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Something You Should Know

How to Make or Break Any Habit Successfully & How to Calm Your Brain to Make You More Intelligent

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

You can manipulate your brain to change your mood. How? Biofeedback. For example, when you are happy you smile. But it also works in reverse - if you smile, that makes you happy. And there are other ways I’ll discuss that you can improve your mood by doing very simple things. It’s fascinating. Then, have you ever wanted to create a new habit or break an old one? Charles Duhigg author of the book The Power of Habit (http://amzn.to/2yKznVb) joins me to discuss the science of habits. He offers some great techniques to start new habits and explains why you should never really try to “break” a habit. There is something else you should do instead.  Did you know you have more than five senses? For example, when you move your foot from the gas pedal to the brake pedal when you drive, you are using another sense that allows you to find those pedals without looking or using any other of your five senses. I’ll explain what it is and what it is called. There is real power in calming down. That’s according to Gyatri Devi, M.D., author of the book, A Calm Brain: How to Relax Into a Stress-Free, High-Powered Life (http://amzn.to/2on2EoX). Because our brains are always active – checking texts and emails and rushing around, we don’t have the d"own time" we need that allows the brain to perform at its best. Dr Devi has some ways to do that and she reveals the amazing benefits of a calm brain.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I just learned Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome.

0:05.2

At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.

0:10.7

That's right, everything you've earned doubled.

0:13.6

All the cash back from eating at your favorite soup-dumpling restaurant?

0:17.6

Doubled.

0:18.6

All the cash back from that trip you sort of learned how to snowboard?

0:22.7

Also doubled.

0:23.9

And the best part, you don't have to do anything ridiculous to get it.

0:27.5

Oh, Discover does it automatically.

0:30.5

Seriously though, see terms and check it out for yourself at Discover.com slash match.

0:38.2

Today on Something You Should Know,

0:43.1

how can smiling and wearing sunglasses improve your mood?

0:47.6

I'll explain.

0:48.8

Then what's the best way to create a new habit or break an old one?

0:53.6

One of the things that we know is that some habits seem to matter more than others.

0:57.4

That some habits, when they start to change, they seem to set off this chain reaction

1:02.4

that makes it easier for other habits to change.

1:05.4

Also, you have more than five senses.

1:08.4

I'll tell you about one of them you use all the time.

1:12.3

And if you could just calm down a little bit every day, great things can happen.

1:18.0

When I talk about calm, I'm not really talking about someone who is sedated or mellow.

1:23.4

I'm talking about a state where we are at our optimal, positive, mental functioning.

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