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Today on something you should know, your friends can make you fat and unhappy or just the opposite. Then have you ever felt stuck in your life? We all have. And there is a way to get unstuck.

Everyone has the same first question. Why am I stuck? And that's not a helpful starting point. You don't walk up to a burning building and ask why is this building on fire?

So when people start with why am I like this? They render themselves even more stuck.

Also, a simple way to slow down your eating so you eat less. And how simple even woo-woo things can affect your health. Like music, massage, visualization, even kindness.

Kindness is physiologically the opposite of stress. You know, I often ask people what do you think is the opposite of stress? And almost everyone says it's peace, it's counter-relaxation. But those things are the absence of stress. No, it's not the opposite.

All this today on something you should know.

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Something you should know, fascinating intel, the world's top experts, and practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know with Mike Karothers.

Hello there. So if I make this statement, happiness is contagious. That sounds about right? Right? It's easier to be happy when you're around other happy people.

But did you also know that obesity is contagious? First, the happiness thing. Your odds of being happy increase 15% if your friend is happy.

They increase another 10% if their friend is happy and another 6% if their friend's friend is happy.

You're happier if your friend and your friend's friends are happy. Now these are the results of a study by the Gallup Organization, and here's what else they discovered.

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