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Something You Should Know

Seen, Heard, Valued: The Magic of Validation & Pronouns Are Weird! Here’s Why

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Do you know your blood type? Do you know why we have different blood types? This episode begins with some interesting intel about blood types, why you should know yours and why some people actually have no blood type. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140715-why-do-we-have-blood-types You have probably heard about the value of validating someone else’s feelings and experience. What you may not have heard is the science that proves just how powerful it is when you want to connect with someone or influence them. When done right, validation can transform a relationship according to my guest Caroline Fleck, PhD. She is a licensed psychologist, and Adjunct Clinical Instructor at Stanford University as well as the author of the book Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life (https://amzn.to/3YgpzAK) Pronouns are some of the hardest working words in the English language. I, you, me, he, she, we, they – and yet the way these words behave in our language can sometimes be maddening. For example, the word “you” can mean 1 person or a group of people. In a lot of other languages, there are two different words. While English teachers will tell you that the correct way to say this is, “He and I went to the store” doesn't it feel more natural to say, “Him and me went to the store.”? Joining me to dive into the world of pronouns is John H. McWhorter. He teaches linguistics, American studies, and music history at Columbia University and is the host of the podcast Lexicon Valley (https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley). John is the author of twenty-three books including his latest, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words (https://amzn.to/4iSauh1) What should go on a resume? People have lots of ideas of what to include and how to write it but what do hiring managers say they look for? Listen and hear what makes a great resume. https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/the-dos-and-donts-of-the-modern-resume-infographic/244399 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Whoa, go, who are you?

0:02.0

Whoa, there.

0:03.0

Victoria's had a Friday night to remember.

0:06.0

But now she's outside in the pouring rain and...

0:09.0

Oh, what? You are joking. I've got no data. How are we gonna get home?

0:13.0

But then she remembers she's with EEE.

0:16.0

Yes, Uber still works.

0:17.0

So then she...

0:19.0

Uber's on me, guys. Should we get a kebab?

0:21.6

Use essential apps like Uber and WhatsApp

0:23.7

even when you run out of data.

0:25.6

Search EE Mobile.

0:27.2

Stay connected at 0.5 megabits per second.

0:29.5

Terms apply.

0:32.6

Today on something you should know,

0:35.2

why are there different blood types?

0:40.1

And do you know yours? Then the new science of validation, validating another person's experience. Validation is the single most important

0:49.2

quality of any relationship. It is as important as love.

0:55.0

It is as central as empathy.

0:57.8

And yet we rarely talk about it in those terms.

1:02.1

Also, what hiring managers say should and should not be on your resume?

1:07.2

And the strange world of English pronouns.

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