Starve Your Fears: The Andy Storch Show

099: Effective Decision-Making and How to Launch a Coaching and Speaking Business with Pete Mockaitis

Episode Summary

Pete Mockaitis [Muh KITE iss] is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. Magazine. Pete has delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United Nations), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at your Job podcast. The show has been downloaded over three million times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. Pete lives in Chicago with his wife and baby boy.

Episode Notes

Episode highlights:

Pete's background and how he got to where he is today
His goal of becoming a speaker and consultant
What he did after he left his first job
Transitioning from being a below average high school assembly speaker to speaking to over 700 executives around the world
How he created the Enhanced Thinking and Collaboration Program
How to be more productive and have better collaboration
How he helps groups make decisions in terms of using their time accordingly
Things people should be investing in
Two questions that can help improve every decision
Pete's top advice for productivity
Advice to people who want to become a speaker or consultant coach

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For questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at andystorch@gmail.com