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The promise of this book is simple: if you buy this book on Friday, you will be better at your job by Monday. MicroSkills is built on one core, easy-to-learn principle: every big goal, complicated task, healthy habit, and, yes, even what we think of as character traits, can be broken down into small, learnable, skills that can be practiced and incorporated real-time. We call these microskills. As award winning physicians, educators, and mentors, we hear the gamut of challenges in navigating the workplace. And when we learn a lesson, we often wish we had learned it earlier. MicroSkills is packed with the privileged information that you want delivered to you as efficiently as possible. In MicroSkills you will learn How to build your career without breaking yourself How to manage your task list to get work done How to build and maintain your professional reputation How to become a subject matter expert How to grow and nurture your network How to become a better communicator and much more. MicroSkills is the gift we wish we had received early in our careers.

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"""An incredibly comprehensive book--that's also fun to read! They cover the most critical skills needed to navigate the workplace, providing clear and practical steps along the way. Readers will no doubt feel empowered with Landry and Lewiss as their able guides."" -- ""Amy Gallo, author of Getting Along and cohost of HBR's Women at Work podcast"""

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Adaira Landry, MD, MED, is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who studied and trained at University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; New York University; and Harvard with almost a decade of experience mentoring students and early-career physicians. Adaira Landry, MD, MED, is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who studied and trained at University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; New York University; and Harvard with almost a decade of experience mentoring students and early-career physicians. Resa E. Lewiss, MD, is a professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital who trained at Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, the National Institutes of Health, and Brown University with over twenty years of experience sponsoring and mentoring peers, students, and all stages of career physicians. Together, they have spoken on stages like TEDMED, appeared as guests on popular business and education podcasts, and written for Forbes, Fast Company, Nature, Science, and the Harvard Business Review. They and their work have been featured in the New York Times, Slate, USA TODAY, and more. Resa E. Lewiss, MD, is a professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital who trained at Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, the National Institutes of Health, and Brown University with over twenty years of experience sponsoring and mentoring peers, students, and all stages of career physicians. Together, they have spoken on stages like TEDMED, appeared as guests on popular business and education podcasts, and written for Forbes, Fast Company, Nature, Science, and the Harvard Business Review. They and their work have been featured in the New York Times, Slate, USA TODAY, and more.

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