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Something You Should Know

Why Time Seems to Fly & The Secrets of How Great Teams Work Together

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In my house, whenever we turn on the microwave oven in the kitchen – it screws up the Wi-Fi. Why is that? And is there anything you can do to prevent that? We start this episode by exploring the microwave/Wi-Fi conflict. (http://io9.com/why-does-your-microwave-oven-mess-with-the-wi-fi-connec-1666117933)  Time sure flies when you are having fun. We’ve all had that experience but have you ever wondered why that is? Why should time seem to travel faster at one time and slower at other times even though time is constant? Is it possible to deliberately make time seem to move faster or slower? Alan Burdick is a staff writer and former senior editor at The New Yorker who spent 10 years researching this phenomenon. The result is his book, Why Time Flies (https://amzn.to/2rd4Rlg) . He joins me to reveal what he discovered.  If you have some vodka around the house, you should know that it is good for more than mixing cocktails. For example, it is an insect repellent and it’s great for washing windows – and that’s just the beginning! (http://mom.me/food/18977-top-10-unusual-uses-alcohol/item/washing-window/) . Listen to discover all the great uses for vodka. We all have to work in teams. Whether it is your family or a team at work or in an organization you belong to. So what is it that makes great teams work so well together? Daniel Coyle, author of the book The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups (https://amzn.to/2HCdGMe) embedded himself in some highly successful groups including the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six, Zappos, the San Antonio Spurs, and several others and he discovered what makes great teams – great. He joins me to share the secrets of highly successful teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today on something you should know, why does your microwave oven screw up your Wi-Fi?

0:07.6

And what can you do about it?

0:09.5

Then the sensation of time.

0:11.7

Sometimes it seems to go by really fast.

0:14.7

In other words,

0:15.7

Conflicts when you're having fun.

0:17.8

Right.

0:18.8

When you're having fun, you're not thinking about time.

0:20.3

So it's only afterward when the fun is over that you realize that time loop.

0:25.8

So you're never aware of time flying while you are in it.

0:29.5

Plus, Vodka is for more than making cocktails.

0:32.8

It has some wonderful uses around the house.

0:35.8

And we all have to work together in groups with other people.

0:39.3

So what is it that makes some groups great?

0:41.7

You ever see a flock of birds all moving together as one?

0:45.5

Mike, that's what great groups do.

0:47.1

That's Pixar making a moving.

0:48.4

That's the SEAL Team 6 on a mission.

0:50.0

And those three things, we're connected.

0:52.2

Word sharing accurate information.

0:54.4

And then they have direction, they have a North Star.

0:56.2

What's important?

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