Best Nathan Edmondson Podcasts (2024)

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148: Four-Star General of the U.S. Army George W. Casey Jr. | You’re No Better Than Anyone and No One’s Better Than You 19:10

9h ago19:10

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General George W. Casey Jr. is a four-star general who served as the 36th Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Nominated by President George W. Bush, General Casey led what is possibly the world’s largest, and most complex organization--more than one million service members with a $200 billion annual budget. As Chief Executive Officer of the A…

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147: Former BYU President Kevin Worthen | Say “Yes” as Often as Possible 18:21

5d ago18:21

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Kevin Worthen was the 13th president of Brigham Young University and is a “BYU guy through and through” as he says. Kevin earned both his bachelor’s and law degree from BYU, graduating summa cum laude. After graduating from law school, Kevin clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White, and later spent a year at the University of Chile as…

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146: IRS Special Agent Richard Littrell | Watch Out For Yourselves & Others 18:15

12d ago18:15

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Richard Littrell is a special agent for the IRS. His primary duty is to conduct criminal investigations of individuals who have violated the federal tax code as well as related financial crimes such as fraud, money laundering, elderly financial abuse, illegal drug trafficking, and identity theft. Shortly after joining the IRS, Richard was a lead in…

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145: UNC Professor Alison Fragale | Helping Women Navigate Power & Status Dynamics 14:38

19d ago14:38

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Alison Fragale is an award-winning professor at the University of North Carolina, where she teaches courses on leadership and negotiation. Alison has consulted with numerous organizations, including ExxonMobil, Bayer CropScience, and the U.S. Air Force and Navy among others. And her research has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington P…

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144: Harvard Professor Amy Edmondson on Psychological Safety | Noticing When the Dog Doesn’t Bark but Should Have 13:52

26d ago13:52

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Amy Edmondson is a Leadership and Management professor at Harvard Business School and is world-renowned for her pioneering work on psychological safety. Amy has been recognized by the Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and in 2021 and 2023 Amy was ranked #1 in the world. Amy is also the author of several books which have b…

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143: Chicago Professor Ayelet Fishbach | Four Science-Backed Ways to Increase Motivation 23:12

1M ago23:12

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Ayelet Fishbach is a Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, and the author of GET IT DONE: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation. She is the past president of the Society for the Science of Motivation and the International Social Cognition Network. Her groundbreaking researc…

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142: White Shoe Firm Corporate Attorney Todd Mortensen | Advising CEOs and Boards of Directors 24:32

1M ago24:32

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Todd Mortensen is a corporate attorney in New York City who advises boards of directors, investment banks, and special committees on sell-side, buy-side, public, and private transactions in a wide range of industries. Todd has represented Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays Capital, Wells Fargo Securities, UBS, and Rothschild & …

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141: How To Have a Crucial Conversation | Joseph Grenny 15:31

2M ago15:31

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Joseph Grenny is the coauthor of four New York Times bestsellers, including Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, Change Anything, and Crucial Influence. His work has been translated into 28 languages, is available in 36 countries, and has generated results for more than half of the Forbes Global 2000. Joseph is also a globally sought afte…

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140: Nathan Tanner | Telling Ourselves the Right Stories 15:08

2M ago15:08

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Nathan Tanner is an executive coach who helps CEOs, founders, and leaders scale themselves and their companies. He has coached leaders at Silicon Valley startups and bellwether companies including DoorDash, Google, Autodesk, Electronic Arts, LinkedIn, Procter & Gamble, and Lyft. Prior to becoming a full-time coach, Nathan was the VP of People at Ne…

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139: Professor Taya Cohen on Guilt Versus Shame 15:36

2M ago15:36

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Taya Cohen is a Professor Organizational Behavior and Business Ethics at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses on honesty, moral character, negotiation, and conflict management. Taya is frequently featured in prominent media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, BBC, NPR, and TIME magazine. …

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138: Bryan Porter | From Sleeping in Cars & Closets to Investment Banking (Goldman Sachs), Private Equity (Carlyle Group), Stanford MBA, and Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager (MIG Capital) 1:35:30

2M ago1:35:30

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Bryan Porter is a Portfolio Manager at the hedge fund MIG Capital, and he’s been a hedge fund analyst since 2013. Earlier in his career, Bryan spent three years at The Carlyle Group in the $14B US Buyout fund, and was an Investment Banking analyst at Goldman Sachs. Bryan earned his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern California and h…

