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Can challenges socializing at work stunt your career growth? It's possible - but if small talking and networking aren't your jam, don't worry! Today, Jason and Nicole share strategies you can use to connect with colleagues— whether you're an introvert or an extrovert.

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Maybe you started a business. Or pursued ambitious goals. You set the bar high, which meant that your life is often busy and complex — and sometimes you wonder: Did I do this wrong?

Here’s Jason’s answer: Don’t question your past. Instead, take what you need from it. Today, Jason tells you how to do that— which will lead you to the right path.

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Want to attract new business? Or just build valuable relationships? Here’s one of the best ways: Give away your knowledge. This may sound like a bad idea. Won’t people just steal your work and not pay you? In fact, the opposite is true: When you give away knowledge, you build trust and authority — and then people want you more! Today, Jason will show you how this works, and how to use it to your advantage. But to start, he’ll tell you about someone who did not do this — and how it led to the most awkward interview of Jason’s career.

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Today, Jason and Nicole dig into two stories that seem very similar. Both stories center on couples who are fighting because one spouse makes more than the other— but the premise of the individual fights are very different. Jason and Nicole play Judge Judy and give their verdict on which spouse is right— and share their advice for couples navigating the emotional side of a pay disparity.

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No. Why is that teeny word so hard to say? Today, Nicole helps Jason craft the perfect response to someone who won't take no for an answer and gives you the framework to say no in a way that is kind, but that also sticks.

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Here’s a secret hack to improve performance: use less of your brain. It’s a counterintuitive idea Jason stumbled upon, then discovered has deep roots in psychology. Jason will explain how to do it — but first, he’ll show you how it helped him.

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Today's caller has a problem: ever since she was promoted, her coworkers— who now report to her— have been giving her the cold shoulder and stalling on their deadlines. Today, Jason and Nicole help her plan a conversation that will repair the relationship, which hinges on an often overlooked superpower in leadership.

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Jason has a formula to build trust in any conversation. It’s a formula that deepens personal conversations and advances professional ones. It is: Their thoughts + 1.

Today, he'll explain what this means and why it works.

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There are some bizarre headlines making the rounds in business news... but, beyond the headlines, there are some important lessons on knowing your customer, personal branding, and how to collaborate meaningfully. Today, Jason and Nicole mine those lessons from the weirdo headlines.

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There are lots of resources for taking care of your career after you've been laid off, but there are far fewer resources for taking care of yourself after a layoff. Today, Jason and Nicole call up podcaster and emotional investigative journalist Yowei Shaw to talk about exactly this. Yowei talks about how surprised she was by how bad she felt when she was laid off and what she did to make herself start to feel better.

Listen to Yowei's awesome podcast Proxy here: https://www.proxypodcast.com/

Watch Yowei's epic Kleenex pole dancing video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Uhu3OOxaj/

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