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Something You Should Know

How to Master Small Talk & Why We Do Things Without Knowing Why- SYSK Choice

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Is there a reason we have eyebrows? Pretty much every part of the human body has a reason for being there and eyebrows actually have three reasons. I begin this episode by explaining what they are. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/58424/why-do-we-have-eyebrows Every relationship in your life started with small talk. Personal or professional, every encounter begins this way. Yet, as important as it is, a lot of people hate small talk and think they are not very good at it. Here with some great advice is Debra Fine. She is one of the foremost experts on small talk and she is author of the book, The Fine Art of Small Talk (https://amzn.to/3wSdl3t). She has some simple techniques that will make anyone more comfortable making small talk. Have you ever done something or said something and later wondered why you did it? It turns out that a lot of what drives human action and reaction can be hard to figure out. Here to explain why that happens is Helena Boschi. She is a psychologist and author of a book called Why We Do What We Do (https://amzn.to/3RE47kL). Listen as she reveals some of the inner workings of your brain that cause you to do things that seem hard to understand. When people take liquid medicine, it is common to just grab a spoon out of the silverware drawer to measure it. This is not a good idea. Listen as I explain a few common mistakes people make when taking medicines at home that can really mess things up. https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/pln/blogs/pln/michael-cawley-pharmd-rrt-cpft-fccm/december-31-2014/medication-errors-among-children-are Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on something you should know, why do you have eyebrows?

0:07.0

Well, there are three reasons.

0:09.0

Then, small talk.

0:10.0

It's really important to be good at it, and we're just not.

0:14.0

We ask these rhetorical questions and don't expect an answer, so we fall into these ruts.

0:19.0

How you doing, Mike?

0:20.0

Good. How are you, Deborah?

0:21.3

Good.

0:21.8

What's new?

0:22.4

Nothing.

0:23.1

What's new with you?

0:24.0

Nothing.

0:24.4

I mean, geez, where are we headed with us?

0:26.6

That's where Small Talk needs a little help.

0:29.8

Also, if you use a teaspoon from your silverware drawer to take medicine, that's a problem. And why you do what you do and think the way you think. For instance,

0:41.2

the key thing to remember is the brain is negatively wired. And when we hear things about any

0:47.2

bad news or receive negative feedback, it sticks. It becomes very cognitively sticky in the brain.

0:53.8

And it takes quite a lot to

0:55.3

dislodge this. All this today on Something You Should Know.

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