Don’t you just hate it when you need to remember something but your memory fails you? Well, perhaps you can fix that. In today’s episode, memory expert Ron Fry, author of the book Master Your Memory has some techniques and strategies that will help your memory work better when you need it to.
Also, why is it that no matter which checkout line you choose at the grocery store, it is always the slowest? Well that phenomenon has been studied – and the results will fascinate you.
Plus, sooner or later everyone has to go out and look for a job. How you approach that task has a lot to do with how successful you will be. Mark Murphy, leadership guru, contributor to Forbes and author of the book Hiring for Attitude is going to give you some great advice you probably haven’t heard before on how to get yourself a job offer as quickly as possible – and from the right organization.
Finally, if you are a Netflix subscriber, you are going to discover some secret websites that will help you cut down on the amount of time you SEARCH for something to watch so you can spend more time actually watching!
Remember, you can also listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Here is the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/something-you-should-know/id1150124880
RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:
Source for story about supermarket checkout lines: http://www.wired.com/2014/07/whats-up-with-the-other-line-is-always-faster/
Amazon link for Ron Fry’s book, Master Your Memory: http://amzn.to/2jI5ssM
Amazon link to Mark Murphy’s book, Hiring for Attitude: http://amzn.to/2j4eK1t
Here are the links discussed in the Netflix story:
http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/6839
http://ogres-crypt.com/public/NetFlix-Streaming-Genres.html
Source for story about Netflix: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/how-netflix-reverse-engineered-hollywood/282679/
