Instantly Improve Your Decision Making & Vices that Are Really Good for You

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Every airport runway has a number and it is always between 1and 36. This episode begins with how airport runways get their numbers (it is not random) and what purpose those numbers serve. I’ll also explain why sometimes the runway numbers have to change. https://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-hidden-beauty-of-airport-runways-and-how-to-decipher-them/ When you make a decision, you hope you make the right one. And there are some decision making models that can help you make better decisions more consistently. Gabriel Weinberg has looked at these mental models and put them in a book called Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models (https://amzn.to/2F5c3re). Listen as Gabriel explains how these models work and how you can use them to be a much better decision maker. So often we’ve been told that things like alcohol, coffee and other vices are bad for you. That doesn’t always tell the whole story. A lot of what people consider sinful, may not be so bad in moderation according to journalist Erik Ofgang. Erik and his father Dr. Henry Ofgang have looked at the latest research and found some vices may actually be beneficial. They have putt their findings in a book called The Good Vices: From Beer to Sex, the Surprising Truth About What's Actually Good for You (https://amzn.to/2MH6sgR). Listen as Erik joins me to explain what they found. With summer vacation season here, there is a phone call or two you need to make before you leave for your vacation that can save you a lot of hassle when you get to your destination. Listen to discover who you should call. https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/photo-gallery/35113991/image/45008935/Call-your-bank This Week’s Sponsors -Paint Your Life. To learn more and get a 30% discount text SYSK to 48-48-48 -SimpliSafe. For free shipping and a 60 day risk-free trial go to www.SimpliSafe.com/something -Stroke of Genius Podcast. Subscribe to Stroke of Genius on Apple Podcasts, at www.ipoef.org, or your favorite podcast platform. -Lively. For $10 off your first order go to www.WearLively.com/something and use promo code: something -Linzess. For information about your IBSC symptoms go to www.ohmygut.info/podcast. -Capital One. What's in your wallet? www.CapitalOne.com -Geico. Save 15% or more on car insurance at www.Geico.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.0	Today on something you should know, why every airport runway has a number and what it means.
0:51.0	Then, you can easily learn to think smarter and make better decisions when you understand some basic mental models.
0:58.0	There's a really interesting one called the Streisand effect, and it's really named after the celebrity Barbara Streisand.
1:04.0	And it's extremely useful that if you draw attention to something that you don't want people to see,
1:10.0	it can actually draw more attention to it than you intended in the first place.
1:14.0	Also, something you need to do before you go on summer vacation that will save you a lot of trouble.
1:20.0	And the surprising facts about a lot of vices that can be good for you, including sex, sun, chocolate, and more.
1:28.0	One that stands out is coffee. Not because moderate drinking of coffee seems to be healthy.
1:34.0	It's that even excessive amounts of coffee drinking is still healthy.
1:39.0	All this today on something you should know.
1:43.0	You know, I'm always a little hesitant to recommend a podcast because everybody's tastes are different.
1:49.0	But one podcast I recommend a lot is the Jordan Harbanger show.
1:54.0	Jordan dives into the minds of fascinating people, athletes, authors, scientists, mobsters, spies, and he does it in his own unique way.
2:03.0	Occasionally, we have the same guests, but our conversations usually go in very different directions.
2:10.0	A couple of recent episodes of the Jordan Harbanger show I bet you like are Dr. Scott Lyons.
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