681: How to Achieve Greatness without Talent or Hard Work with Ron Friedman

Ron Friedman provides a third path to greatness through reverse engineering.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How to reverse-engineer greatness  2) How to train people to give you better feedback  3) The 5 minute trick that will boost your performance by 20%  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep681 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT RON —  Ron Friedman, PhD, is an award-winning psychologist who has served on the faculty of the several prestigious colleges in the United States and has consulted for political leaders, nonprofits, and many of the world’s most recognized brands. Popular accounts of his research have appeared in major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Globe and Mail, The Guardian, as well as magazines such as Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today.  Ron is the founder of ignite80, a learning and development company that translates research in neuroscience, human physiology and behavioral economics into practical strategies that help working professionals become healthier, happier and more productive. His first book, The Best Place to Work, was selected as an Inc. Magazine Best Business Book of the Year.  • Book: Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success  • Book: The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace  • Book Website: DecodingGreatnessBook.com  • Website: RonFriedmanPhD.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • App: Lose It  • App: The Done  • Book: Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell  • Book: Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson  • Book: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss  • Book: The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling  • Diary: One Line A Day: A Five-Year Memory Book (5 Year Journal, Daily Journal, Yearly Journal, Memory Journal) by Chronicle Book Staff  — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —  • Care.com. Find the perfect caregiver for your child, parents, and home. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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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!