) How to talk to your boss about improving your job.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep894 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT JOE —  Joe Mull is the author of 3 books including No More Team Drama and the forthcoming Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work.  He is the founder of the BossBetter Leadership Academy and hosts the popular Boss Better Now podcast, which was recently named by SHRM as a “can’t miss show for leaders” along with podcasts from Brené Brown and Harvard Business Review.  In demand as a keynote speaker, Joe has taught leadership courses at two major universities and previously managed training at one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S.   Joe has appeared as an expert in multiple media outlets including Forbes, the International Business Times, on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and on Good Morning America.  • Book: Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work  • Book: Cure for the Common Leader: What Physicians & Managers Must Do to Engage & Inspire Healthcare Teams  • Website: JoeMull.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Instrument: NASA Task Load Index  • Article: “To Build a Top Performing Team, Ask for 85% Effort” by Greg McKeown  • Book: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink  • Book: It's the Manager: Moving From Boss to Coach by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter  • Music: “Requiem” by Mozart  — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —  • BetterHelp. Calm racing thoughts with online therapy. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/awesome.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Maura Thomas shows you how to create a distraction-free work environment to make time for the tasks that matter most.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The underlying cause of derailed productivity.  2) How multitasking hurts your productivity and attention.  3) The two questions that will help you eliminate distractions.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep893 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT MAURA —  Maura Nevel Thomas is an award-winning international speaker and trainer on individual and corporate productivity and work-life balance, and the most widely-cited authority on attention management. Her proprietary Empowered Productivity™ System has been embraced by the likes of NASA, Dyson, and Google. She is a TEDx Speaker, founder of Regain Your Time, author of six bestselling books, and was named a Top Leadership Speaker in Inc. Magazine.  Maura is frequently featured in major business outlets including Business Insider, Fast Company, and Washington Post, and she’s also a regular contributor to both Forbes and the Harvard Business Review, with articles there viewed over a million times.  • Book: Attention Management: How to Create Success and Gain Productivity ― Every Day (Empowered Productivity, 1)  • Book: Everyone Wants to Work Here: Attract the Best Talent, Energize Your Team, and Be the Leader in Your Market (Empowered Productivity)  • Forbes article: "Why Leaders Should Want Their Employees To Quiet Quit"  • Website: MauraThomas.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • App: Blinkist  • App: Todoist  • App: Twist  • Book: The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker  • Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill  • Book: Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Until You're 80 and Beyond by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge  • Company: Doist  • Personality: Frank Kick  • Personality: Gloria Mark  — THANK YOU, SPONSORS! —  • Factor. Get healthy, quick, delicious meals at factormeals.com/beawesome50. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Curtis Bateman shares simple tools that make uncertainty less frustrating and more rewarding.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The simple model that makes change predictable and actionable.  2) The critical first step to introducing any change initiative.  3) How to keep poor results from discouraging you.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep892 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT CURTIS —  Curtis Bateman is one of FranklinCovey’s lead change experts and the author of Who Rocked the Boat: A Story about Navigating the Inevitability of Change and co-author of Change: How to Turn Uncertainty into Opportunity.  He is also the Vice President of International and a Senior Change Consultant.  • Book: Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity, with Marché Pleshette, Andy Cindrich, and Christi Phillips, PhD  • LinkedIn: Curtis A. Bateman  • Speaking Profile: Franklin Covey Speaker’s Bureau  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • App: Day One  • App: Evernote  • Book: Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard  • Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain  • Book: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink  • Book: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Bryan Robinson shares the dangers of work addiction–and how you can recover from it.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) What workaholism is–and how you can tell if you have it.  2) The 10 C’s to help you find your calm.  3) How to befriend your negative emotions.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep891 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT BRYAN —  Bryan E. Robinson is Founder and Chief Architect Officer of Comfort Zones Digital, Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a psychotherapist in private practice. He writes for Forbes.com and Thrive Global and is the author of over forty books, including three editions of Chained to the Desk: A Guidebook for Workaholics, Their Partners and Children, and the Clinicians Who Treat Them and #Chill: Turn Off Your Job and Turn on Your Life.  • Book: Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Work-Life Balance  • Book: Limestone Gumption: A Brad Pope And Sisterfriends Mystery  • Website: BryanRobinsonBooks.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl  • Book: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Chartwell Classics) by Mark Twain  • News Site: The Huffington Post  • Publication: Thrive Global  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Laura Fredricks shares battle-tested tips to confidently ask for what you want.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How to respond to “I’ll think about it.”  2) Why you want to talk only 25% of the time.  3) Persuasion pitfalls to avoid.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep890 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT LAURA —  Laura Fredricks is an author, speaker, and consultant who trains and coaches individuals, businesses, and nonprofits. Her latest book is Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want. Through her previous six books, Fredricks has helped hundreds of global executives, industry trailblazers, marketing and communication leaders, boards, fundraisers, entrepreneurs, teenagers, artists, philanthropists, and everyday people achieve their best professional and personal lives possible.  Since 2005, Fredricks also has taught at New York University School of Professional Studies.  • Book: Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want  • Email: laura@expertontheask.com  • Website: ExpertOnTheAsk.com  • Website: LauraFredricks.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Tool: MailChimp  • Software: Egnyte  • Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee  • Website: The Chronicle of Philanthropy  • Website: Advancing Philanthropy  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cheryl Einhorn provides tools to improve your decision-making skills.