We're breaking down the "Can Pick Your Brain" meeting request, what it really is, why you should always say no at first, and 3 protocols to handle pick your brain requests that protect your time while still being genuinely helpful to the person asking.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Leach, D.J., Rogelberg, S.G., Warr, P.B., & Burnfield, J.L. (2009). Perceived meeting effectiveness: The role of design characteristics. Journal of Business and Psychology, 24(1), 65–76.
2. Mark, G., Gudith, D., & Klocke, U. (2008). The cost of interrupted work: More speed and stress. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 107–110.

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We're diving into the indirect approach, what the indirect approach is, why Lawrence of Arabia used it to pull off one of the most stunning upsets in military history, what the research says about why the indirect approach works, and 2 ways you can put the indirect approach to work in your own life to get winning outcomes.

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1. Kay, J. (2011). Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly. Penguin Press.
2. Gollwitzer, P. M., & Brandstätter, V. (1997). Implementation intentions and effective goal pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(1), 186–199.

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We’re explaining how to reach your peak performance, what tricking your brain into peak performance means, what the research says about the hidden reserves your brain is sitting on, and 3 ways to trick your brain into peak performance so you can get more out of your workouts, your deep work sessions, and your creative projects.

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1. Stone, M.R., Thomas, K., Wilkinson, M., Jones, A.M., St Clair Gibson, A., & Thompson, K.G. (2012). Effects of deception on exercise performance: Implications for determinants of fatigue in humans. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 44(3), 534–541.
2. Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191–215.

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