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Something You Should Know

Strange Stories About Amazing People & Extraordinary Lessons from Great Athletes

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

A lot of people still send checks in the mail. Increasingly that is becoming a bad idea. Listen as I reveal why postal authorities and banks are recommending you not use the U.S. Mail to send money anymore. https://www.businessinsider.com/post-office-check-fraud-mailing-be-careful-usps-scam-2023-6 The world is full of strange and bizarre stories. And if you listen to this episode, you will hear a bunch of them, such as how one U.S. President prevented his own assassination; how The Beatles drummer Ringo’s unique drumming style is the result of exorcisms, how the Los Angeles Dodgers paid a guy to beam positive messages to players during games from 3000 miles away and many more. These all come from my guest Dan Schreiber. Dan hosts a podcast called There is No Such Thing As a Fish (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-such-thing-as-a-fish/id840986946) and he is author of the book The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird (https://amzn.to/43eruph) Athletes who perform at the top of their game can teach us all a thing or two about life and how to do our best at what we do. Joining me to offer her unique and compelling perspective on this is Sally Jenkins. She has been a columnist and feature writer for The Washington Post for more than twenty years. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2020 and in 2021 was named the winner of the Associated Press Red Smith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Sports Journalism. She is the author of 12 books including The Right Call: What Sport Teaches Us About Work and Life (https://amzn.to/44wtc6y). Why do the people who work at Trader Joe’s wear different colored Hawaiian shirts? Why are they so friendly and why do they keep ringing that bell? Listen as I reveal a few behind the scenes secrets from Trader Joe’s. https://www.businessinsider.com/trader-joes-slang-terms-only-employees-know-2023-7?utm PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! For the first time in NetSuite’s 25 years as the #1 cloud financial system, you can defer payments of a FULL NetSuite implementation for six months! If you’ve been sizing NetSuite up to make the switch then you know this deal is unprecedented - no interest, no payments - take advantage of this special financing offer at https://NetSuite.com/SYSK ! The Dell Technologies’ Black Friday in July event has arrived with limited-quantity deals on top tech to power any passion. Save on select XPS PCs and more powered by the latest Intel® Core™ processors. Plus, get savings on select monitors and accessories, free shipping and monthly payment options with Dell Preferred Account. Save today by calling 877-ASK-DELL ! Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome. At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you’ve earned! See terms and check it out for yourself at https://Discover.com/match Keep American farming and enjoy the BEST grass-fed meat & lamb, pastured pork & chicken and wild caught-Alaskan salmon by going to https://MoinkBox.com/Yum  RIGHT NOW and get a free gift with your first order! Let’s find “us” again by putting our phones down for five.  Five days, five hours, even five minutes. Join U.S. Cellular in the Phones Down For Five challenge! Find out more at https://USCellular.com/findus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on something you should know, why you shouldn't send checks in the mail anymore.

0:07.9

Then, weird stories about amazing people like Ronald Reagan, Nobel Prize winners, even

0:13.9

Ringo from The Beatles.

0:15.9

His grandmother performed multiple exorcisms on him because she believed that the devil

0:20.0

was inside of him because he was left-handed and she needed him to not be left-handed anymore.

0:24.8

That's what gave the Beatles their beat and that's all down to the voodoo queen of Liverpool

0:28.6

who gave exorcisms to expel the devil.

0:30.9

Also, what you didn't know about Trader Joe's and what we can learn from top performing

0:36.1

athletes, like performing well under pressure.

0:40.0

Athletes are far more vulnerable to pressure than we realize what the best ones are able

0:44.4

to do is learn to mitigate stress to the point that their ordinary everyday performance

0:49.5

is what's coming forward.

0:51.2

It's not rising to the moment, it's simply not deteriorating under the pressure.

0:56.3

Call this today on something you should know.

1:01.7

Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill with square wheels.

1:11.2

But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.

1:16.4

So you can stay one step ahead.

1:18.7

Soon it'll feel more like free-wheeling downhill.

1:22.1

On a tandem.

1:23.1

What mate?

1:24.1

With a messer on the back.

1:25.8

Oh, it's nice.

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