1114: How to Achieve Authentic Thriving with Jon Rosemberg

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How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jon Rosemberg discusses how to break free from limiting beliefs and reclaim control over your life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The difference between succeeding and thriving

2) How to shift out of survival mode with A.I.R.

3) How to spot and challenge limiting beliefs

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— ABOUT JON —

With over two decades coaching Fortune 500 executives and global teams through deep transformations, Jon Rosemberg has learned firsthand that growth begins when we courageously reclaim our agency. His personal journey, forged by immigration, loss, and career reinvention, inspires him to blend hard-won business insight with cutting-edge research to guide others toward greater meaning. Driven by his belief in human potential, Jon co-founded Anther, a firm dedicated to transforming uncertainty into possibility. He previously led high-impact initiatives at Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Indigo, and GoBolt.

Jon holds an MBA from Cornell University and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where he serves as an assistant instructor. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, he now lives in Toronto with his wife, Adriana, and their two sons.

• Book: R A Guide to Thriving: The Science Behind Breaking Old Patterns, Reclaiming Your Agency, and Finding Meaning

• LinkedIn: Jon Rosemberg

• Website: JonRosemberg.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: "Workplace Wellbeing and Firm Performance" by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Micah Kaats, and George Ward

• Study: “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community”

• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Book: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) by Marshall Rosenberg and Deepak Chopra

• Book: Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha Linehan

• Video: “You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That” by Kurzgesagt – In A Nutshell

• Past episode: 500: Building Unshakeable Self-Esteem and Confidence with Victor Cheng

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0:00.0	The moment you take that belief and you challenge the belief, then you can step into a world of options.
0:18.0	Then you step into that rainbow of options as opposed to seeing the world
0:21.4	in just white, just black, or black and white only.
0:36.1	That's John Rosenberg. He spent the last two decades blending business insight and cutting-edge research to help executives and teams shift from survival mode to thriving.
0:45.3	Now he's sharing some of that wisdom in his new book, A Guide to Thriving, The Science Behind Breaking Old Patterns, reclaiming your agency, and finding meaning.
0:51.3	So you'll learn one, the difference between succeeding and thriving. Two, how to shift out of survival mode with AIR. And three, how to spot and challenge limiting beliefs. And if you'd like a quick summary write-up of the actionable takeaways that John shares, I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget emails found at awesome at your job.com. I'm Pete McItis. This is How to Be Awesome at Your Job. And now,
1:11.2	here's John.
1:16.8	John, welcome. Hi, Pete. It's good to be here. Well, I'm excited to talk about thriving.
1:22.2	You got a whole guide to thriving. So let's discuss that exactly. But first, could you maybe contrast? You talk about
1:30.7	thriving versus survival mode. Could you paint a little bit of a picture of what each feels like in
1:35.6	practice? For sure. And Pete, have you ever felt like you're in survival mode? I think the answer is yes.
1:42.3	Yes. And what does that feel like?
1:44.8	Oh, well, it's not pleasant.
1:47.4	It's sort of like just trying to get through the day and the responsibilities and the stuff and the calendar and the to-do list.
1:55.7	It's a little bit harried, hurried, rushed, stressed, maybe elevated heart rate and more.
2:03.1	That's a beautiful definition of survival mode.
2:06.4	And what I especially loved about your definition
2:09.6	was that initial exhale.
2:11.6	So yes, that is survival mode.
2:14.6	And survival mode, evolutionarily speaking, is a highly adaptive mode to be in.
2:20.2	A few thousand years ago, if you were in the savannah and you heard, you know, like a rustle
2:25.2	in the bushes, going into survival mode was really helpful because it allows us to focus all
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