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Something You Should Know

What it Really Takes To Be a Winner & What to Do About the New Culture of Rudeness

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Want to be more persuasive? There is a simple phrase or two you can add to any request that will increase the chances that almost anyone will do you the favor you ask. I’ll tell you what those phrases are. If you’ve been watching the Olympics, you’ve seen THE best athletes in the world competing against each other. So how do you get to be the best? And what separates the very best from the “pretty good?” Ashley Merryman, co-author of the book Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing (http://amzn.to/2CiopYU) reveals some fascinating stories and research that anyone can use to improve your chances of winning in whatever you choose to do. There isn’t a soul alive who hasn’t gotten an email or 2 (or thousands!) offering male enhancement pills, creams and lotions. The problem is, none of them work. And there is even a bigger problem with these fake potions. Listen to discover what it is. Are people becoming ruder? Sure seems that way to me. So where did this need to be “brutally honest” come from? Danny Wallace, author of the book F You Very Much (http://amzn.to/2HeCzxV) looks at the origins of this new lack of civility as well as what it is doing and how we can stop it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today on something you should know, there's a simple phrase you can use that will get

0:06.2

almost anyone to do almost anything for you.

0:10.1

Then understanding the science of winning and losing.

0:13.6

British researchers concluded that Homefield Advantage gave you 160% more value in negotiation.

0:20.7

I was talking to a guy and I said, you're asking your boss for a raise you should ask

0:25.2

for it in your office.

0:26.2

Anyway, no one gets to negotiate for raising their office.

0:29.8

And I said, I know exactly.

0:31.8

Plus, mail enhancement, it's a multi-million dollar business and the entire thing is a total

0:38.1

scam.

0:39.1

And why does it seem people are getting rooter and nastier?

0:42.6

There is just a sense that we all have to be heard.

0:45.4

There's a phrase people use all the time, which is, I'm only being honest, I'm just

0:49.3

saying what other people are thinking.

0:51.1

And I think you have to sort of ask yourself, why are other people only thinking it?

0:54.8

Does it need to be said?

0:56.4

All this today on something you should know.

1:01.5

I just learned, discover credit cards do something pretty awesome.

1:06.2

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

1:11.7

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

1:14.6

All the cash back from eating at your favorite soup dumpling restaurant doubled.

1:19.4

All the cash back from that trip you sort of learned how to snowboard also doubled.

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