How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Britt Andreatta shares neuroscience insights for boosting your learning, memory, and creativity.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How to make your learning stick. 2) The striking benefits of boredom. 3) How to deal with information overwhelm. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep543 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT BRITT — Dr. Britt Andreatta is an internationally-recognized thought leader who creates brain science-based solutions for today's challenges. As CEO of 7th Mind, Inc., Britt Andreatta draws on her unique background in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and learning to unlock the best in people, helping organizations rise to their potential.• Britt’s book: Wired to Grow: Harness the Power of Brain Science to Learn and Master Any Skill• Britt’s book: Wired to Resist: The Brain Science of Why Change Fails and a New Model for Driving Success• Britt’s book: Wired to Connect: The Brain Science of Teams and a New Model for Creating Collaboration and Inclusion• Britt’s LinkedIn: Britt Andreatta• Britt’s website: BrittAndreatta.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • App: Simple Habit• Software: Camtasia• Term: Mirror neurons• Term: Schema• Book: Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman• Book: The Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do by Wallace J. Nichols and Richard J. Davidson• Book: The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson• Previous episode: 193: Neuroscience Insights on Survival, Belonging, and Growth at Work with Dr. Britt Andreatta— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free when you reach your savings goal at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

6 Feb 202042min

Harvard professor and author Laura Huang shares how to build your edge and be perceived positively.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why the myth of hard work is so dangerous. 2) How unfair perceptions can quietly limit your career–and what to do about it. 3) A formula to turn embarrassment and bitterness into enrichment. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep542 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT LAURA — Laura Huang is a professor at Harvard Business School, who specializes in studying interpersonal relationships and implicit bias in entrepreneurship and in the workplace. Her research has been featured in several publications like the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Nature. She was also named as one of the 40 Best Business School Professors Under the Age of 40 by Poets & Quants. Laura has also previously held positions in investment banking, consulting, and management in several companies such as Standard Chartered bank, IBM Global Services, and Johnson & Johnson. She received her MS and BSE in electrical engineering from Duke University, an MBA from INSEAD, and a PhD from the University of California, Irvine.• Book: “Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage”• Facebook: Laura Huang• Instagram: @laurahuang• LinkedIn: Laura Huang• Twitter: @LauraHuangLA • Website: LauraHuang.net— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo• Book: “Girl in Translation" by Jean Kwok• Book: “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro• Book: “When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age Story about a Native American Boy Caught Between Two Worlds” by Hal Borland— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Baked by Melissa makes delicious miniature cupcakes. Get 15% off with the promo code AWESOME• Blinkist. Learn more, faster with book summaries you can read or listen to in 15 minutes at blinkist.com/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3 Feb 202041min

Tom Rath discusses how to find greater meaning in your job.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How to find your unique style of contribution. 2) Two easy ways to recharge your energy. 3) A powerful way to make any job feel more meaningful. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep541 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT TOM — Tom Rath is an author and researcher who has spent the past two decades studying how work can improve human health and well-being. His 10 books have sold more than 10 million copies and made hundreds of appearances on global bestseller lists.During his 13 years at Gallup, Tom was the Program Leader for the development of Clifton StrengthsFinder, which has helped over 20 million people to uncover their talents, and went on to lead the organization’s employee engagement, wellbeing, and leadership practices worldwide.Most recently, Tom co-founded a publishing company and he is also an advisor, investor, and partner in several startups. Tom holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife, Ashley, and their two children.• Tom’s book: Life’s Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World• Tom’s book: StrengthsFinder 2.0• Tom’s book: Eat, Move, Sleep• Tom’s book: How Full Is Your Bucket?• Tom’s website: Contribify.com• Tom’s website: TomRath.org— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • App: Evernote• Party: Celebrate 10,000,000 downloads on Leap Day• All prior episodes: Archive of Awesome• Book: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson• Book: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

31 Jan 202040min

Atta Tarki sheds light on the crucial practices that improve the hiring process on both sides of the recruiting table.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The strongest predictor of job performance. 2) What makes an interview answer excellent vs. terrible. 3) The most important factors that determine career fit. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep540 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ATTA — Atta Tarki and is the author of the book Evidence-Based Recruiting (McGraw Hill, February 2019) and the CEO of ECA, a data-driven executive search firm helping private equity firms with their talent needs.• Atta’s book: Evidence-Based Recruiting: How to Build A Company of Star Performers Through Systematic and Repeatable Hiring Practices• Atta’s website: ECA-Partners.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: “Belief in the unstructured interview: The persistence of an illusion” by Jason Dana, Robyn Dawes, and Nathanial Peterson• Website: Glassdoor• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller• Book: 1984 by George Orwell• Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman• Film: Moneyball• Film: The Karate Kid• Previous Episode: 080: Finding and Doing the One Thing with Jay Papasan— THANK YOU SPONSORS — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

