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Aug 2024
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989: Training Your Brain for Maximum Eff...

How to be Awesome at Your Job
About this episode

Dr. Mithu Storoni goes behind the science of how focus works to use your brain to its maximum capacity. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to identify and get into the best mental gear for your work 

2) What to do when work gets either boring or overwhelming 

3) The trick to resetting your brain 


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— ABOUT MITHU — 

Dr. Mithu Storoni is a University of Cambridge-trained physician, neuroscience researcher and ophthalmic surgeon. She advises multinational corporations on mental performance and stress management. She is the author of the forthcoming book Hyperefficient: Optimize Your Brain to Transform the Way You Work, out on September 17, 2024.

• Book: Hyperefficient: Optimize Your Brain to Transform the Way You Work 

• LinkedIn: Mithu Storoni 

• Twitter/X: @MithuStoroni 

• Website: https://www.mithustoroni.com/ 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: The Medium is the Message by Marshall McLuhan


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