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Something You Should Know

How to Effectively Avoid Distractions & A Understanding Positive Psychology

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

About one in ten people claim to be allergic to penicillin. Interestingly, while they may think they are – many of them are not. How can this be? This episode begins with an explanation of how this can be. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/do-you-really-have-a-penicillin-allergy-2019022616017 Distractions are everywhere. People are always complaining about the distractions in their lives. So how do you not give in to temptation and stay focused on what’s important? Joining me to offer some really good advice on this 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). If you want to keep distractions from eating up your time, listen to this segment. Have you heard of positive psychology? The premise is that rather than focus on what’s wrong in your life 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 experts and 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/ Thin families actually eat differently when they sit down for a meal. Listen to discover how their eating habits help them stay thin and how you can do it too. http://www.eatthis.com/meal-habits-of-thin-families PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Go to https://Indeed.com/Something to claim your sponsored job $75 credit to upgrade your job post! Plus earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews. We really like The Jordan Harbinger Show! Check out https://jordanharbinger.com/start OR search for it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen! For a limited time save 35% on Cozy Earth bedding! Go to https:CozyEarth.com & enter SOMETHING at checkout. All backed by a 100 night trial. If you're the type of person who's always thinking about new business ideas or wondering “What’s the next side hustle I should spin up?” — check out the podcast My First Million! Today is made for Thrill! Style, Power, Discovery, Adventure, however you do thrill, Nissan has a vehicle to make it happen at https://nissanusa.com Listen to Curiosity Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Get all of the supplies & tools you need to get your job done! Visit https://ferguson.com With Avast One, https://avast.com you can confidently take control of your online world without worrying about viruses, phishing attacks, ransomware, hacking attempts, & other cybercrimes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.1

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0:32.0

Today on something you should know, a lot of people claim to be allergic to penicillin

0:39.9

and almost all of them are wrong.

0:42.5

Then how not to be tempted by all the distractions in life.

0:46.5

The studies find that only about a third of people out there actually even keep a calendar.

0:51.6

Well the fact is you can't call something a distraction unless you know what it distracted

0:56.8

you from.

0:57.8

So if your calendar is just white blank space, you have no right to say you got distracted.

1:03.3

Plus the interesting ways thin families eat together and understanding positive psychology

1:09.8

and how it can help.

1:11.5

So if I go to a therapist, today a traditional therapist, the first question she'll ask

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