Something You Should Know about Human Behavior

October 28, 2013

Interview with Anne Katherine, author of the book Boundaries in an Overconnected World: Setting Limits to Preserve Your Focus, Privacy, Relationships, and Sanity

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Mike Carruthers:
Everyone knows you’re not supposed to talk or text on the phone while you’re driving so why does so many people still do it?

Anne Katherine:
We’ve been trained for many, many years to respond to a telephone ring. And so if a phone rings or a text bings while you’re in your car your hand will reach for that before your mind even engages.
 

October 17, 2013

Interview with Dr. Harriet Lerner, author of the book The Dance of Fear: Rising Above Anxiety, Fear, and Shame to Be Your Best and Bravest Self

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Mike Carruthers:
A very important emotion you don't hear people talk about much is shame. 

Harriet Lerner:
Which is the fear of being seen as essentially inadequate or flawed or not worthy.
 

October 9, 2013

Interview with Jones Loflin, author of the book Getting to It: Accomplishing the Important, Handling the Urgent, and Removing the Unnecessary

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Mike Carruthers:
Do you know what your “it” is?

Jones Loflin:
“It” is your most important thing “I” “T” your important thing of the moment. And getting to it as simple as it sounds is difficult in today’s world of a lot of “something else’s”.
 

October 2, 2013

Interview with Larry Winget, author of the book Grow a Pair: How to Stop Being a Victim and Take Back Your Life, Your Business, and Your Sanity

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Mike Carruthers:
Our society has become very politically correct and some people are tired of it.

Larry Winget:
I watched a lady on television the other day that said she was tired of being called a liar she’s truth challenged. I went, “Really? You’re truth challenged? No lady if you say something that isn’t true it makes you a liar” - but see that’s considered mean and that’s harsh.