The Power of Asking the Right Questions & How to Escape the Baggage of Your Past

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Texting and driving is dangerous. Everyone know that. But why is it so much more dangerous than driving and drinking coffee or driving and talking or driving and tuning the radio? There is actually a good answer for that you need to hear so this episode starts with that. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/uoh-ass050916.php You ask questions all day long because that is how to learn and connect with others. So asking better questions will help learn and connect even better according to journalist Warren Berger author of The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead (https://amzn.to/2YI202R). Warren has studied the power of questions and when you are done listening to what he says, you’ll think more carefully about how you ask them. Women stare at attractive men just as men stare at women. But what are women looking at specifically? What body parts stand out in women’s minds? Listen and find out. http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/the-very-first-thing-women-notice-about-guys We all carry baggage from our childhood into our adult life. What we do with it will determine whether it gets in the way or allows you to live a full and productive life. Libby Gill is someone who had a lot of baggage. Today she is the head of her own executive coaching firm – she is the former head of communications and public relations for Sony, Universal, and Turner Broadcasting, and she is author of the book Traveling Hopefully, How to Lose Your Family Baggage and Jumpstart Your Life (https://amzn.to/2M9aChB). Libby joins me to tell her story and has wonderful advice for anyone who wants to shed that baggage. This Week's Sponsors -Grove. Get a 3-piece cleaning set from Mrs. Meyer’s spring scents, a free 60-day VIP membership, and a surprise bonus gift just for you when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more at www.grove.co/something -Calming Comfort. Order a Calming Comfort weighted blanket and get $15 off the displayed price when you use promo code: something15. Go to www.CalmingComfortBlanket.com. -Capital One. Go to www.CapitalOne.com. What's in your wallet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on Something You Should Know, what is it about texting and driving that makes it
0:07.0	so dangerous?
0:08.6	This will surprise you.
0:10.6	Then questions are a great way to communicate and connect if you ask the right questions.
0:16.8	One of the things that I use to measure whether a question is good or not is whether there
0:21.6	is actually curiosity behind it.
0:24.2	So you know you're asking a bad question when you don't really want to know the answer,
0:28.7	right?
0:29.7	That's not a very good question.
0:31.2	Plus, when women stare at attractive men, what is it they're staring at exactly and how
0:37.2	the baggage from your past can get in your way today if you let it?
0:42.2	My family was so full of drama and tragedy, I just kind of stayed under the radar.
0:46.7	And it took a long time to think, wow, you know, I've got something of worth to say.
0:52.0	And I've got things to do in life that are important at the very least to me.
0:56.0	Call this today on Something You Should Know.
1:25.1	Something you should know.
1:27.9	Fascinating Intel, the world's top experts and practical advice you can use in your life.
1:34.4	Today, something you should know with my carothers.
1:39.7	I welcome.
1:40.7	If you've ever texted while you were driving, even though you're not supposed to, if
1:46.1	you've ever done it, you know that it is incredibly distracting.
1:49.6	But wait, there are plenty of other things that distract us when we drive that don't
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