How to Be Awesome at Your Job

909: How to Stay Engaged and Accomplish Your Hardest Tasks with Tracy Maylett and Tim Vandehey


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Tracy Maylett and Tim Vandehey reveal the reasons why we often end up quitting before achieving our goals. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why we often fail to finish things–and how to fix it. 

2) The two things that will help you get through any task. 

3) How to break the cycle of failure with MAGIC. 


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— ABOUT TRACY AND TIM — 

Tracy Maylett, Ed.D, is a CEO, organizational psychologist, researcher, and professor. He advises leaders throughout the world in employee engagement and organizational effectiveness. Dr. Maylett is an internationally recognized, bestselling author who travels the globe exploring culture, motivation, and how people and organizations think. He has published numerous articles in the field of organizational psychology and employee engagement, and has authored three previous award-winning books, including bestsellers The Employee Experience: How to Attract Talent, Retain Top Performers, and Drive Results and ENGAGEMENT MAGIC: Five Keys for Engaging People, Leaders, and Organizations.  

Tim Vandehey is a journalist, columnist, and New York Times bestselling ghostwriter of more than 65 nonfiction books in such genres as business, finance, advice, outdoor adventure, religion, memoir, parenting, and health. His work has been featured in Fast Company, Inc., Forbes and Entrepreneur, and his ghostwritten books have been published by major houses including HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Wiley & Sons, St. Martin’s Press, and The MIT Press. Tim’s work has also garnered numerous awards, including multiple Axiom Business Book medals and Independent Publisher Book awards. Tim is also a singer of a cappella jazz and Renaissance music, a sailor and a world traveler, and the father of two amazing daughters. He’s a California native, but currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri.  

• Book: Swipe: The Science Behind Why We Don't Finish What We Start 

• Website: SwipeTheBook.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft) by Stephen King 

• Book: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe 

• Book: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 


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