How to Be Awesome at Your Job cover art

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

By: How to be Awesome at Your Job
Listen for free

About this listen

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!

© © Optimality LLC Career Success Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • 1070: An ADHD Strategist’s Pro Tips for Staying Motivated and Productive When You Can’t Focus with Skye Waterson

    1070: An ADHD Strategist’s Pro Tips for Staying Motivated and Productive When You Can’t Focus with Skye Waterson
    Jun 26 2025

    Skye Waterson shares ADHD-friendly approaches to productivity that any professional can apply.


    — YOU’LL LEARN —

    1) The quickest way to shorten your to-do list

    2) How to stop overthinking and make a decision

    3) How to make hard tasks more fun


    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1070 for clickable versions of the links below.


    — ABOUT SKYE —

    Skye Waterson is an ADHD strategist, coach, and founder of Unconventional Organisation, helping entrepreneurs and executives stay focused, build consistent revenue, and scale—without burnout. With 82K+ engaged professionals following her work, she shares ADHD-friendly strategies for sustainable success.

    After her ADHD diagnosis during her PhD, she realized traditional productivity advice didn’t work for her. So, she developed strategies to help entrepreneurs and executives cut through distractions and focus on what matters, build ADHD-friendly systems for consistency, scale sustainably without exhaustion, and lead with confidence and regain control over their time.

    • Instagram: Unconventional Organisation

    • Podcast: The ADHD Skills Lab

    • Website: UnconventionalOrganisation.com


    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

    • App: Freedom

    • App: Miro

    • App: Notion

    • Study: Dopamine transfer deficit: a neurobiological theory of altered reinforcement mechanisms in ADHD

    • Author: Naval Ravikant


    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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

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

    • Plaud.ai. Use the code AWESOME and get a discount on your order

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
    Show More Show Less
    41 mins
  • 1069: Eight Steps for Excellent Listening with Emily Kasriel

    1069: Eight Steps for Excellent Listening with Emily Kasriel
    Jun 23 2025
    Emily Kasriel reveals how to build powerful connections with anyone through her eight-step listening process.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why every professional needs to master listening2) A demo of the listening approach3) How one question leads to deeper conversationsSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1069 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT EMILY — Emily Kasriel has had a distinguished career at the BBC for over two decades including roles as an award-winning journalist, editor and media executive. She developed the Deep Listening approach as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College Policy Institute in London, drawing on her experience as an accredited executive coach and workplace mediator. Previously, she’s been a Visiting Fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University, and a Senior Advisor to the Skoll Foundation. An MA graduate of the University of Oxford and Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (as a Rotary International Fellow), she lives in London. An academic paper demonstrating the impact of Kasriel’s Deep Listening approach has just been published (Feb 2025) by the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. • Book: Deep Listening: Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends, and Foes―Transformational Communication, Listening, and Empathy Through an 8-Step Method • Research: “Deep Listening Training to Bridge Divides: Fostering Attitudinal Change through Intimacy and Self-Insight” with F. K. Tia Moin, Guy Itzchakov, and Netta Weinstein• LinkedIn: Emily Kasriel• Website: EmilyKasriel.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Research: “Silence is golden: Extended silence, deliberative mindset, and value creation in negotiation.” by Jared Curhan, et al. • Book: On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth by Carl Rogers• Book: The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz• Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Plaud.ai. Use the code AWESOME and get a discount on your orderSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
    Show More Show Less
    43 mins
  • 1068: Finding the Courage to Say What Needs to be Said with Molly Tschang

    1068: Finding the Courage to Say What Needs to be Said with Molly Tschang
    Jun 19 2025

    Molly Tschang shares how to turn difficult conversations into opportunities to build connections and relationships.


    — YOU’LL LEARN —

    1) The preamble that helps your feedback land well

    2) How to say no while still being a team player

    3) What to do when you disagree with the majority


    Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1068 for clickable versions of the links below.


    — ABOUT MOLLY —

    Molly Tschang, founder of Abella Consulting and Say It Skillfully® Inc., empowers senior management teams to Win as One. With expertise in over 80 mergers and acquisitions, she has guided executives through the intricate human dynamics of transformational change and growth. Molly helps leaders cultivate mutual commitment, enabling them to excel in complex, high-stakes environments. Through Say It Skillfully, she equips individuals at all levels with the skills to communicate effectively and authentically. Her mission: to empower everyone to be seen, heard, and understood—especially when tackling their most critical challenges.

    • Book: Say It Skillfully: Speak Up. Make Your Words Matter. Win Together

    • Free audio book: The Me-You-We Framework

    • Website: SayItSkillfully.com


    — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

    • Book: I Am: Escape Distractions, Unlock Your Imagination & Unleash Your Potential by Bruce Kasanoff and Amy Blaschka

    • Book: Meditations: The Timeless Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius on Stoicism and Self-Mastery by Marcus Aurelius


    — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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

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

    • Plaud. Get a discount with the code AWESOME

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
    Show More Show Less
    38 mins

What listeners say about How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.