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Something You Should Know

How The Room You Are In Affects Health and Performance & How to Do What Really Matters

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Everyone has felt shy. It really depends on the situation. So how can you get over your shyness so you can engage with the people around you? This episode begins with some excellent advice from one of the leading shyness experts on how to work through those shy feelings in the moment – and it is really quite simple. Source: Bernardo Carducci author of Shyness (https://amzn.to/2XWCgl8) You’ve probably heard something somewhere about how indoor air is more polluted than outdoor air. And yes that is true but that is just the tip of the iceberg. You spend 90% of your life indoors and that environment has a big impact on your health, productivity and performance. And it is not just the air quality. It is also the noise level, the lights and the temperature as well. Joining me to discuss this is Joseph Allen, Director of the Healthy Buildings program and an Assistant Professor at Harvard's T. H. Chan School of Public Health and author of the book Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity (https://amzn.to/30SX3b4) Telephone scams rob people of billions of dollars every year – even seemingly very smart people who are sure they are too savvy to get taken in. But you can protect yourself from telephone scams by asking any telephone solicitor 4 questions. Listen to discover what they are. Source: Joseph Wilt author of Do I Need Help? (https://amzn.to/3gXTG8v) When you have a lot of things to do, how do you decide what to do first? How do you get the important things done? You can start by asking a simple question according to Kendra Adachi author of the book called The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done (https://amzn.to/341FO9B). This book was just released and went right to the top of the best seller list so clearly her message is resonating with busy people who have a lot to do and need help doing it. Listen as she joins me to explain exactly how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on something you should know, if you ever feel shy in a social situation, I'll

0:07.6

tell you what works to warm you up every time.

0:11.3

Then how your indoor environment affects your health, productivity, and performance.

0:16.2

Really neat study that followed students, high school students for many years looking

0:20.7

at their test scores.

0:22.1

And it turns out that the temperature in the room on the day you took the test has a massive

0:26.6

impact on whether or not you pass or fail that test.

0:29.9

Also, how to protect yourself from telephone scams by asking for simple questions.

0:36.2

And how to handle the million things you have to do in a day by asking yourself one simple

0:41.5

question.

0:42.6

What matters about right now?

0:44.3

What matters about this task?

0:46.0

You can ask that specific question and that perspective shift helps you choose the next

0:51.5

decision because now you have been honest based on that moment.

0:56.3

Call this today on something you should know.

1:20.2

Has anybody ever asked you if you're shy?

1:22.8

It's kind of an interesting question because I don't think anyone's shy all the time.

1:29.1

About 45% of the population labels themselves as shy, but I think there are always times

1:35.9

when you feel shy and it's usually in social situations.

1:40.4

The one thing that will make almost everyone feel less shy in a social situation is simply

1:46.6

the passage of time.

1:48.8

Dr. Bernardo Carducci has been studying shyness for over 20 years.

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