The Magic of Building On Your Strengths and How to Better Handle the Admin of Daily Life

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Should you really get an annual check-up or go to the dentist twice a year? What about wearing sunscreen everyday? Are all these things really necessary? We begin this episode with a look what the experts say about common health advice you’ve heard all your life.(http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/slideshows/do-you-reallyneed-to-cover-the-toilet-seat-with-paper) If you got a bad grade in school, then that was the subject you were told to work on. Fix your weaknesses – get that grade higher. Is that really good advice? Maybe you are better served by focusing on what you are good at rather than trying to improve your abilities for things you don’t like and are not particularly skilled at. Tom Rath, senior scientist and adviser to the Gallup organization and author of the book Strengths Finder 2.0 (https://amzn.to/2TUQ2jI) explains why focusing on your strengths rather than trying to fix your weaknesses is a much better life strategy. Want your kid to eat healthier? It’s all in the packaging and presentation. Listen as I explain some fascinating research from Yale University that explains how cartoon stickers can help you get your kids to eat right. https://www.chicagotribune.com/living/ct-xpm-2012-08-22-sns-rt-us-stickersbre87l0li-20120822-story.html Ana amazing amount of your day is devoted to the little details of life. Everything from errands to filling out forms, writing emails, taking the car in service – you know what I mean. Elizabeth Emens, a law professor at Columbia Law School has identified all these tasks as – Life Admin. And she has some great ways to deal with all those tasks effectively and efficiently so you can get on to the bigger things in life. Elizabeth is author of the book, Life Admin (https://amzn.to/2syggwZ) and she joins me to discuss and offer some great advice. This Week’s Sponsors -LinkedIn. For $50 off your first job post, go to www.LinkedIn.com/Podcast -ADT. Go to www.ADT.com/smart to learn how ADT can design and install a smart home system for you. -Quip. Get your first refill free when you buy a quip toothbrush at www.Get Quip.com/something -Care/of Vitamins. For $25 off your first month of personalized vitamins, go to www.TakeCareOf.com and us the promo code: something -Geico. Go to www.Geico.com to see how Geico can save you money on your car insurance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, do you really need an annual physical or see the dentist
0:06.3	two times a year?
0:07.3	I'll tell you what the experts say.
0:09.4	Then, is it better to improve your weaknesses or grow your strengths?
0:13.8	If your child shows up at home with the following grades, then hey, a C, an F, which grade deserves
0:19.3	the most time and attention?
0:20.8	75-80% of parents say that F deserves the most attention.
0:23.8	And based on the research that we've looked at, the parents spend even more time focusing
0:27.3	on the pay.
0:28.3	That might result in a better return to 23 years down the road.
0:31.4	Plus, how to get your kids to eat what's good for them.
0:34.6	And how well do you handle all the little details of life every day?
0:38.9	It's called life admin.
0:40.9	So naming it has been helpful to me and to a lot of people.
0:44.6	People told me you've given me now a word for this thing in my day and my life.
0:48.9	You don't have to feel like, I don't know what happened to my day because it's possible
0:52.6	to say, oh, I know what I did.
0:53.8	I did admin all day.
0:55.3	That's what I did.
0:56.3	And this today on something you should know.
1:01.0	I just learned, discover credit cards do something pretty awesome.
1:05.8	At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.
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