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Something You Should Know

Is Luck a Real Thing? & How to Accept What You Can't Change - SYSK Choice

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Gasoline is expensive and we all need to make sure we are squeezing every mile out of every gallon. You have probably heard a lot of suggestions on how to conserve gas. This episode begins with a few effective methods you may not have heard of before from Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a39504408/how-to-improve-your-vehicles-gas-mileage/  Do you believe in luck? That is likely going to depend on how you define it. Some people believe luck is a magical force in the universe while others think of luck as something you calculate with probabilities and statistics while others believe you can create your own luck. To get a better understanding of how luck works, I invite you to listen to my conversation with Jeffrey Rosenthal, professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Statistics and author of several books including Knock On Wood: Luck Chance and the Meaning of Everything (https://amzn.to/3uccXfh). You don’t have to go too far before you begin to realize that life can be cruel and unfair and that bad things happen to everyone. What is most important is how you deal with and accept and ultimately make peace with the difficult things. Clinical psychologist Janina Scarlet works with people who must accept and come to terms with events that are unfair and often devastating. Janina is author of the book, It Shouldn’t Be This Way: Learning to Accept the Things You Just Can’t Change (https://amzn.to/4bHImcX). If you’ve ever had trouble making peace with something bad that has happened to you, you should listen to what she has to say.  People want to look their best. As we age, it seems natural for people to want to look youthful. However, there is a limit to it. Listen as I explain the negative consequences of trying to appear too young and what to do instead if you really want to appear younger than your actual age. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/obsonline/act-your-age.html PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING Luckily for those of us who live with the symptoms of allergies, we can Live Claritin Clear with Claritin-D! eBay Motors has 122 million parts for your #1 ride-or-die, to make sure it stays running smoothly. Keep your ride alive at https://eBayMotors.com We really like The Jordan Harbinger Show! Check out https://jordanharbinger.com/start OR search for it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today on something you should know,

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today on something you should know,

0:52.0

some surprisingly effective ways to save on gasoline.

0:56.0

Then, do you believe in luck?

0:58.0

Kind of depends on what you mean by luck.

1:00.0

I think what people mean is something almost kind of supernatural that there is you know some

1:05.5

Magical forces like fate or destiny or some people are maybe born lucky and that's kind of what they mean when they say hey do you believe in

1:13.9

luck because of course we all believe there's good things and bad things that

1:16.6

happen to us. Also why trying to look or act younger than you really are is almost

1:22.3

never a good idea. And what does it mean to

1:25.7

accept something horrible that's happened to you? I think a lot of times people think

1:31.1

that to accept something means being okay with it, maybe

1:35.2

silver lining it or finding the good side of it or maybe not thinking about it

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