[Podcast] Personality: The Factor The Trumps All Others

Paul Tieger is the Founder and CEO of Speed Reading People, LLC. He is also a principal of IConnect Health, an international expert on personality psychology, and the author of five bestselling books. Paul currently is the lead researcher for the SMART De-Stress RX Study, which seeks to determine the connection between personality type and addiction issues.

In this podcast, Paul talks about:

• His extensive background in personality psychology and trying to understand who people are
• His most famous case from when he was a jury consultant
• The new SMART study’s purpose is to determine genetic predisposition to addiction issues based on personality type and how SMART can tailor its approach to different people
• Why personality type trumps all other factors like age and gender
• How to prevent confirmation bias
• Dr. Tom Horvath’s enthusiasm for this groundbreaking study
• The three parts of the study the participants will take
• Developing the De-Stress RX personality test as an individualized approach to reducing stress based on the 16 personality types
• The value in receiving personal RX results
• How the COVID era stress has influenced personality types
• How SMART will be communicating how people can participate in the study in the coming weeks
• How to register for the webinar on Wednesday, March 2^nd

Additional resources:

• Dr. Jack Kevorkian
• Employee Assistance Professionals Association 
• Myers-Briggs Assessment
• The Art of SpeedReading People
• Do What You Are
• University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
• SMART Toolbox

• Apple iTunes
• Google Play
• Spotify
• iHeartRadio
• RadioPublic
• The SMART Recovery YouTube channel

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