How Biological Clocks Control Your Life & Why Most Meetings Are a Waste of Time

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

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🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Did you set any New Year’s resolutions? The chances of them sticking for a long time are pretty slim. However, there is something you can do to improve your odds. This episode begins with a strategy to help make life changes really stick. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-years-resolutionspsychology_us_5862d599e4b0d9a59459654c Do you know what your circadian rhythm is? It’s your internal 24-hour clock that controls you in ways you probably never knew. Dr. Emily Manoogian is a post-doctoral fellow at the Salk Institute (https://inside.salk.edu/fall-2018/emily-manoogian/) and is an expert in chronobiology which is the study of our internal clocks and how they affect us. Emily joins me to explain how these clocks work and how they control your life. Watch her TED talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=SrBYSinpEtU&feature=emb_logo Getting ice off your windshield in the morning can be a slow process. However there is a fast, safe and effective way to do it. Listen as I explain what it is. http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/defrost-car-windshield Some people like meetings but I suspect more people don’t. Why? Because meetings are often a waste of time. David Grady is a writer and communications expert who created an interesting TED talk on how to save the world from bad meetings (https://bit.ly/37CnJxE) and he joins me to discuss how to get out of meetings you shouldn’t be in – and how to make better the ones you do have to attend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I just learned Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome.
0:05.2	At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.
0:10.7	That's right, everything you've earned doubled.
0:13.6	All the cash back from eating at your favorite soup-dumpling restaurant?
0:17.6	Doubled.
0:18.6	All the cash back from that trip you sort of learned how to snowboard?
0:22.7	Also doubled.
0:23.9	And the best part, you don't have to do anything ridiculous to get it.
0:27.5	Oh, Discover does it automatically.
0:30.5	Seriously though, see terms and check it out for yourself at Discover.com slash match.
0:39.9	Today on something you should know,
0:42.2	if you're having trouble sticking to your New Year's resolution,
0:45.4	I have some expert advice that can really help.
0:48.4	Then you have a biological clock, a lot of them actually,
0:52.2	that really control your life.
0:54.2	One of them regulates your 24-hour day.
0:57.4	So everyone has about a 24-hour period.
1:00.7	If you're a little bit longer than that, you're more likely to be a night person.
1:04.8	If you're a little bit shorter than that, or even just really close to 24,
1:09.1	you're more likely to be a morning person.
1:11.2	Also, the fast, safe, and easy way to get ice off your windshield.
1:16.2	And why so many meetings are a total waste of your time.
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