The Proven Benefits of Having More Fun & How We Tamed Electricity

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Wouldn’t it be great if you had a way to turbocharge your will power when you are faced with temptation? Well, you do have such a way. This episode begins with a simple technique that will help you resist whatever is tempting you in the moment and keep you on the straight and narrow. http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/clenched-muscles-assist-self-contro-10-10-20/ Everyone wants to be happy but being happy isn’t something you do, it's the result of doing something you enjoy. You must first have fun, then happiness follows. This is according to organizational psychologist Mike Rucker author of a book on this called The Fun Habit (https://amzn.to/3inKGPT). Listen as Mike explains why fun is the key to happiness and why so many of us struggle with the idea of just playing and having fun. He reveals how the benefits of incorporating even just a little more fun in your life can be tremendous. Mike also offers some easy strategies to carve out time for fun. And he explains why everyone can and should do that as soon as possible. The fact that we all have reliable electricity at the flip of a switch is really quite amazing when you think about it. It has only been in the last 120 years or so that having electricity in your home has been the norm. So how did scientists tame this force of nature so that it now powers so much of our lives? Here to tell the story is Kathy Joseph. She holds multiple advanced degrees in physics ad engineering and has a YouTube Channel called Kathy Loves Physics and History. https://www.youtube.com/c/KathyLovesPhysicsHistory. She is also author of the book The Lightning Tamers: True Stories of the Dreamers and Schemers Who Harnessed Electricity and Transformed Our World (https://amzn.to/3CqcyJY) Whenever you feel down or depressed, it is typically because you are regretting something in your past or you worry about something in your future – or both. Listen as I explain what you can do the next time that happens that should make you feel better in the moment. Source: Dr. Jeffrey Rossman author of The Mind-Body Solution (https://amzn.to/3QkommK) PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to https://RocketMoney.com/something ! Did you know you could reduce the number of unwanted calls & emails with Online Privacy Protection from Discover? - And it's FREE! Just activate it in the Discover App. See terms & learn more at https://Discover.com/Online Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.8	Today on something you should know, if you're having trouble resisting temptation, there's
0:36.3	a way to turbo boost your willpower. Then, if you want to be happy, maybe you should stop
0:41.8	trying to be happy and just have fun. Once you orchestrate a life where you're having
0:47.3	fun deliberately, then happiness is an amazing byproduct. It's when we kind of focus on happiness
0:54.2	that it becomes problematic because happiness is really a lagging indicator of the things that
0:58.0	are happening in our life, right? Also, some great advice for the next time you're feeling
1:02.7	a little down and how electricity got into your house. In fact, having electricity in
1:08.4	homes wasn't the initial goal. Everyone at the time who was dealing with electricity
1:14.1	thought that the real money was not an electrifying houses but in providing electric buses because
1:21.2	only the very wealthy could afford light bulbs. But many people wrote the bus. All this today
1:27.5	on something you should know. Since it's a new year, why not make this the year of
1:35.0	you? I mean, like everyone, I'm sure you have problems, concerns, feelings you don't
1:40.6	know what to do with. And a great way to really take charge and deal with those very personal
1:45.9	concerns is through therapy with talk space. Now, I decided a long time ago that rather
1:53.0	than just let life happen, you've got to take charge. And often that's hard to do all
1:58.4	by yourself. It always helps to talk with someone. And with talk space, you get a trained
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