How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Amy Morin shares practical tools to stay calm, confident, and resilient under pressure.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to quickly shift your mood and energy
2) How to defuse dread and make your workday easier
3) The simple tool to keep worry from taking over your day

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— ABOUT AMY —
Amy Morin, LCSW is a psychotherapist, mental strength trainer, internationally bestselling author, and the award-winning host of the Mentally Stronger With Therapist Amy Morin podcast. Her books on mental strength, including 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, have sold more than 1 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages.
She’s practiced therapy for over 20 years, and she’s a sought-after speaker whose TEDx talk, “The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong,” is one of the most viewed talks of all time with more than 25 million views. Her new book is The Mental Strength Playbook: 50 Tools to Cope with Stress, Thrive Under Pressure, and Gain a Competitive Edge in the Workplace. Amy lives on a sailboat in the Florida Keys.
• Book: The Mental Strength Playbook: 50 Tools to Cope with Stress, Thrive Under Pressure, and Gain a Competitive Edge in the Workplace
• Podcast: Mentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin
• TEDxTalk: The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong | Amy Morin | TEDxOcala
• Website: AmyMorinLCSW.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• App: How We Feel
• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
• Book: Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends by Marisa Franco
• Past episode: 482: David Allen Returns with the 10 Moves to Stress-Free Productivity
• Past episode: 840: The Science Behind Strong, Lasting Friendships with Dr. Marisa G. Franco
• Video: The Chris Hemsworth Video You Need | Netflix

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Michael Sorensen demonstrates the simple superpower that vastly improves our relationships: validation.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to improve conversations with the four-step validation method
2) How we unintentionally invalidate others
3) How to move past the discomfort of emotional conversations

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— ABOUT MICHAEL —
Michael Sorensen is a marketing executive by day and a bestselling author, speaker, and relationship coach by night. His book, I Hear You, has helped hundreds of thousands of people across the world become masters of connection in business, love, and life.
Michael has been invited to speak at some of the world’s largest organizations, had his work translated into over a dozen languages, and has even conducted training for the United States Navy.
• Book: I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships
• Website: MichaelSSorensen.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Software: TextExpander
• App: Copy’Em
• Book: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss
• Book: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
• Book: The Slight Edge (Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness) by Jeff Olson
• Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss

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Jeremy Pollack explains the critical role our nervous system plays in conflict resolution.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The neurobiological underpinnings of conflict
2) The 60-second hack to regain your composure
3) How to deal with a conflict that’s going nowhere

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— ABOUT JEREMY —
Jeremy Pollack, Ph.D. is a social-organizational psychologist and a leader in the field of workplace conflict resolution and peacebuilding. He is the Founder of Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, an international conflict resolution consulting firm. He is also co-founder and chairman of the Peaceful Leadership Institute, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to promoting the model and theory of Peaceful Leadership. Jeremy is a coach, trainer, mediator, and author. He coaches and trains executives and employees at a variety of levels and industries, from Fortune 100 companies to major non-profits.
• Book: Wired for Peace: Using 7 Neuroscience-Based Principles to Resolve Conflicts
• Website: PollackPeaceBuilding.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Term: Terror management theory
• Book: Little Book of Conflict Transformation: Clear Articulation Of The Guiding Principles By A Pioneer In The Field (Justice and Peacebuilding) by John Lederach

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Dr. Marilee Adams shows you how to ask the questions that drive improvement and innovation.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How your inner questions shape your decisions and behavior
2) Why brainstorming often falls short–and what to do instead
3) The hidden assumptions that limit your thinking and creativity

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— ABOUT MARILEE —
Marilee Adams, PhD, award-winning author, is a pioneer in inquiry-based coaching, leadership, and organizational culture. The originator of the Question Thinking methodologies, she is CEO and founder of the Inquiry Institute and a consultant for organizations large and small.
Dr. Adams is an affiliate instructor for Weatherhead’s Executive Education Program at Case Western Reserve University and for ten years was an adjunct professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University.
• Book: Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Fifth Edition: 14 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results
• Book: The Art of the Question: A Guide to Short-Term Question-Centered Therapy (Wiley Series in Couples and Family Dynamics and Treatment)
• Email: marilee.adams@inquiryinstitute.com
• Website: InquiryInstitute.com
• Tool: Choice map

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth by The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Padma Lakshmi
• Book: The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Will Storr

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Jia Jiang explains his four-step framework for making discipline and success easier.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The problem with hard discipline
2) How to make your goals feel easy and enjoyable
3) Two handy tips to defeat procrastination

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— ABOUT JIA —
Jia Jiang is an award-winning speaker, entrepreneur, and the bestselling author of Rejection Proof. As a keynote speaker, Jiang has spoken at corporate and industry events and in front of 400,000+ live audiences. His TED talk has millions of views and is ranked in the top 1% among all TED talks. Jiang is also the owner of Rejection Therapy, which helps people overcome their fear of rejection and develop mental resilience. His work has been featured in Time, CNN, Today, Business Insider, The Guardian, Wired, and more.
• Book: Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things
• TED Talk: What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED
• Video series: 100 Days of Rejection Therapy
• Substack: Easy Ambition

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Book: Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz
• Book: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
• YouTube: Caroline Girvan
• Game: Slay the Spire II
• Past episode: 016: Going for No with Andrea Waltz
• Past episode: 1167: Mastering the Three Elements of Charisma with Olivia Fox Cabane

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