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137: Cory Sanford | What Helps Us Today Can Hurt Us Tomorrow 15:46

3M ago15:46

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Cory Sanford is the Vice President of Culture and Talent at Guidant Financial, where he led the transition of the entire organization to remote work. He has also helped two different companies win #1 best place to work honors. Cory is both a graduate of and an instructor in Cornell University’s Executive Master’s in Human Resource Management progra…

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136: Sundays with Tozer Episode 13 | Tozer and His “First Friend” Jake Garn 1:33:32

3M ago1:33:32

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In this episode Tozer and I talk with Jake Garn, an international law attorney at Garn & Graber, who is Nate Garn's younger brother. We discuss how Jake became Tozer’s first friend and co-tenant, and how Jake set the stage for all of the youth who came after him. Follow Me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nate_meikle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com…

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135: Sundays with Tozer Episode 12 | Tozer & Nate Garn (Part 2) 58:20

3M ago58:20

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In this episode we continue our discussion with Nate Garn. We discuss how Tozer helped Nate’s friend from Guatemala (Luis) come to the United States and how Tozer picked out Nate’s future wife. Follow Me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nate_meikle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natemeikle/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate_meikle/…

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134: Sundays with Tozer Episode 11 | Tozer & Nate Garn (Part 1) 1:40:09

3M ago1:40:09

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In this episode we bring in Nate Garn, the current president of Sizzling Platter, which owns and operates more than 650 restaurants, and we learn how Tozer supported Nate in both high school and college. Follow Me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nate_meikle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natemeikle/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate_me…

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133: Ann Tenbrunsel | No One Is Immune from Behaving Unethically 17:23

3M ago17:23

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Ann Tenbrunsel is a business ethics professor at the University of Notre Dame. Her research examines why employees, leaders and students behave unethically, despite their best intentions to behave ethically. Ann is the author, co-author, or co-editor of six books on this topic—including Blind Spots (with Max Bazerman), Behavioral Ethics (with David…

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132: Gretchen Rubin | There Is No Magic, One-Size-Fits All Solution for Happiness 14:23

3M ago14:23

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Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s the author of many bestselling books, such as The Happiness Project, Better Than Before, and The Four Tendencies, which have sold millions of copies in more than thirty languages. Her most recent book is Life in Five Senses. She’s …

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131: Modupe Akinola | Stop Passing Your Stress on to Everyone Else 10:03

3M ago10:03

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Modupe Akinola is a business professor at Columbia Business School, and coach to Chris Hemsworth in the documentary Limitless. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Modupe worked at Bain & Company and Merrill Lynch. Modupe examines how organizational environments- characterized by deadlines, multi-tasking, and other attributes such as having low …

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130: Home Depot CEO Frank Blake on the Power of Recognition and Storytelling 13:05

3M ago13:05

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Frank Blake is the former CEO and Chairman of Home Depot, where he led a massive company turn around during his tenure. Frank’s other leadership positions include serving as board member at Delta, general counsel at GE, general counsel for the EPA, deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, deputy counsel to Vice President George H. W. Bus…

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129: Laurie Santos | How To Improve Our Happiness 13:21

4M ago13:21

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Laurie Santos is the teacher of the most popular class in Yale’s history, Psychology and The Good Life. She is the host of “The Happiness Lab” podcast, which has been downloaded more than 85 million times, and she is the creator of The Science of Well-Being on Coursera, which has more than four million enrollees. Her work has been featured in the N…

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128: Brent Dunn | Writer, Volcano Hunter, & LSAT Instructor (Part 2) 2:57:38

4M ago2:57:38

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Brent Dunn is an exceptional teacher, who has taught more than 6,000 students how to “Ace” the LSAT. During his 27 years of teaching, his students’ average score is above the 90th percentile. In addition to teaching people how to be smarter, Brent teaches spin classes and pottery. He also made his own (and his daughter's) wedding cakes, has biked a…

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127: Brent Dunn | Volcano Hunter & LSAT Instructor (Part 1) 3:16:20

4M ago3:16:20

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Brent Dunn is one of the greatest teachers I’ve ever had. And I’m sure thousands of other students feel the same way about Brent as I do. Brent teaches people how to be smarter, or at least how to think more logically and critically. And it is because of Brent that I was able to attend Stanford Law School. Brent is the owner and founder of ACE Test…

