SYSK Choice: The Psychology of Secrets & How to Get Quicker Answers to Emails and Texts

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Before the mid 60s, a can of beer on a hot summer day was worthless without a can opener. Then along came the pop-top can. This episode begins with the interesting story of how the pop-top can changed our world. https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Ermal_Fraze No doubt, you have a secret. Everyone has a secret – perhaps more than one. The problem is that carrying around secrets can cause real harm according to Michael Slepian, one of the leading researchers on the psychology of secrets and a professor at Columbia Business School. Listen as Michael reveals how to lessen the burden of keeping secrets and tells you how to feel better for having them. Michael’s website is http://www.keepingsecrets.org/ We have probably all sent a text or email and when the expected response didn’t come right away, we start to wonder why. Maybe you said something you shouldn’t have. Maybe something terrible happened to the person you texted. Maybe your boss didn’t respond because he plans to fire you soon. Why do we think the worst just because someone doesn’t reply as quickly as we like? Listen to my guest Sam George, a digital marketing expert and author of the book I’ll Get Back to You: The Dyscommunication Crisis: Why Unreturned Messages Drive Us Crazy and What to Do About It (https://amzn.to/2Uof14w). Sam explains why those thoughts are irrational and how to get people to respond to email and texts faster so you aren’t left wondering. Do you have loose items sitting in the back of your car like toys, shoes, pens or maybe even your laptop? Having those kinds of loose items in your car can be a real safety hazard. Listen as I explain the problem and how to fix it so people don’t get hurt. https://www.consumerreports.org/content/cro/en/health/pack-your-car-safely.print.html PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Zocdoc is the only FREE app that lets you find AND book doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance, are available when you need them and treat almost every condition under the sun! Go to https://Zocdoc.com/SYSK and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Indeed is the hiring platform where you can Attract, Interview, and Hire all in one place! Start hiring NOW with a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING Offer good for a limited time. Keep American farming going by signing up at https://MoinkBox.com/SYSK RIGHT NOW and listeners of this show get FREE filet mignon for a year! Now your ideas don’t have to wait. Dell Technologies and Intel are creating technology that loves ideas, expanding your business & evolving your passions. Find out how to bring your ideas to life at https://Dell.com/welcometonow ! 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 If you own a small business, you know the value of time. Innovation Refunds does too! They've made it easy to apply for the employee retention credit or ERC by going to https://getrefunds.com to see if your business qualifies in less than 8 minutes! Innovation Refunds has helped small businesses collect over $3 billion in payroll tax refunds! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, before the mid-60s there were no pop-top cans.
0:07.6	I'll tell you how that changed.
0:09.8	Then secrets.
0:11.3	Keeping dark secrets can be harmful.
0:13.7	It's not the more we find ourselves having to hide the secret in conversation, it's
0:17.8	the more we find ourselves repetitively thinking about the secret at time and time again,
0:22.0	that's associated with feeling ashamed for your secret, feeling isolated with your secret
0:26.1	and feeling inauthentic for having it.
0:28.6	Also, something important you need to do with the stuff in the back of your car.
0:33.3	And ever have that experience of someone not returning a text or email and you start
0:37.9	to think something's wrong, did I do something?
0:41.2	First of all, to jump to the conclusion that something is wrong is irrational.
0:46.2	To jump to the conclusion that it's about you is irrational.
0:50.4	And then, almost always, you come up with a worst-case scenario.
0:56.2	All this today on something you should know.
1:01.7	The bell is for me, not for you.
1:03.8	Although, if you're a teacher like me, it is for you.
1:06.6	Because PGL school adventures is bringing an exciting new approach to learning outside
1:10.5	the classroom.
1:11.5	They've been powering breakthroughs for school children for over 65 years.
1:15.0	And their new outdoor education program called Reach is specifically designed to spark
1:19.0	breakthroughs in confidence, teamwork, independence, maybe even archery.
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