Why You Get Shy (and What to do About It) & A Better Way to Make New Years Resolutions Stick

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

How can drinking hot cocoa from an orange mug taste different from drinking hot cocoa from a blue mug? I’ll explain some interesting research that shows how color affects our perception of taste. Plus, a large percentage of the population report that they are shy. In fact, almost all of us feel shy in certain situations. But why are some people more shy than others – are they born that way or is it something they learn? Most importantly, what can shy people do so that their shyness doesn’t interfere in their life or success? Bernardo Carducci, Director of the Shyness Research Institute (https://www.ius.edu/shyness/) at Indiana University Southeast and author of The Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk offers some incredible insight into becoming what he calls a successful shy person. Also, how you sign your name reveals a lot about you. Listen as I discuss a fascinating study that looked at signatures of big bosses (like Donald Trump, Barack Obama and Richard Branson, to name a few) and what their signature revealed about their personality. By now a lot of people who made New Year’s resolutions are struggling. The fact is most resolutions fail. So maybe there is a better way. Caroline Arnold, author of the book, Small Move, Change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently (http://amzn.to/2m5jOTz) reveals a simple, easy and virtually foolproof way to set and achieve a resolution - or any goal for that matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on Something You Should Know, the next time you drink hot cocoa, try it in an orange
0:07.7	mug.
0:08.7	I'll explain why.
0:10.4	Then, shyness.
0:11.4	We're all shy sometime, and for many of us, shyness is a real problem.
0:16.4	Shy people tend to walk around like they have a near in front of them all the time.
0:21.5	They are more self-conscious.
0:23.1	So when you're more self-conscious, you think, oh my god, how do I sound?
0:27.2	How do I look?
0:28.2	So that's when shy people shut themselves down.
0:31.2	Also, what does your signature say about you?
0:34.7	And a better way to make new years resolutions that really stick.
0:38.6	It's a pivotal shift in behavior.
0:41.0	It's easy, which means you know that you can do it.
0:44.3	But it's much more specific than the regular New Year's resolution, which tends to be closer
0:48.6	to a wish.
0:49.6	Something like to be organized.
0:50.6	There's actually a wish to be organized.
0:52.6	It doesn't have anything to do with specific things you're going to do.
0:56.0	All this today on Something You Should Know.
1:00.9	I just learned, discover credit cards do something pretty awesome.
1:05.7	At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.
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