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TARGETS NEUTRALIZES PROTECTS f i} Ro racea ODOR COUNTERACTED ast a 4 J ‘ON ODOR Puminasell ied BODY ODOR Pe PoncaFROM THE EDITOR ight Back Atchoo We're an ailing society, fighting against the cure AMA SICK, SICK HUMAN BEING. Not sick in a Bernie Madoff/John Edwards/Octomom way, where someone should just take me out back and slap me around until I get over myself. But literally sick. As I write these words I'm in my apartment, wearing a bathrobe, drinking green tea, and trying to enjoy the gentle lullingeffects of a Robitussin buzz. Iwish I could enjoy my buzz, but the thingis,Ipride myself on not getting sick. And even when I do get sick, Ipride myself on avoiding medicine. Maybe it'sa macho thing, but I want my body to fight back on its own, and don’t like being under the influence of any drug that, ‘wasn’t aged in an oak barrel and properly decanted— oat least tapped straight from the keg: So if Thit the medicine cabinet, you know I'm feeling pretty low. On this wet, miscrable day, medicine is on my mind. Tmnursinga cold while President Obamais nursing last-gasp effort to save a national health-care bill, and Congress is acting like my sinuses—half of them are running, and halfof them seem totally blocked. [wish each one of them would read Tom MeGrath’s feature “Why Our Health Care Is Hurting” Itlays out some reasons why those wine-tippling, Gauloises-smoking, cerépe-snarfing, gym-avoiding folks in France live so much longer—and leaner— than we do. One big reason: ‘When they feel sick, they see their doctors. It easy, and the average medical bill comes to about $9 pervisit. You think could call my doctor right now and just pop in for visit? How about 3 weeks from Thursday? And that'll be a few hundred bucks, since [haven't been sick often enough to meet my deductible. (It's a unique per- versity of the US. health-care system that we reward hypochondria more than we reward healthy, active, thoughtful living) 1a MAY 2010 Yet while many of us continue to fear changes in our health benefits, we also seem to fear something else even more: not having our meds. As TE. Holt, M.D, writes in this month's First Person essay, “Say Noto Drugs,” “Few problems are so simple that they can be solved with a pill; few drugs are so simple they don’t cause problems of their own.” He points out that our desire for instant solutions to every bad feeling can lead us down a path to even bigger health issues. And so ‘we're caught in acycle of madness: We won'taccept anything less than drugs on demand, but we also refuse to accept any innovative way ofensuring that drugs are dispensed reasonably and affordably. (Afterhe was rushed toa hospital in December, Rush Limbaugh reported that the American health-care system worked perfectly fine, But Rush, when you can obtain prescrip- tions for so many painkillers that you wind up in rehab, that’s not the health-care system working fine, That's a health-care system that’s broken.) Maybe it’s just the Robitussin talking, but I'll say this: Thope that by the next time T'm sick, we have a medical system that’s better equipped to deal with our needs. In the meantime, [recommend weall exereise and cat right~and keep our fingers crossed, EECEErTreere) aes res (14 THE SMARTEST THINGS EVER SAID ABOUT... QUICK FIXES “IfI'm in a buttload ofpain, Ineed a buttload of pills.” Hugh Laurle as Br. @regory House, House M.D. What you call the disease, I call the remedy, What you're callin’ the cause, [call the cure. ‘The Mighty Mighty Drinkin’ Song” “The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your own body and gei interested in someone else's.” Goouman Ave “When it comes to your health, Zrecommend frequent doses of that rare commodity among Americans— common sense.” Dr. Vineent Askey “This is my ninth sick day this semester. It's pretty tough coming up With new ilInesses sol better make this one count.” ‘Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bucller, Ferris Bueller's Bay Off “Nobody can talk a junkie out of using ‘something to relieve the pressures of their everyday life, like having to tie their shoes,” ‘Matt Dillon as Bob Hughe: Drugstore Cowboy i i g Es zgintroducing Calvin Klein BODY