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Something You Should Know

The Secret to Achieving Any Goal & Why We Love the Same Christmas Songs Year After Year

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It is called the “helper’s high.” It’s that feeling you get when you do something nice for someone else. It isn’t only a theory, there is solid evidence that doing the smallest thing for someone else is good for you. I’ll explore that as we begin this episode of the podcast. Achieving any goal can be tough, whether it is a New Year’s resolution or some other important goal you want to accomplish. But there is a little secret that makes achieving any goal more likely. Matthew Ferry, a top executive coach for 20+ years and author of the forthcoming book, Quiet Mind, Epic Life (due in 2018) explains how he gets people to achieve their wildest dreams. And it turns out to be pretty simple. Is there a laser pointer in your house? Sure it is fun to watch your cat chase the light – and there are even toy lasers for kids. But are they safe? Could it damage someone’s eyesight if you point it at them? Interestingly there has been a case of that happening – but only one. And there are millions of laser pointers. So what’s the deal? The answer is in this episode. Have you ever wondered why there are hardly any new Christmas songs? Why do we listen to the same old songs every year? Ronald Lankford, scholar and author of the book, Sleigh Rides, Jingle Bells & Silent Nights (http://amzn.to/2ACcGIu ) reveals why some Christmas songs are popular for decades and why we love those songs so much.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I just learned Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome.

0:05.2

At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.

0:10.7

That's right, everything you've earned doubled.

0:13.6

All the cash back from eating at your favorite soup-dumpling restaurant?

0:17.6

Doubled.

0:18.6

All the cash back from that trip you sort of learned how to snowboard?

0:22.7

Also doubled.

0:23.9

And the best part, you don't have to do anything ridiculous to get it.

0:27.5

Oh, Discover does it automatically.

0:30.5

Seriously though, see terms and check it out for yourself at Discover.com slash match.

0:37.9

Today on something you should know, how doing a small act of kindness for someone else

0:44.7

can be the best gift you ever received this Christmas.

0:48.5

Also, if you want to achieve a goal or make your New Year's resolution stick,

0:52.9

you need to understand something.

0:55.0

The moment you can accept that the way your life is now is actually good.

1:00.5

Now there's the possibility of change, but as long as you're sure that your life isn't good now

1:06.2

and it will be better later, it's not likely that you're ever going to make the changes.

1:10.4

Then what you need to know if you have a laser pointer in your house or office

1:15.6

and a fascinating look at some of your favorite Christmas songs.

1:19.7

After White Christmas, there was a deluge of Christmas songs

1:23.3

and part of the reason was because White Christmas was so popular

1:26.9

and it made a lot of money.

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