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Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host, Pete McKitis.

Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 146 with Dr Barbara

Oakley. Dr Oakley is an engineering professor who has a world of wisdom and

expertise when it comes to making mind shifts.

You're going to walk away learning one why the Pomodoro techniques 25 minutes of focus

is indeed a magical number.

Two, how you can make dramatic changes and small tweaks to improve your life.

And 3. How the imposter syndrome can actually be a strength.

So if you'd like to check out the show notes or the transcript or some of the pieces that we're referencing here and links to those.

That's over at awesome at your job.com slash epp 146.

Here is Barbara's story, Barbara Oakley, PhD, is a professor of engineering at Oakland University in

Rochester, Michigan. A visiting scholar at the University of California, San Diego and

Corcera's inaugural Innovation

instructor. Her research involves bioengineering with a focus on the complex

relationship between neuroscience and social behavior, together with Terence Sesessnowski, the Francis Crick Professor at the

Salk Institute, she co-teaches Corsera's Learning How to Learn, the world's most popular

massive open online course.

Dr Oakley has received many awards for teaching including the American Society of

Engineering Education Chester F Carlson Award for Technical Innovation and Education and the National Science

Foundation New Century Scholar Award. She's the author of seven other books

including the New York Times best-selling A Mind for Numbers. Here's Barbara.

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