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The Desire To Be Beautiful

March 28, 2013

 

Interview with Ellen Sinkman, author of the book The Psychology of Beauty: Creation of a Beautiful Self

 

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Mike Carruthers:
The desire to look beautiful and to be attractive to others – where does it come from?

 

Ellen Sinkman:
First of all I would say that normal healthy interest in beauty is what everyone hopefully has. We all want to look good for ourselves and for others.
 


Ellen Sinkman

Power Of Your Unconscious Mind - Part 2

March 27, 2013

 

Interview with Leonard Mlodinow, author of the book Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior (Vintage)

 

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Mike Carruthers:
You’d like to think that all the decisions you make each day you make on your own – but not exactly.

 

Leonard Mlodinow:
All kinds of signals are coming into your brain all the time and affecting you on a level that you’re not aware of and then changing your decisions, your perceptions, and your behavior.
 


Leonard Mlodinow

Power Of Your Unconscious Mind

March 26, 2013

 

Interview with Leonard Mlodinow, author of the book Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior (Vintage)

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Your unconscious mind is very busy.

 

Leonard Mlodinow:
About 95% of the energy that your brain uses goes toward unconscious processes. And the conscious processes only take up about 5% of your brain. So the unconscious is really what runs your body.
 


Leonard Mlodinow

The Power Of Hope - Part 2

March 14, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Shane Lopez, author of the book Making Hope Happen: Create the Future You Want for Yourself and Others

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Although they seem similar wishing and hoping are very different. What is wishing?

 

Dr. Shane Lopez:
It’s believing that the future will be better than the present and I just have to kick back and wait for it – that’s wishing.
 


Dr. Shane Lopez

The Power Of Hope

March 13, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Shane Lopez, author of the book Making Hope Happen: Create the Future You Want for Yourself and Others

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Do you consider yourself someone who has a lot of hope?

 

Dr. Shane Lopez:
Hope is the belief that the future will be better than the present coupled with the belief that you have the power to make it so.
 


Dr. Shane Lopez

Getting Things Done

March 11, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Fred Ray Lybrand, author of the book The One Success Habit: You Can't Do Without

 

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Mike Carruthers:
To be successful you have to be good at getting things done.

 

Dr. Fred Ray Lybrand:
You know most people on this planet spend a lot of energy promising, making long lists, etc and they’re in this flurry and confusion and they’re not getting done the things they mean to get done. Imagine if you had that habit in your life.
 


Dr. Fred Ray Lybrand

Psychology Of Making Changes

March 6, 2013

 

Interview with David Bedrick, author of the book Talking Back to Dr. Phil: Alternatives to Mainstream Psychology

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Making a major change in your life can be difficult and a lot of the psychological advice you hear may not help.

 

David Bedrick:
Mainstream psychology points of view say this, “What are you thinking, why don’t you do the different thing that you ought to do?” And those kind of messages usually don’t work and often make people feel ashamed and worse about themselves than better.

 


David Bedrick

How Charming Are You?

March 8, 2013

 

Interview with Brian Tracy, co-author of the book The Power of Charm: How to Win Anyone Over in Any Situation

 

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want to be successful you have to be charming.

 

Brian Tracy:
The fact is that 85% of your success or lack of success is going to be determined by your relationships with other people. And the fact is that people who are the most successful are described by others as nice people.
 


Brian Tracy

Competition - Part 2

March 5, 2013

 

Interview with Ashley Merryman, co-author of the book Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing

 

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Mike Carruthers:
A lot of the competition has been taken out of kids’ sports everyone’s a winner and no one keeps an official score.

 

Ashley Merryman:
But the kids keep score, they all know and actually the sort of illusion that everybody wins is really kind of troubling to kids.
 


Ashley Merryman

Introverts

February 25, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Laurie Helgoe, author of the book Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Believe it or not introverts make up about ½ of the population and yet…

 

Dr. Laurie Helgoe:
Our society is so programmed - get out there be with people when we take 2 seconds to think about it no that’s not the whole picture.
 


Dr. Laurie Helgoe

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