How to Be Truly Fascinating & What Are You Really Afraid Of?

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

You have likely been the victim of the Doorway Effect. It’s when you walk into a room and forget why you walked in there. We start this episode with an explanation of what this is and why it happens. Wouldn’t it be great if people regarded you as particularly fascinating? Well it turns out there are specific ways to do that according to Sally Hogshead, speaker and author of the book Fascinate: The 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation (http://amzn.to/2BBZT4I). Sally reveals what you can do so that others find you interesting and how to use your personal fascination to great benefit. If you love guacamole, there is a secret ingredient I want you to try the next time you make it. It’s just a tablespoons worth but it is going to make all the difference in the world, according to Esquire magazine. What are you afraid of? If you watch the news you would think that crime, terrorism and natural disasters are the real threats. But they are not – at least not statistically. The things that harm and kill more people are much more mundane according to Dan Gardner, author of the book, The Science of Fear (http://amzn.to/2DTW8ws). Listen and understand what is really likely to do you harm and what isn’t. It’s going to help you live longer, healthier and happier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, ever walk into a room and immediately forget why you
0:08.0	walked in there, you're about to learn why that happens.
0:12.0	Then you're going to discover how to be more fascinating, and I bet you'd really like
0:17.0	to be.
0:18.0	We did a study of over a thousand people in the findings where unbelievable women would pay
0:23.5	more money to be fascinating than they would pay on food and clothes combined.
0:29.5	Then, the next time you make guacamole, there's a secret ingredient I want you to add that
0:34.5	will make it the best guacamole you ever ate.
0:37.5	Plus, what frightens you?
0:39.5	There's a good chance you're worried about the wrong things.
0:42.5	If you ask Americans about the relative toll taken by tornadoes and as much they'll
0:48.5	say that tornadoes kill more people than as much, in fact, as much kills 20 times more people
0:54.5	than tornadoes.
0:56.5	Call this today on something you should know.
1:00.7	I want to invite you to do something that will completely change the way you look at your
1:05.0	home and the space you live in.
1:07.3	It starts at a website called modz.com.
1:10.7	What you do is you take their style quiz and give them some feedback about your tastes and
1:15.1	what you like, and then you upload a few pictures of a room.
1:18.9	My wife and I did our living room, but you can do any room.
1:22.0	And here's with a magic starts.
1:23.9	They clear out all the furniture and clutter and deliver you a 3D model of your room to
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