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Something You Should Know

SYSK Choice: How to Get the Truth From Anyone & Fascinating Bird Facts

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

If you took driver’s education, you probably remember being told to keep your hands at 10:00 o’clock and 2:00 o’clock on the steering wheel. That may have been some really bad advice. We begin this episode with a discussion on the best way to steer your car. http://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/9882/team-oneil-shows-how-to-position-your-hands-on-the-wheel Is it possible to get someone to tell you the truth when they don’t want to? Jack Schafer says it is. As a former FBI agent, he has developed a technique based on some simple psychological principles that will get people to tell you things they never meant to. Jack is author of the book The Truth Detector: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide for Getting People to Reveal the Truth (https://amzn.to/30we8WU) and he joins me to discuss how you can use this technique and the reasons why it is so effective. I bet you see and hear birds every day. Yet, you probably don’t think about them very much. Still, they are fascinating creatures and they have some extraordinary characteristics. For example, did you know that all birds are actually dinosaurs? Science writer Jennifer Ackerman has written articles for Scientific American, National Geographic and The New York Times. She is also author of a book called The Bird Way (https://amzn.to/2ZOvQpw) and she joins me to offer up some fascinating facts that will give you a new appreciation for birds. You have to be careful what you say in a job interview. For instance, it’s difficult to brag about how humble you are because, well, how humble can you be if you are bragging about it? There are other words besides humble that are best left out of your self-description when you go on a job interview. Listen as I reveal what they are. https://www.themuse.com/advice/5-words-you-should-never-use-to-describe-yourself-in-an-interview PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Go to: https://actnow.climeworks.com/SomethingYouShouldKnow to start removing CO2 from the air today! For the first 500 people to use the code SYSK20, Climeworks will cover 20% of your first installment for monthly and yearly subscriptions. For a limited time, SAVE 35% on Cozy Earth Bedding. Check out their awesome loungewear, too. Go to https://CozyEarth.com and enter SOMETHING at checkout to SAVE 35% now! Hometap is the smart new way to access your home’s equity and pay for life’s expenses without a loan! Learn more and get a personalized estimate at https://HomeTap.com Helix Sleep is offering up to $200 off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners at https://helixsleep.com/sysk. Go to Amazon and search for Conair Turbo Extreme to get your 2-in-1 steam and iron steamer today! Go to https://Shopify.com/sysk for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! Redeem your rewards for cash in any amount, at any time, with Discover Card! Learn more at https://Discover.com/RedeemRewards Go to the App Store or Google play to download Best Fiends for free. Plus, earn even more with $5 worth of in-game rewards when you reach level 5. That’s Friends, without the r—Best Fiends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Do you own or rent your home?

0:02.9

Sure you do, and I bet it can be hard work.

0:06.1

You know it's easy.

0:07.7

Bundling policies with Geico.

0:09.8

Geico makes it easy to bundle your homeowners or renters insurance along with your auto

0:15.0

policy.

0:16.0

It's a good thing too because you already have so much to do around your home.

0:21.2

Go to Geico.com.

0:23.1

Get a quote and see how much you could save.

0:25.8

It's Geico Easy.

0:27.5

Visit Geico.com today.

0:30.1

That's Geico.com.

0:33.7

Today on something you should know, where do you hold your hands on the steering wheel?

0:39.2

I'll tell you why it matters.

0:41.3

Then meet a guy who has a technique that will get you to tell him almost any truth.

0:46.7

I mean you'd like to think you wouldn't tell him your social security number, right?

0:50.6

Yeah, you'd like to think that but it's going to happen.

0:53.2

I told the student I'll get your social security number.

0:55.8

This is no you wouldn't. I would never give that up to anybody.

0:58.5

Over the course of the class session, I was able to slowly elicit his social security number.

1:04.4

Then when you go on a job interview, there are some words you should probably never say.

1:10.1

And you see a lot of them every day.

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