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126: Sundays with Tozer Episode 10 | Tozer Works for GE Astro Space and Then Moves to Idaho Falls 52:47

4M ago52:47

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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125: Sundays with Tozer Episode 9 | Tozer and His Team at IBM Invent MR Technology 1:06:00

4M ago1:06:00

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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124: Sundays with Tozer Episode 8 | Tozer Describes Youth He Mentored and Internships He Had 1:05:11

4M ago1:05:11

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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123: The World’s Longest Study of Happiness | Marc Schulz 17:27

4M ago17:27

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Marc Schulz is the associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, an 85-year study of individuals and families. He is also the author of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. Marc earned an undergraduate degree from Amherst College and a Ph.D. from California Berkeley. In this episode we discu…

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122: Andy Reid on Leadership 17:33

5M ago17:33

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Andy Reid is the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs where he has won three Super Bowls. After the most recent championship, his two star players had this to say about Andy as a leader: First Travis Kelce: “I got the greatest coach this game has ever seen. He's unbelievable at not only dialing up plays and having everybody prepared, but he's one o…

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121: Zoe Chance on Reducing the Asking Gap 19:20

5M ago19:20

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Zoe Chance, Yale lecturer and author of the international bestseller, INFLUENCE IS YOUR SUPERPOWER, studies persuasion, decision making, and how people can lead happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. At Yale, Zoe teaches one of Yale’s most popular classes, Mastering Influence and Persuasion. She also collaborates with Google and Optum Health. P…

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120: NYU Professor Dolly Chugh on Bounded Ethicality 15:12

5M ago15:12

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Dolly Chugh is an award-winning psychologist at New York University. She studies how and why most of us, however well-intended, are still prone to race and gender bias, as well as what she calls “bounded ethicality.” Dolly’s work has been covered on the TODAY Show, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Atlantic, The goop Podcast, NPR, Dr…

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119: Stanford Professor Bob Sutton | The Best Leaders Are Trustees of Others’ Time 16:22

5M ago16:22

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Bob Sutton, Professor at Stanford University, is a New York Times bestselling author of 9 books including his most recent, with co-author Huggy Rao, titled The Friction Project. Bob co-founded Stanford’s Center for Work, Technology, and Organization, the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and the “d school.” Bob has served as an advisor to McKin…

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118: Huggy Rao | Remove Obstacles that Infuriate. Insert Obstacles that Educate. 22:20

6M ago22:20

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Hayagreeva "Huggy" Rao, professor at Stanford University, is the author of several bestselling books, including his most recent, with co-author Bob Sutton, The Friction Project. His books have been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Inc. Magazine, Amazon, Forbes, and Washington Post among others. Huggy has also consulted with orga…

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117: Dan Heath | Bright Spots as a Superpower 20:23

6M ago20:23

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Dan Heath is the co-author, with his brother Chip, of four New York Times bestsellers: Decisive, Switch, Made to Stick, and The Power of Moments. Their books have sold over 3 million copies and been translated into 33 languages. Dan is a Senior Fellow at Duke University’s CASE center, which supports social entrepreneurs. Previously, Dan worked as a…

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116: Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss | Collaborative Beats Cutthroat 1:00:17

6M ago1:00:17

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Chris Voss is a former Lead FBI Negotiator who debunks the biggest myths of negotiation. Chris has lectured on negotiation at business schools across the country and has been seen on ABC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News. Chris has also been featured in Forbes, Time, Fast Company, and Inc. Chris’s Keynotes are based on his book Never Split The Difference whi…

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115: UCLA Professor Cassie Holmes | Time Poverty and Happiness 17:21

6M ago17:21

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Cassie Holmes is an award-winning marketing professor at UCLA and the bestselling author of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most. Her book was called a “must read” by Forbes, the Washington Post, and the Financial Times, and was featured on the Today Show, CBS Mornings, CNN, NPR’s Hidden Brain, and…

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114: Sundays with Tozer Episode 7 | Tozer Becomes a Tutor at College and Receives a Standing Ovation 48:58

6M ago48:58

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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113: Sundays with Tozer Episode 6 | Medication Side Effects and Court Appointed Special Advocacy 1:02:52

6M ago1:02:52

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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112: Sundays with Tozer Episode 5 | Tozer Works for Halliburton and Has a Tumor 1:07:16

