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Why do backstabbers get ahead? Must I become one?

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Senior company officials who promote backstabbing employees are total assholes, too, aren’t they? Why should they reward your civilized behavior when it’s a reproof of everything they stand for? They’re far more comfortable promoting someone who is brutal, selfish, and mean. They know that guy. He’s them. The good news is that your road, although harder, is definitely the happier of the two. Don’t become a creep. You’ll eventually triumph by building consensus, performing with distinction, and fighting face-to-face with your backstabbing colleague. Good guys almost always do fine in the long run. If things aren’t going your way now, wait a minute. Time is on your side.

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I heard we should eat most of our carbs in the morning, is this true?

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Yes. Skew your morning meal in favor of complex carbohydrates (think steel-cut oats), the glycogen-producing, long-burning muscle fuel. You essentially fasted all night while you were asleep, and your body needs quick energy to attack the day. Avoid breakfasts high in fats (such as your typical fast-food fare), because they interfere with carbohydrate metabolism and deny your muscles glycogen. A better time to eat fats (in moderation) would be later in the day, so they can fill you up and curb evening cravings.

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No, you don’t—but the right kind of stretching might make you stronger. Most of us, when we think of stretching, think of static stretching (i.e., elongating a muscle to the point of discomfort and holding it). But this type of stretch has limited benefit in weight training; it might even make you weaker by relaxing your muscles and reducing blood flow to them. Dynamic stretching— moving a muscle in and out of a stretched position—is another matter entirely. It increases your “active” flexibility, which helps your muscles stretch quickly in various positions, and boosts blood flow— beneficial for any sport, including weight lifting. Here’s one of my favorite dynamic-stretch routines: body-weight lunge, squat, trunk rotation, leg swing, and arm circle. Do one set of 10 reps of each exercise before you work out.

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Blood donors give about a pint of blood without ill effects. Yet the same amount of blood pouring from a wound seems pretty serious. How much blood can we lose without danger?

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The average person can lose a pint of blood without danger, and that is why this is the amount usually chosen for blood donating. However, the loss of blood from a wound should always be taken seriously. At a blood donating center, a pint of blood is given under carefully controlled conditions. In the case of accidental bleeding, not only would it be hard to judge the amount of blood being lost, but there is the added risk of infection from germs that may enter a wound. It has been shown that the body can lose up to a third of its blood supply (about four pints for the average person) without apparent serious effect, but the loss of half the body’s blood is almost always fatal, and even the loss of two pints of blood will often cause shock.

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The average adult has about five to six quarts of blood, flowing through some 60,000 miles of blood vessels. The blood makes a complete journey round the body about once a minute, carrying water and oxygen to all the cells and collecting waste products from them, circulating hormones, and distributing antibodies to fight infection.

Does a big person have more blood than a small one?

Yes. We have about one pint of blood for every 12 pounds of body weight. And for every excess pound of weight we gain, the body has to build an extra mile of blood vessels— another sobering thought for the overweight!

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First, cut him some slack. Is it possible that his intellectual assets are simply different from yours? Maybe his strength lies in patiently gathering facts and avoiding costly errors or in dealing with the corporate brass, something you wouldn’t like to do. A low-key demeanor that you take for lack of intellect and leadership may actually be a style that’s well suited to your company’s management structure. My point is that you have to be objective. Understand that many of us feel frustrated when our superiors seem to exhibit limitations. After all, bosses are parent figures, and they remind some of us of the pain we endured when we discovered our parents were fallible. Some of us respond with lifelong conflict with authority figures. To break that cycle, try to collaborate with him and be supportive. Ask him for opportunities to display your skills. If you find that he is not willing to help you grow professionally, get out and find someone who will.

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