Slim. Contoured. Defined. | MACY'S. calvinklein.comMH EXPERT ADVISORS pra Cerrone ror) ener a periiver) ee On call this issue « The Body Sculptor Thyouwant to stay in great shape all your life, you have to domore than just exorcise regularly. “You also must adjust your workout and diet to match your body's physiotogi cal changes says Mike Boyle, AG.T., an elite trainer based in Bostan. We scoured the lat: est research and interviewed top doctors and nutritionists to create a decade-by-decade master plan, “Look Great at Any Age" starts on page 140. The Graceful Communicator Men need to learn to empathize more when talking towomen, says Audrey Nelson, Ph.D., a gondor ‘communication expert. "Don’t sugarcoat, Empathy is, ‘Tfool what you fect" Flip to “Talk Your Way Into Her Heart,” on page 136, for tips on how to handle conversations that could sink your relationship. ‘The Cellphone-Cancer Sleuth Your wake-up oall: “Everyone, especially children and teens, should change the way they use their cell- phones to avoid potential cancers,” says Ronald Herberman, M.D., former director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Turn to MH's Special Report, on page 118, to learn how you can stay safe. Ask the Docs on the MH Advisory Board CARDIOLOGY John Elefteriades, M.D. Dr Elerteriades le the chet or earotac surgery at Yale Univesity school of medicine, He Is ‘past president oF the Trteravinal College of Angology and serves onthe editorial Boards ot seven journals neluding tne Aman ear Journal of Cardotoy. caRoroLosy Prediman Krishan (P.K.) Shah, M.D. Dr snan sine directo ot carailogy and fatheroselerosls researt” at Cadars-Sinal Heart Institute and Medical Center, in Las Angeles, ands professor of medicine st ‘the UCLA school of meslene caRnroLosy Erle J. Topol, M.D. Dr Topo Isa professor of nenetks atthe Scripps Research Instnite,m San Diego. Helse memoer of mo nsttite 6 Medina ofthe National Aeacory of Sclenoes COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Mare Micozzi, MD. PhD. [e-Moazl now in prvatepractoe was tne fxcoutwo dootor ofa Jetersan-Myrna Brind Cenver of Tategrative Medicine at ‘Thomes efferscn University Hospital, Helsthe editor of Fundamentalsj Com plementary and Aiterative Medicine. Ee Ear ZIT FASTER? ‘Spot-treatit with 10 percent benzoyl peroxide—the active ingredient in some Clearasil creams and ProActiv—and then put on a‘dot’ Band-Aid overnight. This combo allows the medicine to penetrate better and ensures that it doesn't smear off. Remove the Band-Aid during the day.” DERMATOLOY ADNAN NASIR, M.D, PHD. Dr Nésiris the director of dermatology at Wake Research Associates and an adjunetetnicat 20 MAY 2010 WILL CONSUMING FOODS OR DRINKS THAT CON- TAIN PROBIOTICS HELP MY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM? “Probiotic beverages can provide relief from gassiness equivalentto the benefits from yogurt with or without added cultures. However, some rel- atively expensive products claim te have higher’ concentrations of ‘good floraand are promoted for gastrointestinal health. The data betind these claimsisnot scientifically rigorous and does not support the added cost” EXERCISE SCIENCE Alexander Koch, Ph.D.,C:5.0.S. oor fsa assoote protescor af exercise scenoe af Truman State University In Missouri He served on te USA Weighting sports sence sd cl.coate commirtzos. FAMILY MEDICINE Ted Epper'y, M.D. Di Enbery fem costo Is boar carman of che Amerlean ADodemy ct Famnly Physicians He's also program ‘rector and CEO ofthe Family Medicine Residency of Ieaho, anc a ical professor of famly medoine atthe Unversity of Wastinaton school ot movin, INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE James. Dillard, MD. D.C.,C.Ac. Deltas is me medical {or the complementary and lenatvemedisne program at Oxford Felts Blane, Hewas former the medical drectr of Columbia Rosentnsl Center tor Complementary i Alternate Medien, MENTAL HEALTH Thomas Joiner, Ph.D. solners the Eright-Burcon Professor of Paychotony at Florida State Unversity Hohas auvorad 320 pubieatons ‘on neurobiology and ihe weatmenc of depression and antlety He's also the author of Why People De hy Suicide MENTAL HEALTH William Pollack, PRD. Pollack = an ascoriate clinical professor at Harvard mecical school and ditector of ‘he