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315: Thinking Like a Boss with Kate Crocco

Uncover and Overcome the Lies Holding You Back from Success

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I often field requests from publishers and publicists pitching books intended for, mostly, women (or, mostly men).

Almost universally I find that I get just as much, personally, out of books intended for the other gender (women in my case).

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Such is the case with today’s featured book by Kate Crocco.

One of my favorite topics to read about these days is the area of mindset, and this is ground Kate’s book covers extensively.

This brand new book is called Thinking Like a Boss: Uncover and Overcome the Lies Holding You Back from Success.

With plenty of inspiring true stories and actionable steps you can take – starting now – Kate exposes the twelve limiting beliefs that are holding you back from your true potential.

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311: The Life-Changing Power of Trusting Yourself

With You've Got This author Margie Warrell

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Today’s guest is one of my favorite people to interview. She always brings her A-game.

This marks her third appearance on the podcast, and for good reason.

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She brings her A-game to all her books as well. Her name is Margie Warrell and her latest is a book called You’ve Got This: The Life-Changing Power of Trusting Yourself.

Margie asserts that we all have moments when we succumb to doubt and let our fears call the shots. Each time they do, we limit our lives.

It’s why learning to trust in ourselves is crucial to rising above our biggest challenges and enjoying true happiness and success ― in our careers, relationships, leadership, and life.

When we trust ourselves to handle anything, it liberates us for everything.

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310: Leading with Gratitude with Adrian Gostick

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When I first became aware of today’s featured book, I wasn’t convinced an entire book on the topic was necessary.

The idea of showing gratitude seems, well, pretty straightforward. We all know what it means, and most of us can recognize the value of showing it on occasion.

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The problem is most of us aren’t nearly as effective at is as we think we are (kind of like our assessment of our own driving skills).

And, as it turns out, there was much for me and, I think, you to learn about this soft skill.

Adrian Gostick is the co-author, along with Chester Elton, of Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results.

Together, they introduce eight simple ways managers can show employees they are valued. And, they supplement their insights and advice with stories of how many of today’s most successful leaders—such as Alan Mulally of Ford and Hubert Joly of Best Buy—effectively incorporated gratitude into their leadership styles.

Showing gratitude isn’t just about being nice, it’s about being smart—really smart—and it’s a skill that everyone can easily learn.

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309: Discussing the Art of Doing Nothing with Celeste Headlee

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Today’s guest wins the prize – if there indeed were a prize – for fastest repeat appearance on the show.

That’s right, we first heard from Celeste Headlee when we chatted about her last book.

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Her new book, out today, is called Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving.

Wow, is it an eye-opener, challenging conventional wisdom on a number of topics.

From the book’s inner jacket: “Burnout is now classified as a legitimate medical diagnosis according to the World Health Organization. Do Nothing offers an understanding of how we’ve arrived at this point and how to break the cycle.”

Let’s indeed break that cycle, shall we?

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307: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job with Bruce Daisley

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It’s easy to fall into the mistaken belief that the way we work today is the way it has sort of always been.

In reality, what we know as work today has only been practiced for the last 200 years or so; a mere drop in the ol’ history bucket, if you will.

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My guest today on the podcast is Bruce Daisley, most recently Vice President of Twitter’s European division.

His new book is called Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job.

In it, he draws on both his experience at companies like Twitter, Google, and YouTube and his relationship with experts in psychology, economics, and behavioral science to offer 30 research-based hacks for bringing joy into our burned-out, unproductive work culture.

How, for example, does a lunch break create more productivity? Is it true that you can improve team performance simply by moving the coffee maker? How can walking meetings be a better alternative to the usual conference room?

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