"We realize that business education is helpful in preparing a person for a career move, especially for professional athletes, " said Steve Rogers, professor of entrepreneurship at the school, who devised the syllabus, adding that the course does not "dumb anything down" for the sports stars.

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It could also mean a boss giving some helpful feedback to a direct report about things that person can improve upon or should keep doing because it is successful.

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These people also have different expectations about what they want from a manager, so helpful support to one person could easily be perceived as controlling micromanagement to another.

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Other little tools like Evernote (which allows our notes, videos, photos to be recorded wherever we are and immediately uploaded to a shared website) are certainly helpful to the business person.

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This can be extremely helpful when moving the disabled person from the wheelchair to a couch, and opening things such as doors and microwaves.

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Fish oil "seems to be healthy in general, and maybe for other things it's helpful, but it doesn't benefit cognitive function in a person with Alzheimer's, " says Ferris, who was not involved in the study.

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