Genter for en at McLean Hosoiat. NeuRoLocy David 8. Liebeskind, M.D. Dr Liebeskin Is an aessclate pressor af neurology at UCLA, where he ‘researches strokes endrew neuramaaing “echneloates. GASTROENTEROLOGY MARK WELTON, M.D. Be Welton chlet ot colorectal surgery at Stanford University choo! of medleine, ant the autor et numercus research atite Colorectal cancer and ‘other gastroenterologleat ddseases. NUTRITION Jonny Bowdon, Ph.D. C. Bonden natds dscwratsinhatistenuction sid amaster degree psychology. He s the author of several ration backs including The Most Efective Ways toLive Longer. NUTRITION Mary Ellen Camire, Ph.D. ‘Camrels a protessor of food sclenoein ‘he dopartment ot food saanee and nutran uanoon atthe Unversity ot Maine OPHTHALMOLOGY Kimberly Cockerham, M.D. Dr Cockerham teaches pithatmstogy at Stanford Unversity schocl of meseine tu currenty nasa grant to investigate nanotechnology implants, SLEEP MEDICINE W. Christopher Winter, M.O. Dr Wincer the medica dreczor of te sleep medicine cence ot wartna Jefferson Hosotal, mcrarocteevite, Vira SPORTS MEDICINE ‘Andrew J. Foldman, M.D. Dr Feldman the rector of sports mectcine at St Vincent's Meal Centerin New York Fels alsa the New York Rangers! physican ‘SPORTS MEDICINE Nicholas A. DiNubile, M.D. Dr, BINUbIaIs an orthapecte surgeon in private practice and sellncalsesistant Drofessor of orthopedic surgery atthe Hesptal of ne University of PennsyWvania uroLoey Larry Lipshultz, MD. ‘Dr Lipstultzisa professor of urotogy ac Baylor (allege of Medcne, He eso serves onthe editorial boardsor several medal journals uRoLosy Judd W. Moul, M.D., FACS Dr Maui chief ofthe dvsion of uralooe surgery athe Duke Unversiy meat ‘ontor i Ournam, North Cartina Hes fice ercctor oro Ouee Prostate Cento, WEIGHT Loss Louis Aronne, M.D., FACP. Dr Aronne ca eineal associate orotessor ot ‘medicine at Cornel! 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IPhewas fall- ingasleep on the job, it wasno sur- prise that he was staying up all night. ‘We also worked outaplan to taper hhim off the sleep aid and cut out the megavitamins and the stomach drug (which suspected he needed only to treat irritation from all the vitamins). Aweck later, he came back with his vital signs elevated. He was sweating and had a fine tremorin his hands. think] made it about as far as “How are you?” beforehe was off, talking at about 120 words a minute, piling digression on top of digres- sion. Ittook awhile to flag him down. “What's going on?" Iasked, “Teel great!” “Why? He blurted out the name of the antidepressant he was taking. “When you told me tocut down onall those other meds T figured Tneeded some- thingso I just doubled up on the antidepressant.” "You doubled the dose?” “That's right [know Ishould have called but Thad them and itseemed like a good idea at the time and ever since I've been feeling great!” ‘What I was seeing, Irealized, was a combination of withdrawal from the sedatives and an overdose of the antidepressant. Isenthim to the hospital, where they watched him overnight and senthim home after his vitals had stabilized. A few days later he came back to see me, looking alittle sheepish. Butat leasthe was pumetuating his sentences. He held out aplastic grocery bag. Ttrattled when he put it down. a O O ru S “these are allmmy meds” ‘The bag contained perhaps 20 pill bottles, some over 5ycars old. There were six different antidepressants, as many varieties of sedatives p and sleeping pills, a couple of muscle relax- ants, and a few over-the-counter drugs that listed “sleepiness” as their primary side effect. “You take ail these?” said. “No,no,” he said. “Not usually. Usually Tjust ANEW PATIENT CAME TO SEE ME A FEW WEEKS AGO, He was a 43-year-old man with insomnia.1 take the ones I told you about.” He was having immediately suspected his medications: Along with one fairly innocuous drug orhigh blood pres- trouble returning my gaze. “But I keep these,” sure, he listed an antidepressant, three different sedatives, an over-the-counter “sleep aid,” anda__he confessed. “I never know when Imight.. drug prescribed 10 years ago for his “nervous stomach” that he was stil takingeventhoughit made need something.” him fall asleep during the day. There were also about a halfdozen