Today on Something You Should Know, the second half of our look back at the best moments

of 2018, including a YouTube video that will literally give you goosebumps, and the

science of how to be a much luckier person.

People who are the luckiest are actually the people who are the most optimistic and who

are the most positive.

And the research actually shows that people who think of themselves as lucky tend to become

more lucky.

Plus, why unsolicited advice is a total waste of time.

The science of failure and how to learn from it.

And why strangers are more important to you than you ever thought.

The thing is that our intonates know what we know, and they think the way we think.

Consequential strangers by definition are different.

They bring us novelty, new information.

So, touch mental strangers are important and do matter.

Call this and more today on Something You Should Know.

Something You Should Know, fascinating intel, the world's top experts, and practical advice

you can use in your life today.

Something You Should Know with Mike Karothers.

Hi, welcome.

You know, I really enjoy putting these year in best of episodes together because it's

really a lot of fun to go back and listen to all the episodes from the previous year.

Some of the interviews are things I have remembered and used in my life.

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