How to Beat Distractions That Eat Up Your Time & A Positive Way to Fix Problems

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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A lot of people claim to be allergic to penicillin. In fact 1 out of 10 do. Most of those people are wrong and this episode begins with the explanation why. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/do-you-really-have-a-penicillin-allergy-2019022616017 More than ever, it is so easy to be tempted by distractions. So how do you stay focused and on task when temptations abound? With some really good suggestions is Nir Eyal. He is a writer and investor who has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his is author of the book Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life (https://amzn.to/2O5mEaT). Nir joins me with some very practical advice that will help keep distractions away. When thin families sit down and eat together, they do it a little differently than everyone else. Listen to discover how their eating habits help them stay thin as a family. http://www.eatthis.com/meal-habits-of-thin-families Do you know about positive psychology? It’s the idea of – rather than focus on what’s wrong and try to fix it, it is best to start by identifying what’s right and build on that. Tal Ben Shahar is one of the leading proponents of positive psychology. He is a writer and lecturer and author of the book Choose the Life You Want (https://amzn.to/34KXuUX). He also offers a course to become a certified happiness trainer. You can learn more here: https://www.happinessstudies.academy/ This Week's Sponsors -Native. For 20% off your first purchase of Native deodorant go to www.nativedeodorant.com and use promo code: SYSK -Daily Harvest. For $25 off your first box go to www.dailyharvest.com and use promo code: something -Babbel. To learn a language go to www.Babbel.com and get a whole year of access to Babbel for as low as $3.50 a month! -SimpliSafe. Get free shipping and a money back guarantee go to www.SimpliSafe.com/something -LinkedIn. For $50 off you first job post, go to www.LinkedIn.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	Today on something you should know, a lot of people claim to be allergic to penicillin, and almost all of them are wrong.
0:53.0	Then, how not to be tempted by all the distractions in life.
0:57.0	The studies find that only about a third of people out there actually even keep a calendar.
1:02.0	Well, the fact is you can't call something a distraction unless you know what it distracted you from.
1:08.0	So if your calendar is just white blank space, you have no right to say you got distracted.
1:14.0	Plus, the interesting ways thin families eat together, and understanding positive psychology, and how it can help.
1:22.0	So if I go to a therapist today, a traditional therapist, the first question she'll ask me is, what's wrong, what's not working in your life?
1:30.0	What positive psychology differs is that it starts with what is working.
1:33.0	So a positive psychologist, a therapist, would begin by asking, what's working in your life, what's going well.
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