vitamin supplements.Itoldhim __“Soyou've been managing your meds on the number of medications he was takinghad spiraled out of control. He nodded. Over the years,the your own?” e’re all reaching for the quick fix promised by pill but the real remedy is often already within our gt BY T.E. HOLT, M.D. « PHOTO-ILLUSTRATIONS BY BARTHOLOMEW COOKE g a e g 90 MAY 2010 EECEErTreere)4 tes ‘A PLACE WHERE THE GREAT QUTDOORS IS EXTRAORDINARILY GREAT. Mts ECU eee LOA La ata TUE ‘WHERE YOUR PERSONAL MILLION-STAR RESORT AWAITS. EXPLORE THIS GLORIOUS PLACE. Pe LAND CALLED COLORADO «= PLAN YOUR SUMMER VACATION TODAY AT COLORADO.COM.tle) eet) “No,” he said. “Not usually. Hardly ever. [didn’t think I could end up in the hospital. ‘This might have been my cue to start read- inghim the riot act, but I started somewhere else instead. “Help me out with this,” I said. Twanted to know just what made him wrap himself in this chemical security blanket Unless [understood that, I didn’t thinkhe ‘was going to get any better, As longashe could remember, he'd been terrified of his own emotions. When he was 12, his father committed suicide. (This was the “accidental death” he'd mentioned when I took his family history the week before) He lived in fear that his own emotions would someday do him in. Whenever he was tired or anxious or down, he took a pill and feltbetter. ‘Never too manybefore now, and they had all been prescribed or he'd bought them at the drugstore. He thought they were safe. And until he wound up in the hospital, all those pills seemed to work. But the pills had other effects as well, one of which was tocon- vince him that he was helpless without them. ‘He'd suspected what kind of trouble he was in, which was why he'd been willing to go along. ‘with my initial recommendations. (Most peo- ple dependent on pills wouldn't have been.) Buthe didn’t have the resources to follow through. Except in the place where he'd learned to look for resources: his medicine cabinet. ‘What he needed wasn’t in that cabinet at all, or in anything I could preseribe. What this patient needed wasn'ta drug'so much asa good psychotherapist. I found him one. MAKE NO MISTAKE: Plenty of times, only drugis going to help, Some people with diabe- tes can help themselves with dict and exor- cise, but many require medication for the rest of their lives, Cases of mild depression may resolve on their own, but without prompt and effective treatment, severe depression can lead to suicide, Hypertension sometimes improves with changes in lifestyle, but in the majority of cases, medications are the only thing between you and the stroke ward. This is what makes medicine and medications so tricky: ‘There are no magic solutions, either in taking them or avoiding them. Usingthem appropriately requires a clearhead, an open mind, and a sound knowledge of what they can and cannot do. ‘What drugs can do, often, is set physiology back in balance when it has gone awry. Com- mon infectious diseases—a staphylococcal blister, a touch of pneumonia—used to be routinely fatal before antibiotics. Bota block- ers for controlling heart rate and blood pres- sure; statins for controlling cholesterol cheap, safe, and effective drugs for control- Jing blood sugar; and plain old aspirin—all can add years to the average life expectancy. Even for a problem as mundane as heartburn, $1 dose ofa proton-pump inhibitor can 92 MAY 2010 Say No to Drugs Drugs can only patch what's broken. Bult some things just don’t patch very well. make the difference between a good night's sleep anda nightly descent into hell. 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After a long silence he added, very quiotly, as if he'd forgotten Iwas there, “Itstime to stop.” Tran into one of his granddaughters a few ‘weeks later. “He'd made a decision,” she told. me. “He hated all those pills. “Grandpa I said to him. “You know what will happen if ‘you stop taking them? He just smiled atme. “Lknow what will happen, he said. ‘ll die’” She stopped, brushed at one eye, and then gave me a dazzling echo of her grandfather's stile. “And that’s what he did.” EVERY TIME | REACH for a prescription pad— even as I'mrunning through the sideeffects, the contraindications, the interactions, the alternatives—what I should be thinking about mostisn’tthe drugatall. It’s the hnuman being whose name I’m writing on that prescription, That would be you: the ingredient missing from most of our pre- scriptions. Human physiology is complex, but the life of each individual is of a complex- ity no science will ever comprehend. 