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Something You Should Know

How to Get People to Help You & Our Love/Hate Relationship with Email

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Everyone know that you should say “I love you” to your mate because it fosters intimacy and connection. It turns out there are 3 other words you should too because couples who say these words have stronger and closer relationships. What are those 3 words? Listen and find out. http://truetowords.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-me-us-we-little-words-big-impact.html Most of us are willing to help others if we can. It feels good to help someone in need. Yet many of us have trouble asking for help when we need it. And sometimes we don’t ask in a way that makes it likely the other person will help. Here with some advice is social psychologist Heidi Grant. author of the book, Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You (https://amzn.to/2MRA4Ep). Heidi has explored the research and when you hear what she has to say, you will become better and more effective at asking for help when you need it.  It’s hard to imagine life without email. It has become such a central part of our lives and a primary means of communications. Email is also a colossal headache that causes stress and anxiety for many people. Joining me to explain where email came from and why it’s not going away anytime soon is Esther Milne. She is Associate Professor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia and author of the book, Email and the Everyday: Stories of Disclosure, Trust, and Digital Labor (https://amzn.to/3qCfRVO). If you use email, you will want to hear this fascinating discussion. How can your first name impact how long you live? Well, like so many things, there is study that says there is a connection. Listen to hear what it is and if you should consider changing your name so you live longer. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481180903411885 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Right now, when you purchase a 3-month Babbel subscription, you’ll get an additional 3 months for FREE. That’s 6 months, for the price of 3! Just go to https://babbel.com and use promo code: SOMETHING Truebill is the smartest way to manage your finances. The average person saves $720 per year with Truebill. Get started today at https://Truebill.com/SYSK Take control of your finances and start saving today! https://nuts.com is the simple and convenient way to have nutritious, delicious, healthy nuts, dried fruit, flours, grains and so many other high-quality foods delivered straight to your door! New Nuts.com customers get free shipping on your first order when you text SYSK to 64-000. So text SYSK to 64-000 to get free shipping on your first order from Nuts.com You’re one of a kind—and so are your taxes. Whether you want to file with the help of an expert or let an expert do the filing for you, TurboTax Live tax experts are here to help, giving you the confidence to know that you're one-of-a-kind, uniquely you taxes are done right. Intuit TurboTax Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This message is sponsored by Discover. Did you know you could reduce the number of unwanted calls and emails with online privacy protection?

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The latest innovation from Discover. Discover will help regularly remove your personal info, like your name and address, from 10 popular people search websites that could sell your data.

0:24.0

And they'll do it for free. Activate in the Discover app. See terms and learn more at Discover.com slash online privacy protection.

0:36.0

Today on something you should know, three little words you should say to your mate more often. And they aren't, I love you. Although those are good too.

0:46.0

Then how to get people to help you when you really need help?

0:50.0

When someone has said no to us for whatever reason, when we ask for help before, that's the last person we're going to go to, right?

0:56.0

We figure well they've determined on last time there's definitely not going to help me this time. In fact the office that is true, the research is really clear on this.

1:04.0

Plus your first name may have something to do with how long you live. And email. Sometimes you love it, sometimes you hate it. And some say email is dead. But it's not.

1:17.0

Well it's funny you should say the death of email that is probably one of the most searched phrases in terms of email. In fact people have been predicting its death almost from the beginning.

1:30.0

All this today on something you should know.

1:36.0

This message is sponsored by Discover. Did you know you could reduce the number of unwanted calls and emails with online privacy protection?

1:46.0

The latest innovation from Discover. Discover will help regularly remove your personal info like your name and address from 10 popular people search websites that could sell your data. And they'll do it for free.

2:01.0

Activate in the Discover app. See terms and learn more at discover.com slash online privacy protection.

2:10.0

Something you should know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts and practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know.

2:21.0

With my carothers.

2:24.0

Hey you're just in time. It's time for another episode of something you should know. I'm glad you're here. I'm glad I'm here. Because I really like doing this.

2:34.0

And we start today with some important words in your vocabulary. Saying I love you to your mate is always a good idea.

2:43.0

But there are three other little words that can help make your family and relationship stronger according to research at the University of California at Berkeley.

2:53.0

And those three little words are we, our and us.

2:58.0

Couples who refer to their problems, experiences and even their children in a plural sense tend to be more loving and happier together than those who use words like I, me and you.

3:11.0

Using these together words conveys more of a team effort and helps both people in the relationship feel as if they're facing challenges together. And that is something you should know.

3:24.0

So here's a topic that for some reason I've always found fascinating and the topic is helping people.

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