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How to Be Awesome at Your Job · 2026-01-26 · 35 min · 7,202 words

1123: How to Move Past Setbacks through the Next Play Mindset with Alan Stein, Jr.

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The most important part about next play and the most important part about our ability to regulate our emotions is separating how we feel and what we think from how we behave and how we respond. That's Alan Stein Jr. He's an internationally renowned speaker and performance coach who has worked with some of the highest performing athletes in the planet, including NBA superstars Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Durant. He's a dynamic storyteller who reveals how the same strategies that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level can help organizations improve performance, productivity, cohesion, accountability, and culture.

So you'll learn one, how to take back control over your emotions and actions, two, how to practice self-compassion without lowering your standards. And three, how to anticipate obstacles without becoming paranoid. And if you want a quick summary write-up of these actionable takeaways, I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter found at awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete McKaitis and this is how to be awesome at your job. And now here's Alan

Alan, welcome back. So great to be with you, my friend. Well, I'm excited to be chatting. You've got some goodies for us in your book, Next Play. And I understand that this idea came from a book to you long, long ago.

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