6M ago1:07:16

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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#321 - Hello Stupid, Goodbye 2023 1:32:28

6M ago1:32:28

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We knew you couldn’t live without our assessment of the Best & Worst of 2023, and our Predictions and Resolutions for 2024, so here they are! We also reviewed our Predictions and Resolutions from last year. How did we do? #youbethejudge Other Topics Include: TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP, & TRUMP, scientific breakthroughs, cloned meats, nuclear fusion, the c…

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111: Strengthening Strengths Beats Improving Weaknesses | Joe Folkman 22:36

7M ago22:36

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Joe Folkman is co-founder and President of Zenger Folkman, a firm specializing in leadership and organizational development. As one of the nation’s renowned psychometricians, his surveys and assessments utilize a database comprised of over one million assessments on over 80,000 leaders. Joe’s clients include AT&T, General Motors, General Mills, Wel…

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110: Jennifer Pahlka on Recoding America 13:50

7M ago13:50

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Jennifer Pahlka is the founder of Code for America and the author of Recoding America: Why Government is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better. She has served as U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer under President Obama and on the Defense Innovation Board under Presidents Obama and Trump. She also co-founded United States Digital Res…

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109: Wharton Professor Amy Wrzesniewski | Job Crafting and Creating Meaning 23:42

7M ago23:42

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Amy Wrzesniewski, professor at the Wharton School of Pennsylvania, is an award-winning professor who researches how people make meaning of their work. Her research on job crafting examines how people redraw the boundaries of their jobs to change both their work identity and the meaning of the work. Amy’s work has been published in prestigious acade…

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108: Adam Grant | Inside the Mind of Wharton’s Top-Rated Professor 15:19

7M ago15:19

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Adam Grant is Wharton’s top-rated professor (going on 7 straight years) and has been recognized as the world’s #2 most influential management thinker. Adam is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 6 books that have sold millions of copies and been translated into 45 languages: Hidden Potential, Think Again, Give and Take, Originals, Option B,…

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107: Sundays with Tozer Episode 4 | Tozer Moves to Japan 58:24

7M ago58:24

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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106: Sundays with Tozer Episode 3 | Tozer Goes to College 51:27

7M ago51:27

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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105: Sundays with Tozer Episode 2 | Middle School, High School, & Religion 1:08:36

7M ago1:08:36

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Justin Tozer is a math and science prodigy who grew up on a farm where formal education was all but prohibited. Yet, somehow Tozer would make his way to the world’s most prestigious firms, first in Silicon Valley and later in Los Alamos at the world’s preeminent scientific lab. Yet no professional accomplishment compares to the countless lives Toze…

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104: Brad Stulberg | Self-Discipline Versus Self-Compassion 11:31

7M ago11:31

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Brad Stulberg is a bestselling author, consultant, executive coach, and adjunct professor at the University of Michigan. Brad regularly contributes to the New York Times, and his work has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic. In his coaching practice, Brad works with executives, entrepreneurs, physici…

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103: Brian Nosek | From Ruining His Career to Revolutionizing Science 22:17

8M ago22:17

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Brian Nosek is a social-cognitive psychologist, professor at the University of Virginia, and co-founder and director of the Center for Open Science. In 2011, Brian and his colleagues launched the Reproducibility Project which would ultimately transform science forever. In this episode we discuss the following: Reputation is how people perceive us. …

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102: Daniel Pink | Action Creates Motivation 16:07

8M ago16:07

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Dan Pink is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret. His other books include the New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 42 languages, and have sold …

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101: Sundays with Tozer Episode 1 | A Math Prodigy on a Farm 49:47

8M ago49:47

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Justin Tozer is singular: one of the smartest, kindest, most generous, insightful, caring, understated, hardworking, impactful, selfless people to have ever lived. If you’ve never met Tozer, I bet you’re skeptical. If you have met Tozer, I bet you agree with me. A math and science prodigy, Tozer grew up on a farm where formal education was all but …

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100: The Godfather of Influence | Robert Cialdini 17:47

8M ago17:47

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Robert Cialdini, known as the Godfather of Influence, is a professor emeritus at Arizona State University. His New York Times bestselling books Influence and Pre-Suasion have sold more than 7 million copies in 44 different languages. Robert is known globally as the foundational expert in the science of influence, and his Principles of Persuasion ar…

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