Lifestyle

August 31, 2011

Interview with James Rubens, author of the book OverSuccess: Healing the American Obsession With Wealth, Fame, Power, and Perfection

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Mike Carruthers:
More than ever in our history, we are fascinated with achievement, celebrity, wealth and success.

James Rubens:
And so instead of trying to keep up with the Joneses (which are our neighbors) we're trying and failing to keep up with Brangelina and other such persons... or Bill Gates.
 

March 28, 2011

Interview with Leslie Martin, PhD, author of the book The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study

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Mike Carruthers:
You eat right, exercise, take vitamins; you do all kinds of things in order to lead a healthy life, however…

Leslie Martin, PhD:
A lot of the little picky things that people think are so important really don’t matter so much. If you focus on some of the broad traits and behaviors many of the other pieces will fall into place.
 

 April 5, 2010

Interview with Barbara Tako author of Clutter Clearing Choices: Clear Clutter, Organize Your Home & Reclaim Your Life

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Mike Carruthers: 
If you have clutter in your home or office it may be having a bigger impact on you than you realize.

Barbara Tako:
When we look at unaccomplished tasks or piles of paperwork or piles of clutter, we feel all sorts of angst and guilt about that stuff. It’s visually distracting and wearing us down.

January 7, 2010

Interview with Timothy Ferriss, author of the book The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content.

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Mike Carruthers:
We are so available to other people with cell phones and all the other technology that we don’t have a lot of uninterrupted time to focus on the task at hand.

Timothy Ferriss:
One of the biggest sources of stress (and this is measurable) is self-interruption and interruption. Looking at some of the internal audits at Morgan Stanley people are often interrupted on average every three minutes.

Timothy Ferriss

October 2, 2009
Interview with David Clarke PhD, author of the book The Total Marriage Makeover 

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Mike Carruthers:
Both men and women need to work at keeping their relationships happy, and what is it women need to work on?

David Clarke PhD:
This is a critical, critical thing that most women are lousy at – if I had to pick out one thing, it’s praising the man. Men need praise!

David Clarke PhD

September 4, 2009
Interview with Lisa Mainiero, author of The Opt-Out Revolt

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Mike Carruthers:
Because technology now allows us to do any jobs from almost anywhere, the whole idea of the nine-to-five workday is changing; and companies are now allowing more and more people flexible work schedules.

Lisa Mainiero:
Not just flexible schedules in name only - but flexible schedules where you have the option of working any time you want. And the idea here is to pay people not for face time in the office, but to pay people for productivity.

February 2, 2009
Interview with Noelle Nelson, author of Your Man is Wonderful

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want to keep your relationship happy for a long, long time…

Noelle Nelson:
A lot of it is understanding that you're attracted to someone because they have certain good qualities and that those good qualities are the very things that need to be appreciated and valued as the years go on.