Discover How to Be Luckier in Everyday Life & A Proven Way to Make Better Decisions

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

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🗓️ 6 September 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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People who travel a lot have to come up with their own travel hacks and secrets in order to stay sane! Several of the people who work for CNN and travel as part of their job, put together a bunch of really great tips and tricks they have learned from years and years of traveling – often by learning things the hard way. We begin this episode by sharing these great travel secrets so you can put them to use on your next trip. http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/20-biggest-travel-mistakes Can you learn to be lucky? The idea sounds weird – right? Because luck is just a matter of random chance. Or is it? Karla Starr, author of the book, Can You Learn to Be Lucky? https://amzn.to/2Q8Eb0j as looked at the science of luck (yes there is such a thing) and joins me to explain why some people just seem to be extremely lucky and what you can do to improve your luck. Could it be true that overweight people live longer? Since like forever, we’ve all been told that being thin is what helps you live longer. But there does seem to be a loophole in the theory. While it’s not a reason to let yourself go and gain a lot of weight, having a few extra pounds can be beneficial and I will explain why. http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/02/being-overweight-is-linked-to-lower-risk-of-mortality/ You make a lot of important - even life-altering - decisions in your life. But I bet you were never taught HOW to make a decision. Well, it turns out how you make those important decisions really matters. And there is a way to improve your chances of making the right decision if you have a better understanding of the decision making process. Steven Johnson, author of the book Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most https://amzn.to/2NlgWl9 explains how you can make the RIGHT decision. This Week's Sponsors Glip. Get a free Glip account at www.glip.com/something care/of Vitamins. For 25% off your first month of personalized care/of vitamins go to www.TakeCareOf.com and use the promo code SOMETHING Hoka One One. Get free expedited shipping on your first pair of shoes by going to www.hokaoneone.com/SYSK and use the promo code SYSK Hotel Tonight. Download the app Hotel Tonight to your phone and get $25 off your first eligible booking. Realtor.com. Start your next home search at www.Realtor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, some really great travel tips from some serious
0:06.6	frequent flyers that will save you time, money, and make you less crazy.
0:11.7	Then, can you learn to be lucky?
0:14.5	There are actually strategies that can make you lucky in life, like making sure people
0:19.8	perceive you in just the right way.
0:22.2	So the way that people perceive you does have a huge influence on your luck.
0:26.3	And a lot of this has to do with the fact that when we think that people are treating
0:29.9	us well, we feel better about ourselves and it makes us more motivated to do things.
0:34.7	Then, being overweight has a lot of drawbacks, but it may actually help you live longer.
0:41.2	And when you have a big decision to make, how you make it means everything.
0:46.2	There is this interesting research really that has looked at how we make these kinds of
0:51.1	decisions and through that research a number of interesting new strategies have emerged
0:55.2	for making them.
0:56.4	All this today on something you should know.
0:59.6	Something you should know.
1:04.0	Fascinating intel.
1:05.0	The world's top experts and practical advice you can use in your life today.
1:11.6	Something you should know with my carothers.
1:16.1	I'm sure you understand what I mean when I say I love to travel and yet I hate to travel
1:24.0	because I love going places.
1:26.0	I just hate the process because it can get so difficult and so disappointing sometimes.
1:33.7	And probably no one knows this better than the staff at CNN who travel all over the world
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