How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Memory champion Nelson Dellis shares simple techniques to upgrade your thinking to genius level.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The core skills behind genius-level thinking
2) How to learn faster and better using one powerful tool
3) Why you shouldn’t write off your intuition

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— ABOUT NELSON —
Nelson Dellis is a six-time USA Memory Champion, two-time Guinness World Record holder, Grandmaster of Memory, keynote speaker, and world-renowned memory coach. He teaches at the university level, holding degrees in computer science and physics, and is also an accomplished mountaineer with four Mt. Everest expeditions.
Beyond the classroom and the mountains, Nelson has medaled in international competitions, contributed to remote viewing research on stock prediction, and even played on a professional card-counting Blackjack team that won over $100,000. He shares his passion for unlocking the mind’s potential with over 300,000 YouTube subscribers, where he makes complex skills practical, fun, and accessible to anyone willing to train their brain.
• Book: Everyday Genius: Hacks to Boost Your Memory, Focus, Problem-Solving, and Much More
• Website: NelsonDellis.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter
• Past episode: 341: Decoding Body Language with ex-FBI Special Agent Joe Navarro

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Anne Grady shares expert tips for developing your capacity to adapt, change, and grow during times of uncertainty.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why to seek out the (second) greatest threat to your brain
2) How to optimize your three most precious resources
3) The trick to stop dwelling on your anger

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— ABOUT ANNE —
Anne Grady is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and resilience expert who equips leaders and teams with practical tools to adapt, lead, and grow through change. With a master’s degree in organizational communication, she blends neuroscience, psychology, and real-world experience to make complex ideas simple and actionable. Her work helps people build resilience, strengthen leadership, and thrive in times of uncertainty.
• Book: EvolvAbility: Growing Forward When Life Goes Sideways
• Website: Evolvability.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
• Book: Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David
• Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
• Book: Now, Discover Your Strengths: The revolutionary Gallup program that shows you how to develop your unique talents and strengths by Gallup

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Joshua Bandoch reveals how to persuade better in accordance with our natural human wiring.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The major misconceptions hurting your persuasiveness
2) The six moral tastes to appeal to for more persuasiveness
3) How to get your stories to really resonate with people

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— ABOUT JOSHUA —
Persuasion expert Joshua Bandoch has spent over a decade uncovering the secrets of persuasion. He’s mined psychology, neuroscience, economics, public policy, and history for cutting-edge techniques that work. He’s put them to use in hundreds of speeches written for senior government officials delivered to just about any audience.
Bandoch uses and refines these persuasion techniques on a daily basis as a think tank leader, where he crafts and communicates policies on issues like poverty, social mobility, education, and the economy to politically diverse audiences, including elected officials, local and national media, and grassroots activists.
• Book: How to Get What You Want: Mastering the Art and Science of Persuasion
• LinkedIn: Joshua Bandoch
• Website: JoshuaBandoch.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
• Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Aneesh Raman guides you on how to use AI and turn it into a competitive advantage.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why you shouldn’t see AI as competition
2) How to make the most out of AI in your workflow
3) What AI can’t replicate–and how you can double down on it

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— ABOUT ANEESH —
Aneesh Raman is the chief economic opportunity officer of LinkedIn, where he works with leaders across societies and sectors to shape the global response to the historic changes hitting work.
Previously, he served as senior adviser on economic strategy and public affairs to the State of California, led economic impact at Facebook, worked as a presidential speechwriter, and was a war correspondent.
A graduate of Harvard College and a former Fulbright Scholar, he serves on the boards of the College Futures Foundation and Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project
• Book: Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI
• Book LinkedIn Site: "Open to Work"
• LinkedIn: Aneesh Raman

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
• Book: Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
• Past episode: 1010: Getting the Most Out of Generative AI at Work with Jeremy Utley

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Amy Leneker discusses how to spot and stop stress for more joyful days at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The top five barriers to joy at work
2) The three-step un-stressing method
3) The simple practice that leads to more joy

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— ABOUT AMY —
Amy Leneker is an optimistic, joy-seeking, recovering workaholic. She's also a leadership consultant who has helped over 100,000 leaders and teams – including those at Fortune 100 companies – lead with less stress and more joy. Her soul goal? To help one billion people do the same. With over 25 years of leadership experience – including a decade in the C-suite – Amy understands the soul-crushing toll of burnout because she's lived it. Twice. After surviving her own brush with burnout, Amy became determined to help others succeed without sacrificing their joy, their health, or their weekends. A first-generation college student, Amy earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees while working full-time and later raising a family. She has studied leadership at Yale, neuroscience at the NeuroLeadership Institute, and stress resilience at Harvard Medical School.
• Book: Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy
• Study: "The State of Stress & Joy at Work 2026"
• Website: AmyLeneker.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brene Brown

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