How Your Beliefs Drive Success & The Science Behind Keeping Your Brain Sharp

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The average American unknowingly throws away up to $1,500 a year — and it’s happening right in your own kitchen. It’s not obvious. It doesn’t feel wasteful in the moment. But small, everyday habits quietly drain real money from your grocery budget. There are a few surprisingly simple shifts that can stop the leak. https://www.usda.gov/foodlossandwaste/consumers Your beliefs about yourself — your abilities, your limits, your future — quietly shape your behavior every day. “I’m too old.” “I’m bad with money.” “I’ll never succeed.” The problem is not that these statements are true — it’s that you believe them to be true. Nir Eyal, author of Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results (https://amzn.to/3OLvImC), explains how limiting beliefs form, why they feel so real, and how deliberately reshaping them can dramatically alter your trajectory in work, relationships, and life. Is memory loss inevitable as you age? Are we destined for cognitive decline? Dr. Majid Fotuhi, world-renowned neurologist and author of The Invincible Brain: The Clinically Proven Plan to Age-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp for Life (https://amzn.to/4l5s1nZ), says no. He explains that brain health is deeply influenced by lifestyle — including 14 factors you can control — and that protecting your mind requires the same intentional care as protecting your heart or body. When you need someone to say yes to a request, one short phrase can significantly increase your chances. It doesn’t manipulate. It doesn’t pressure. It simply taps into a powerful psychological principle that makes people more open to helping. https://brainblogger.com/2015/06/25/top-5-persuasion-techniques-of-2015/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS QUINCE: Don't keep settling for clothes that don't last! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Quince.dom/sysk ⁠⁠⁠⁠for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! SHOPIFY: See less carts go abandoned with Shopify and their Shop Pay button! Sign up for your $1 per month trail and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Shopify.com/sysk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EXPEDITION UNKOWN: We love the Expedition Unknown podcast from Discovery! Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	Today on Something you should know, how you may be throwing away up to $1,500 without even realizing
0:29.6	it.
0:30.6	Then how to stop your limiting beliefs from sabotaging your success and happiness?
0:36.6	Many of these limiting beliefs that we have, you know, I'm not a morning person,
0:40.3	I'm always late, stress is bad, the world is dying, I'm too old, too young, too fat, it's too late.
0:45.3	The hallmark of these limiting beliefs is that they reduce our motivation and they increase suffering.
0:51.3	Also, how to get someone to do you a favor?
0:54.6	And is memory loss and cognitive decline inevitable?
0:58.6	Not necessarily.
0:59.6	Forty-five percent of dementia cases in the world can be prevented by addressing
1:05.8	14 factors.
1:07.2	And those 14 factors include diabetes, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, air pollution, hearing loss, vision loss.
1:15.9	All this today on Something You Should Know.
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