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But there is one beach-body lesson you can take from MTV's Jersey Shore loud- mouth: The less body fat you carry, the better your abs will show. And it makes sense to start your summer beach-body program long before shirtless weather arrives. Your goal is to strip your winter flab soyour core work can show through. Let the Memorial Day countdown begin. Start by performing triage on your eating habits. “Target one or two behaviors that you can make the most difference by changing,” says Jennifer McDaniel, R.D, of St. Louis University. Take a moment to think about your typical day, and pick your worst habit (weekend pig-outs? salty snacks and beer?), Then work fora week on eliminating that habit. ‘The following week, move to your next-weakest link. 96 MAY 2010 We have only so much willpower, a recent study in Psychology and Health shows. That's why trying to break several bad habits at once can be overwhelming: You drain your capacity for willpower—what researchers call “self-regulation, says study author Kathleen Martin Ginis, Ph.D. a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University, in Ontario. This is one time when being too ambitions can backfire. On the next page we list six bad eating habits. Don't become diseour- aged—lots of men fall victim to these. See howmany of them you recog- nize in yourself, and try the easy fixes we've gathered from experts. Then. adda few good habits and attitude adjustments that just make sense. ‘Soon you'll look tight enough to go creepin’ atthe shore ...ifthat's your thing. Better yet, you'll also feel good with your shirt on.Guy habit Skipping meals or snacks Not eating can mess with your body’: ability to.control your appetite. But italso destroys willpower, which is just as damaging. “Regu- lating yourselfis a brain activity, and your brain runs on glucose,” says Martin Ginis. If ‘you skip breakfast or a healthy snack, your brain doesn’thave the energy to say no to the inevitable chowtest. So skipping a feed helps turn us into glut- tonsat night. Your starving brain “just docsn’t have the fuel it needs to keep you on track, monitoring your diet.” Break t This one’s casy. Spread your calo- ries out into three meals of about 500 calories each, and two snacks of100 to 200 calories each, says Liz Applegate, Ph.D, director of sports nutrition at the University of Califor- nia at Davis, Most men who are trying tolose ‘weight still need at least 1,800 to 2,200 calo- ries day, says Applegate. More important, change your mindset, she says. Think I’m going to start a new routine, not I’m going to restrict myself: Restriction leads to overeating. Guy habit 2 Speed-eating Use the nondiet approach: You're not denying ‘yourself food, you're just eating it more slowly. Savoringit. Allowing your body some time so you don’t keep eating when you're full Inan experiment published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 17 healthy men ate 114 cups of ice cream. They either scarfed it in § minutes or took halfan hour to savorit. According to study author Alexander Kokkinos, M.D, Ph.D, levels of fullnoss-causing hormones (called PYY and GLP-1), which signal the brain to stop eating, ‘were higher among the 30-minute men. In real life, the scarfers wouldn't fecl as full and could be moving on toanother course. Break it Your body is tryingto tell yousome- thing, so give ita chance. Slow down and enjoy ‘your food, says Dr. Kokkinos. Put away the nowspaper and turn off the TV. Try thisbreath- ing trick from The Yoga Body Diet (Rodale): Inhale while counting slowly to fives exhale and count slowly to five; repeat three to five times before eating. A study in a 2009 issue of Journal of the American Dietetic Association shows that yoga increases mindful eating and results in less weight gain over time. Guy habit 2 Pigging out on weekends ‘Weekend feasts can cause trouble beyond Sunday. In a recent