The Fascinating Way Ordinary Things Affect You & The Best Plan to Eliminate Debt

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

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🗓️ 27 May 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

While you are likely very good at noticing when you fail in life, keeping track of all the little victories is a much better activity. I begin this episode by explaining why those little victories can propel into big ones and why keeping a list is such a great idea. http://www.lifehack.org/398112/science-explains-how-writing-down-tinyachievements-every-day-changes-our-brains You are surrounded by colors, shapes, objects, nature and light. And all of those things have an effect on you. They impact your mood, your productivity and how you view the world and your fellow humans. Ingrid Fetell Lee is an expert on how design affects your health and well-being and is author of the book Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness (https://amzn.to/2M7N3pa). What she has to say will change the way you view the world around you. It is pretty common for parents to mix up the names of their children and call them by the wrong name. Interestingly though, you never call your kids by your cat’s name. So why does this happen? Parents obviously know the difference between their own kids. Listen and discover why the mix up is so common. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3594971/Do-mix-people-s-names-Don-tworry-not-going-senile-merely-filing-error-brain.html) Getting into debt is really easy – but getting out of debt is a whole other story. If you have more debt than you wish you had, you’ll want to hear Shannon Lee Simmons. She is a certified financial planner and author of the book Living Debt Free: The No Shame No Blame Guide to Getting Rid of Your Debt (https://amzn.to/2EzNa6N). Shannon joins me to explain the best and fastest way to get out of debt and still live your life. This Week’s Sponsors -Ancestry.For 20% off your Ancestry DNA kit, go to www.Ancestry.com/something -Omax Health. For 20% off your on OMAX CryoFreeze or any purchase sitewide go to www.OmaxHealth.com and use the promo code: something -Purple. To get a free pillow with your mattress purchase text the word “Something” to 79-79-79. -Capital One. What’s in your wallet? www.CapitalOne.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, how tracking the little victories in your life will do
0:07.7	you a world of good.
0:09.8	Then how all the things around you affect you from colors, shapes, lighting, even plants.
0:16.3	Research shows that when we're in the presence of house plants, it decreases the physiological
0:22.3	effects of stress.
0:23.9	It helps us concentrate.
0:26.2	And actually, some studies have been shown to actually make us more generous toward others.
0:31.6	Plus, if you've ever called one of your kids by another one of your kids' names, there's
0:36.9	an interesting reason why.
0:39.3	And the best way to get out of debt.
0:41.4	First thing you do is you consolidate.
0:43.0	So if you've got a line of credit that have lower interest than the credit cards that you're
0:46.9	holding, then I would pay off the credit cards with a line of credit.
0:50.0	So now you at least have like one focused debt.
0:53.0	And you have lots of different debts that can feel very scattered.
0:56.1	All this today on something you should know.
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