How Just a Little Rest Can Change Your Life & Fascinating Stories You Never Knew

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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You know what customer service people really like? They like when you are nice to them. This episode begins with a magical phrase the next time you need a customer service person to go the extra mile for you. (Lori Jo Vest, author of Who’s Your Gladys?) Your body needs to rest. Not just sleep - rest. And rest isn’t necessarily sitting on the couch watching television. There are different kinds of rest all of which are vital to your function and performance as a human being. Physician Dr. Matthew Edlund, author of the book The Power of Rest: Why Sleep Alone Is Not Enough (https://amzn.to/2MJ6S5M) joins me to talk about the importance of rest and how to do it for maximum effect. Dr. Edlund’s website is http://regenerationhealthnews.com/ Ever notice that you never quite look right in a selfie? Your face can sometimes look weird and distorted. That has to do with the camera lens in the phone and when you understand how that works, you can adjust how and where you are in the picture so you look like you actually look. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-look-good-in-phone-photos-selfies-2016-8 There are so many strange and fascinating stories you probably never heard like: the time the Soviets invaded Wisconsin or why the scoring system is tennis is so strange or the story of the guy who bought Green Bay Packer tickets by donating blood and it saved his life. Dan Lewis has been collection these stories for his book series Now I Know . His latest book is called Now I Know: The Soviets Invaded Wisconsin: And 99 More Interesting Facts, Plus the Amazing Stories Behind (https://amzn.to/2MJ55O9). Listen as Dan shares some of his best stories. And to subscribe to his newsletter visit: http://nowiknow.com/ This Week's Sponsors -Omax Health Sleep & Stress Remedy. For 50% off your first box and free shipping go to www.OmaxHealth.com and use promo code SYSK. -Daily Harvest. Go to www.DAILY HARVEST.com and enter promo code SOMETHING to get $25 off your first box -Upstart. Find out how low your interest rate is by going to www.Upstart.com/something -Dashlane. For a 30 day free trial plus 10% off Dashlane Premium go to www.Dashlane.com/SYSK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.0	Today, on something you should know, a magical phrase that will have that difficult customer service person dying to help you.
0:54.0	Then, understanding how resting your body really works, and the amazing effects it can have.
1:00.0	Like when people are having a very pleasant conversation with somebody they like, or they're reading a good book, those can be profoundly restful.
1:08.0	But I guess the main idea of rest is that it's regenerative, it's not the usual, oh I got a rest, I got a bitch out in front of the TV.
1:15.0	Plus, how to make your face not look weird in selfies. And fascinating stories you've probably never heard.
1:22.0	Like the guy who saved his own life by buying green bay packer tickets.
1:26.0	Or the story about the time the Soviets invaded Wisconsin.
1:30.0	So at 6 a.m., five armed men lead in the house of the mayor. They brought him to prison.
1:35.0	They disbanded the police department. They overtook the local newspaper.
1:39.0	All this today on something you should know.
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1:50.0	And practical advice you can use in your life. Today. Something you should know.
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