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The Schmuck In My Office

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I interview Jody J. Foster, MD MBA , a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Schmuck in My Office: How to Deal Effectively with Difficult People at Work . The book is about how to understand and effectively engage those people at work who display annoying personality quirks which hamper productivity and, occasionally, throw an entire office off-kilter. This book will allow you to recognize, understand, and help manage relationships with people who are in some way difficult or disruptive at work. Learn about the 10 types you need to be aware of, and how to work with them.

Like Lifting Weights For the Brain, HEG Research

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Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda of Nerd Stalker interviews Jonathan Toomim , Founder of HEG Reasearch at the recent Bulletproof Conference in San Francisco. The Upgraded Focus Brain Trainer includes a headband with small red and infrared LED lights that shine through the skin and skull to assess the color of brain tissue; light is reflected back to a spectrophotometer that measures the exact color of oxygenated arterial blood. The headband then sends your brain's data to your computer so you can get feedback in real time* ... and hack your circulation! *Real time is within the critical 350 ms window required for training your nervous system effectively. You can buy the device here .