Zapping parts of the brain to know where to cut, operating a mouth-controlled microscope that's worth more than a house, and carrying the weight of life-or-death decisions with <a href='https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/quinones-hinojosa-alfredo-m-d/bio-20238939'>Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa</a>, a brain surgeon at the Mayo Clinic. How do you preserve a mathematician's expertise when removing tumors? And how did he go from picking tomatoes to performing brain surgery?Dr. Q wrote about his remarkable journey to the operating room in the book, <a href='https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/product/becoming-dr-q/'>Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon</a>.He was also featured in the Netflix documentary series <a href='https://www.netflix.com/title/81004466'>The Surgeon’s Cut</a>. NEW BOOK ALERT! You may be aware that I’ve written or co-written five business books, including <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Power-Moments-Certain-Experiences-Extraordinary/dp/1501147765'>The Power of Moments</a> and <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-Ideas-Survive-Others/dp/1400064287'>Made to Stick</a>. I’ve got a sixth book out now called RESET: How to Change What’s Not Working. It’s a book intended to help you and your team get unstuck, to overcome the gravity of the way things have always worked. Learn more about the book and <a href='http://whatitslike.com/book'>order it here</a>. You can also listen to it on <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Reset-How-Change-Whats-Working/dp/B0D682KPDZ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr='>Audible</a> and at <a href='https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/reset-unabridged/id1749909580'>Apple Books</a>. Got a comment or suggestion for us? You can reach us via email at jobs@whatitslike.com Want to be on the show? Leave a message on our voice mailbox at (919) 213-0456. We’ll ask you to answer two questions: <ul> <li>What do people think your job is like and what is it actually like?</li> <li>What’s a word or phrase that only someone from your profession would be likely to know and what does it mean?</li> </ul>

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