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The key to countering bias in decision-making.  2) The five Problem Solver Profiles–and which one you are.  3) How to work with different types of decision-makers.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep889 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT CHERYL —  Cheryl Strauss Einhorn founded Decisive, a decision sciences company that trains people and teams in complex problem solving and decision-making skills using the AREA Method. AREA is an evidence-based decision-making system that uniquely controls for and counters cognitive bias to expand knowledge while improving judgment. Cheryl developed AREA during her two decades as an award-winning investigative journalist writing for publications ranging from The New York Times and Foreign Policy Magazine to Barron’s and The Stanford Social Innovation Review. Cheryl teaches at Cornell University and has authored three books Problem Solved, A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction, about personal and professional decision-making, and Investing In Financial Research, A Decision-Making System for Better Results about financial and investment decisions. Her new book about Problem Solver Profiles, Problem Solver, Maximizing Your Strengths To Make Better Decisions, was published in March 2023 by Cornell University. Learn more by watching her Ted talk and visiting areamethod.com.  • Book: Investing in Financial Research: A Decision-Making System for Better Results (AREA Method Publications)  • Book: Problem Solved: A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction  • Book: Problem Solver: Maximizing Your Strengths to Make Better Decisions (AREA Method Publications)  • Test: Problem Solver Profile  • Website: AreaMethod.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Book: The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin  • Poster: Cognitive Bias Poster  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Nate Regier reveals his process for practicing compassionate accountability that builds relationships.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The three switches for greater compassion every day.  2) A handy template for dealing with any conflict.  3) Why lowering standards doesn’t help those struggling.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep888 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT NATE —  Nate Regier, PhD, is the CEO and founding owner of Next Element Consulting, a global leadership consulting and training firm helping build cultures of compassionate accountability. Dr. Regier is a former practicing psychologist and expert in social-emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, conflict skills, and leadership. Recognized as a Top 100 keynote speaker, he is a Process Communication Model® Certifying Master Trainer. Nate is the author of four books: Beyond Drama; Conflict without Casualties; Seeing People Through; and his newest book, Compassionate Accountability. He hosts a podcast called “On Compassion with Dr. Nate,” writes a weekly blog, contributes to multiple industry publications, and is a regular guest on podcasts.  • Book: Compassionate Accountability: How Leaders Build Connection and Get Results  • LinkedIn: Nate Regier  • Previous episode: 216: Transforming Conflict Into Breakthroughs with Dr. Nate Regier  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Software: Calendly  • Grill: Big Green Egg  • Personality: Wayne Dyer  • Book: Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown  • Book: Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference by Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Marc Lesser shows how to navigate difficult emotions and conversations to build thriving relationships.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) Why we shouldn’t be afraid of conflict.  2) The one question you need to ask when dealing with difficult people.  3) How to assess any relationship in 4 words.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep887 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT MARC —  Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is the author of four books, including Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, and CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company. Lesser helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google and was director of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the oldest Zen monastery in the Western world. He lives in Marin County, California, and leads Mill Valley Zen, a weekly meditation group.  • Book: Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives  • Website: MarcLesser.net  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Book: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Adam Bryant shares powerful insights on how to get promoted and be successful as a leader.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) What every aspiring leader should know about themselves.  2) How to get promoted without asking for a promotion.  3) The key ratio that positions you for advancement.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep886 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT ADAM —  Adam Bryant is Senior Managing Director and Partner at the ExCo Group, where he works with hundreds of senior leaders and high-potential executives. As the creator and former author of the iconic “Corner Office” column in The New York Times, Bryant has mastered the art of distilling real-world lessons from his hundreds of interviews and turning them into practical tools, presentations, and exercises to help companies deepen their leadership benches and strengthen their teams. He also works with executive leadership teams to help drive their transformation strategies, based on a best-practices framework he developed for his widely praised book, THE CEO TEST: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders.  • Book: The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership  • Book: The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed  • Website: AdamBryantBooks.com  • Company Website: ExCoLeadership.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Video: “Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk”  • Book: The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger  • Book: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick  — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —  • BetterHelp. Make better decisions with online therapy. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/awesome.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Legendary coach Greg Harden shares the secrets of his world-famous athletes for conquering fear, fatigue, anxiety, and self-doubt.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How to master your response to any situation.  2) The secret to being a top performer.  3) The #1 subject for you to become an expert on.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep885 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT GREG —  Greg Harden is a Peak Performance Coach, motivational speaker, and executive consultant who is best known for his work with seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady. He also worked with Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard, and twenty-three-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.  He’s spent over 30 years building them at the University of Michigan, including 400 future professional athletes, 50 NFL first-round draft picks, and 120 Olympians from over 20 countries. He gained national recognition when 60 Minutes Sports profiled him as “Michigan’s Secret Weapon.”   • Book: Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive  • Website: GregHarden.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl  • Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cassie Holmes shares powerful strategies for finding more meaning and fulfillment from your hours.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) Why more time doesn’t make us more happy.  2) Two tricks to make drudgery feel more enjoyable.  3) How to keep distractions from hijacking your attention.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep884 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT CASSIE —  Cassie Holmes is a professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, an award-winning teacher and researcher on time and happiness, and author of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most.  Happier Hour was selected as a Forbes Must-Read and a Next Big Idea Club Must-Read for 2022, as well as an Amazon Best Business Book of 2022. It’s also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Today Show, CBS Mornings, and much other media.  Holmes’s academic research has been widely published in lead academic journals and featured in such outlets as The Economist, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more. The course that she developed and now teaches, Applying the Science of Happiness to Life Design, is among UCLA’s most popular for MBAs. Prior to joining UCLA, Cassie was a tenured faculty member at Wharton, and she has a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Columbia.   • Book: Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most  • Study: “Having Too Little or Too Much Time Is Linked to Lower Subjective Well-Being” with Marissa A. Sharif and Hal Hershfield  • Course: Applying the Science of Happiness to Life Design  • LinkedIn: Cassie Holmes  • Website: CassieMHolmes.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Study: American Time Use Survey  • Book: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns  • Book: The Hours: A Novel by Michael Cunningham  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dan Thurmon shares powerful tools to make chaos your ally.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How to reframe the stresses of uncertainty.  2) How to break the patterns of negative self-talk.  3) The tiny language shifts that make a huge difference.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep883 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT DAN —  Dan Thurmon is the founder and President of Motivation Works, Inc, a company that helps leaders and their organizations move confidently through change and transformation, so they become, achieve, and contribute MORE. His clients include Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Marriott, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Prudential, State Farm, and Walmart.  He’s delivered thousands of presentations across six continents for audiences including world leaders, Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, educators, and even troops on the front lines of battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.  In 2011, he was inducted into the prestigious Speaker Hall of Fame -- and is one of fewer than 200 living speakers to have received this honor.  Dan is also a writer and content producer. He’s authored three books: Success in Action, Off Balance On Purpose, and most recently, Positive Chaos.  Along with his speeches and books, Dan produces an ongoing, weekly video-coaching series and podcast in which he shares leadership principles and life-enhancement strategies in under three minutes.  • Book: Positive Chaos: Transform Crisis into Clarity and Advantage  • Study: DanThurmon.com/research  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Tool: Theracane • Past episode: 876: How to Present Like the Pros with Michael J. Gelb  • Book: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hal Hershfield discusses how to make–and stick with–better decisions to enrich your future self.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) Why you should build a relationship with your future self.  2) How to motivate yourself to do the hard things now.  3) The key to creating lasting habits.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep882 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT HAL —  Hal Hershfield is a Professor of Marketing, Behavioral Decision Making, and Psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and holds the UCLA Anderson Board of Advisors Term Chair in Management.  His research, which sits at the intersection of psychology and economics, examines the ways we can improve our long-term decisions. He earned his PhD in psychology from Stanford University.  Hershfield publishes in top academic journals and also contributes op-eds to the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, and other outlets. He consults with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, many financial services firms such as Fidelity, First Republic, Prudential, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Avantis, and marketing agencies such as Droga5. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Hershfield was named one of “The 40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs Under 40 In The World” by business education website Poets & Quants. His book, Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today, will be published in June.  • Book: Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today  • LinkedIn: Hal Hershfield  • Twitter: @HalHershfield  • Website: HalHershfield.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Study: “The End of History Illusion” by Jordi Quoidbach, Daniel T. Gilbert , AND Timothy D. Wilson  • Book: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan  • Past episode: 090: Shocking Ways to Hack Your Habits with Maneesh Sethi  • Past episode: 317: How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD  • App: StickK  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Gloria Mark shares her science-based solutions for overcoming distractions and finding more flow.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The biggest hurdle for your attention span.  2) What drains your attention span tank–and how to refuel it.  3) How to design your day to maximize productivity.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep881 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT GLORIA —  Dr. Gloria Mark has published over 150 papers in the top journals and conferences in the fields of human-computer interactions (HCI) and Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) and is author of the book Multitasking in the Digital Age. Her work on multitasking has appeared in outlets like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Atlantic, the BBC, and many others. Her newest book, Attention Span: Find Focus and Fight Distraction, is out now.   She is the Chancellor Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She received her PhD from Columbia University in psychology. She has been a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research since 2012. Her primary research interest is in understanding the impact of digital media on people's lives and she is best known for her work in studying people's multitasking, mood and behavior while using digital media in real world environments.  • Book: Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity  • LinkedIn: Gloria Mark  • Twitter: @GloriaMark_PhD  • Website: GloriaMark.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl  • Past episode: 734: How to Train Your Mind to Focus and Handle Distractions Better with Dr. Amishi Jha  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.