study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers used rats to examine the effects of palmitic acid on leptin, ahhormone that helps regulate appe- tite, Palmitic acid is found in saturated fat, an ingredient often featured in your favorite weekend grub. “We found that within 3 days, the saturated fat blunts or blocks the ability of leptin to reg- ulate food intake and body weight,” says study author Deborah Clegg, Ph.D, of the Univer- sity of Texas Southwestern medical center. So a Friday to Sunday ofburgers, fries, and wings may prime your brain to overeat on Monday. Break it You don’t have to go cold turkey (though turkey on whole wheat is always smart). McDaniel suggests that your reward fora healthy week should be one cheat meal, notan entire ‘weekend of them. Afterall, having an all-you-can-eat weekend is like eating poorly for nearly 80 percent of your week. That means you'd be eating well just 70 pereent of the time. We call that a C minus, Do youreally want below-average results? Guy habit 4 Gorging on salty snacks Sodium is insidious—it causes us to eat uncon- sciously. It adds up fast: popcorn at the movies, chips during the game, peanuts at the bar. Brook it Salt cravings go away afteracouple of weeks on areduced-salt diet, says Thomas Moore, M.D,, an associate provost atBoston University medical conter. Not many men can replace their favorite snacks with carrots or cel- ery, but give thema try: The crunch maybe ‘what you crave. Otherwise, try small amounts of low-sodium chips and pretzels. As you're cookinga dish, skip the salt and, ifyou want, add just a dash at the table. “Salt added to the surface of' food item is far more noticeable than the sameamount of salt cooked into a ree- pe,” says Dr. Moore. A slow eduction of your salt habit pays off in fewer cravings,he says. Gay habit 5 Drinking Alcohol, that is. Here's an exercise to start tonight: Write down how much beer, wine, and other drinks you consume in a week. (Use that cocktail napkin.) You may surprise your- self. Calculate the calories and expect another surprise, A reasonable-sounding two beers a night can mean more than 2,000 calories a ‘week—almost an extra day's worth. Itcan take more than 2 hours of running to burn that off. ‘You call that a weight-loss plan? Besides the empty calories, booze undermines your will- power, says Dawn Jackson Blatner, R.D., spokeswoman for the American Dietetic To burn offa mere two beers a night, you'd need to run for2 hoursa week, Association. Which leads toimpulse orders of, say, Buffalo wings. Break it Try quitting—for just a week. Check your weight and how your pants fit. See ifyou ‘ean live on less. When you do drink, switch to lower-carb dry red wine (about 4 grams of car- bohydrates compared with almost 13 in aregu- Iarbeer) or low-carb beer. Guy habit Eating in front of the TV, then dozing off Itsa double whammy with a twist. You ingest calories while burningnone, and sabotage your secret weight-Loss weapon: sleep. Research confirms that people who eat in front of the tube consume more calories (nearly 300, in ‘one study) than those who don’t, and that the more TV they watch, the less active they are. And University of Chicago researchers found that people who lost 3 hours ofsleep ate about 200 more calories the next day in snacks than those who slept 84/2 hours. Break it Donald Honsrud, MD.,medical editor-in-chief of The Mayo Clinic Diet, says, “Ityou want to watch TV, be active at the same time or go work out and come back—then you can treat yourself with some TV.” And make yourDVR earn its keep so you can go tobed on aregular schedule. Sleep is a fine habit when done correctly. m The world’s simplest eating plan Spread your calories throughout the day to thwart overeating, says Liz Applegate, Ph.D. LE D™_EE LADS BREAKFAST Wrap two-soram- MIDMORNING SNACK LUNCH Ea Turke on fun bled eggsinahigh- —Goforacontrolied-Use.anyleanpro- Munchen apleos of, fibertortila slong galorie/high-proteln telnandkeepthe —_truitorrinka with salsa,asmall option, tikea ‘sandwich atS00or emallemoothie. __—alfgreens andhalt handfulof shrec- -MugoleMilkérink fewer calories.Add —Keapitunder 250 choppedvegeta- dedCheddar,and —oranutritonber —_—abitoflow-fat bles, witha table- choppedtomato. _—withatleast #to 10 ‘spoon of olive-oll- Eata benar grameof protein baseddressingWUT -Meliiot-M eco) t ales BY GIL SCHWARTZ Steal the Thunder Make the | IT'S EASY TO BEA LITTLE DOWNBEAT THESE days, On one side of each ofus lies a vast, empty, ‘unattractive steppe oftm- orunderemployment. On the other, there's the noisy, headachy metropolis of overwork. I've seen both sides and don’t like either one very much. Consider my friend Ambrose, He used to work ina department of some 40 busy finance beavers. ‘Now he's one of about four people trying to keep the fiduciary dam from bursting—for the same salary, no less. When hearrives at 7:30am. he's already behind the eight ball. His face is a perpet- 98 MAY 2010 sap from pawn to player in fi ILLUSTRATION BY JAMES VICTORE ~ Zeus, JUPERPLAYER ual red. His hair is vertical. That's no kind oflife. Now consider Dexter, who works inone of the high acries of the corporation. He works hard at the things he wants to do. Hedoesn’t pay much attention to the erudhedocsn’t. Hedefineshis existence. He has fun. And he's looking forward toadecent bonus this year, too, because he's in the small groupof people who are considered essential by seniormanagement. In short, the guy’s more than just a playe Think about the concept: Thisis the kind of man who gets things done, enjoys life, and sa Superplayer. eC sasy steps CAPPUCCINO mz? views each new day as a vista of opportunities ‘because he has the skills and the attitude to control it. Think George Clooney, Steve Jobs, Barack Obama. They're at the top of their game. They write their own tickets, ‘There’sa room full of these guys. Buffett ‘Cameron, A-Rod.’The real question is, how do ‘we move from fascination and emulation to becominga member of this very exclusive club? Frankly I'm still fguringit out myselE. Buthere are some initial thoughts and guide- lines on the whole process.RULEI Do only what you want to ‘This means skipping the stuff you don’t. How is that possible? By getting id of, to the extent possible, the boring, time-wasting, frivolous, and stupid—the stuff that doesn't move the ball down the field. Of course, that's easier said than done. But like anything worth doing, this talent ean be mastered over time. Did you now that for everyhoring meeting ‘youdon’t want to attend, there's some numbnuts ‘who'd like tobe at it? Find thatperson. Cultivate him (orher). Most likely, he’s at the same level ‘youare in the organization, and in the same gen- ral discipline. Then when a meeting comes along dealing with an upcoming meeting to ascertain the goals of another meeting yet to be scheduled, you can say, “Bob, there’s amecting up on 87 about next year's sales conference in Petaluma, I'm jammed here. Wanna go?” Bob ‘will say yes, and you just bought yourselfan hour or two to do what you should be doing. RULE? Don't overdeliver There are many tasks in the workplace that may be done with total adequacy and nothing more. People got mashed up by obsessively making sure every e-mail is explosively terrific, each spreadsheet is impeccable, every confer- ence callis perfection itself. Thisis unneces- sary. Of course, you don’t want to be a sloppy bastard. But don’t waste your time sweating the minuscule stuff while the Superplayers are defining the known limits of the universe. Take my colleague Beringer, an attorney. Attorneys are the worst in this regard. In meetings, he'll make sure he has your total comprehension and acceptance on every sin- gle point. I'l say, “Look, Morty, I think I get it. Let's move forward on this, What are you hav- ing for lunch?” And he'll reply, “We're only up to bullet point 4 on this, man.” And I'll look at the page, and sure enough, there are eight more bullets! Shoot me. Tall for excellence, but adequacy has its moments, too. Imuch prefer to deal with Beringer’s boss. “You okay with the Kreger thing?” he says to me the other dayas we're both takinga leak in the 42nd-floor bathroom. “Sure,” [tell him. *Good,” he says. Then we ‘wash our hands and leave. Now that’s what I call multitasking. RULES Achieve maximum focus ‘The guys I know who consistently move the ‘world—and, not coincidentally, make the most, money—have this capacity. My friend Jim, for instance. Athis company, he’s in