Should You Work for Yourself? & The Science of Creativity

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Kissing has a lot of benefits you likely never knew. And it appears that the more you kiss – the more the benefits. This episode begins with several really good reasons why you should kiss someone more often. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/opinion/the-kiss-of-life.html People who have their own business are often revered. Being an entrepreneur is considered a worthy accomplishment. And many people think it is the best path to career success. Is it though? While there are certainly perks to being self-employed, there are also some dangers and pitfalls. Joining me to explain the good and the bad of owning your own business is Benjamin Waterhouse He is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of the book, One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion That Conquered America (https://amzn.to/3OyaOV5). Creativity is often misunderstood. Just because something is different or unusual doesn’t make it creative. And have you ever wondered what is the difference between creativity and innovation? Can you make yourself more creative? These are just a few of the questions I discuss with Barry Kudrowitz. He is a professor of product design at the University of Minnesota and has taught toy design for over a decade. In fact, he co-designed a Nerf toy amongst other things. Barry is the author of the book Sparking Creativity: How Play and Humor Fuel Innovation and Design (https://amzn.to/484SlXg). Space heaters can be extremely useful in the cold winter months, but they can also be a serious hazard. If you use a space heater to stay warm, listen as I reveal some important precautions that will keep you safe. https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/how-to-safely-run-your-space-heater/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Go to https://uscellular.com/TryUS and download the USCellular TryUS app to get 30 days of FREE service! Keep you current phone, carrier & number while testing a new network. Try us out and make your switch with confidence! Zocdoc is a FREE app and website where you can search and compare highly-rated, in-network doctors near you AND instantly book appointments with them online. Go to https://Zocdoc.com/SYSK and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare and find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, and more today at https://NerdWallet.com Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Turbo Tax experts make all your moves count, filing with 100% accuracy, and getting your
0:07.5	max refund guaranteed.
0:10.3	So whether you say start at a podcast, or side hustled your way into some great concert tickets or or sold some cherished Hollywood memorabilia,
0:20.0	switch to TurboTax and make your moves count.
0:24.0	See guarantee details at TurboTax.
0:28.0	Experts only available with TurboTax Live.
0:32.0	Today on... available with TurboTax Live.
0:40.0	Today on something you should know, some things I bet you never knew about kissing. Then the dream of starting your own business, the hype, the misconceptions, and the truths.
0:46.8	The largest group of companies in the country by a factor of five or six are companies that
0:52.1	don't employ anybody.
0:53.0	There's 20 something million people who have businesses but no employees.
0:58.0	So what that really means is that they're laboring, but they're not growing an institution.
1:03.0	Also, if you have a portable space heater, there are some things you really need to be aware of.
1:08.0	And how creativity works, and how the more humor and play the better.
1:14.0	Just telling people that this is play is a way of making people more creative.
1:19.0	And the opposite, when you say this is very important, so much so that I'm paying you to do this
1:25.4	thing you can make somebody less creative. All this today on something you should
1:31.0	know. Are you one of those people who just buys things with whatever credit cards you grab out of your wallet?
1:40.0	Well that could be a costly move.
1:42.8	Nerd Wallet, you've heard of Nerd Wallet.
1:45.1	Nerd Wallet lets you compare credit cards side by side to maximize your spending.
1:50.4	So if, for example, you like travel rewards, you can see which credit card gives you better
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