29 Jan 202044min

Jacob Morgan discusses what professionals need to succeed in future workplaces.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How professionals must change in the future. 2) The five skills of future leaders. 3) The surprising weakness of present-day leaders. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep539 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JACOB — Jacob Morgan is a 4x best-selling author, speaker, and futurist. His new book, The Future Leader, looks at the skills and mindsets people need to have if they wish to be successful leaders over the next decade and beyond. He is also the founder of The Future Of Work University and can be reached at TheFutureOrganization.com.• Book: The Future Leader: 9 Skills and Mindsets to Succeed in the Next Decade• Book website: GetFutureLeaderBook.com• Website: TheFutureOrganization.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Foundation by Isaac Asimov• Book: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov• Book: Ender’s Game (The Ender Quintet) by Orson Scott Card• Book: Ready, Player One by Ernest Cline• Article: Aggregation of marginal gains 1% improvement— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

27 Jan 202031min

Former FBI agent Robin Dreeke shares how sizing people up can help you build trusting, strong relationships at work.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The overlooked activities that build healthy work relationships. 2) The six fundamental principles of trust. 3) The code of trust that builds relationships. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep538 for clickable versions of the links below. —ABOUT ROBIN — Robin Dreeke is a best-selling author, professional speaker, trainer, facilitator and retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He is the founder of People Formula, an organization that offers Advanced Rapport Building Training and Consultation. Robin has taken his life’s work of recruiting spies and broken down the art of leadership, communication, and relationship into FIVE Steps to TRUST and Six Signs of who you can TRUST.Since 2010, Robin has been working with large corporations as well small companies in every aspect of their business. He graduated from the US Naval Academy and served in the US Marine Corps. Robin lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. • Book: “Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agent’s User Manual for Behavior Prediction”• Website: www.PeopleFormula.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: “1776” by David McCullough• Book: “The Jamestown Flood” by David McCullough• Book: “The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough• Quote: Theodore Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena”— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

24 Jan 202038min

John C. Maxwell shares powerful wisdom on how to develop and transform budding leaders.— YOU'LL LEARN— 1) Three simple questions that encourage growth. 2) Why training programs don’t work--and what does. 3) What the most beloved leaders do differently. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep537 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JOHN — John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 31 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association and the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc. magazine. He is the founder of The John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation, organizations that have trained millions of leaders from every country of the world. A recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell speaks each year to Fortune 500 companies, presidents of nations, and many of the world’s top business leaders. He lives in South Florida.• Book: Developing the Leader Within You• Book: Developing the Leaders Around You• Book: The Leader’s Greatest Return: Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders• Book: Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership• Book: There’s No Such Thing as ‘Business’ Ethics: There’s Only One Rule for Making Decisions• Nonprofit: EQUIP— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Event: Enron Scandal• Book: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell• Previous episode: 397: Making the Shifts Necessary to Grow Your Influence with John C. Maxwell— THANK YOU SPONSORS — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOME• FabFitFun. Get $10 off your curated subscription box delivering happiness with the best in beauty, fashion, home, wellness, and tech with the promo code BEAWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Jan 202044min

Julian Treasure shares tactics and techniques that greatly improve how you communicate.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) A crucial question for more powerful listening and speaking. 2) The two biggest roadblocks to effective communication. 3) How to make your voice more engaging. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep536 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JULIAN — Julian is a sound and communication expert. He travels the world training people to listen better and create healthier sound. He is author of the books How to be Heard and Sound Business.Julian’s five TED talks have been watched more than 80 million times. His latest, “How to speak so that people want to listen,” is in the top 10 TED talks of all time. Julian is regularly featured in the world’s media, including TIME Magazine, The Times, The Economist and the BBC.Julian is also founder of The Sound Agency. The audio-branding company asks and answers the question “How does your brand sound?”• Julian’s book: How to Be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening• Julian’s company: TheSoundAgency.com• Product: Moodsonic• Julian’s TED Talks: Julian Treasure• Julian’s website: JulianTreasure.com• Julian’s course: SpeakListenBe.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • TED Talk: "Your body language may shape who you are" by Amy Cuddy• Personality: Chris Anderson• Personality: Scott Peck• Book: The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind by Seth Horowitz• Previous episode: 224: How to Sound Amazing with Julian Treasure— THANK YOU SPONSORS — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOME• ZipRecruiter is the smartest way to hire. Get a free trial at ZipRecruiter.com/HTBASee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Jan 202052min