charge of all the financials, At the end of the year, when the books close, he puts on his cape, commanding ateam of people who make sure everyone in the company has their checks in before the banks close on December $1. They don’t take no for an answer. And throughout the process, Jim sits in his office at headquarters making sureevery VP, senior exec, and midlevel grunt plays along. And hedoes not go homeuntil he’s done. His chairman loves him. By the way,a key aspect of your Superplayer strategy is to make sure all credit forwhatyou dois logged in at the one place it counts: your ‘boss's office, Not your boss's boss's office. Not the company newsletter. Your boss has to know what youdo and appreciate it fully, that’s all. ‘You'd be amazed at the number of people who ‘whine about the fact that their boss takes the credit with his boss for what they do. Or maybe youwouldn’t be amazed. Maybe you gripe about that yourself. But you're wrong. Your job is to make your boss look good, and to make sure he knows he wouldn't look good without you. Establish a record of success and irre- placeability one victory at a time, and you will very slowly and irrevocably turn Super. RULES Forge your own style Goon YouTube and search for “the best of Steve Ballmer.” Steve is the CEO of Microsoft, and he's like nobody else in the world. On the vvidoo, in which Ballmer unleashes explosive, over-the-top pitches and rants in commercials and conferences, you will witness aman who in any other circumstance would probably be institutionalized. Instead, he’s leading one of themost important companies in the world. He's so good at what he does thathecan pretty much do itany way he wants to. This is true of all Superplayers, and there's no reason, aside from your own timidity, why youcan’t start implementing this part of your program rightnow. Of course, you have to be sensitive to your corporation’s culture. At IBM, for instance, a highly patterned necktie mightbe a declaration of utter insanity. Ata Silicon Valley start-up, on the other hand, an insufficiently torn T-shirt mightraise an eye- brow. All great operators have their own way of doing things, one that develops over time and becomes their brand. That's right. Every- thingin this world ofours that’s worth any- thing above scale is branded. Why not you? RULES Expand your turf Istartedas an Associate of something. Very early on, I noticed our department had huge tracts of unoccupied land that Iwas interested in, I sort of oozed around the edges of them for awhile, and then moved in and built tiny little yurts, domiciles Tcould use to camp in when the opportunity arose. Time went by. knocked down the temporary housing and constructed condos. Pretty soon I was master ofanentire landscape of duties, responsibilities, and ‘excuses to use my company credit card. ‘One day a bigchance arose. We had taken over a larger company, and there was no clear boss of my function. figured, what the hell. T went to see the president. I said, “Youhave nobody occupying the top slot of your depart- menthere, Let me do it.” He tooka day to think: aboutit, and then he said, “Okay. Ifyou're crazy ‘enough to want to doit, youean have it.” And so took it. Did Thave the necessary experience and seasoning at that point to dare to make the grab for the ring? Not really. But nobody else was thinkingabout it, and moreimportant, no one was anticipating my move. Let’s just say it ‘was a good thing T acted when T did. INTHE END, BECOMING A SUPERPLAYER is not thathard. People achieve that status on aregu- lar basis, or at least some people do—the ones cating $30 cheeseburgers while you're munch- ing tuna melt at your desk. The oneswho know where they're going and who they're goingto take with them. ‘So where will you have meh today? To be the boss, be bossy ‘The inflated egos of corporate bigwigs may be akey part oftheir susoess, acoording toa recent Journal of Applied Peychology study. Cultivate these big-chot pereonallty trait without the nasty side effeste— Ike pecple hatingyou. ERIranli Prinfl pausebeforeenter It's okayta self-pramote ingsomeone'soffice,and as Long asithelps your euse againjustbefore you business, too.Infact, sartto speak. 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