Something You Should Know about Human Behavior

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.
 

February 12, 2013

Interview with Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, author of the book Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become

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Mike Carruthers:
Scientifically speaking love is the result of micro-moments of shared positivity.

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson:
We have data to suggest that the more moments like this people have in their day the healthier they become in terms of their cardiovascular functioning. And the more they grow and change and become better versions of themselves.
 

February 8, 2013

Interview with Kathryn Cramer, PhD, author of the book The

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Mike Carruthers:
Self-improvement to most people it means to identify what's wrong and work to make it better, to fix our deficits.

Kathryn Cramer:
But what are the assets? What is working, what I've done that makes progress happen? -Who I am, my talents, my capabilities and my strengths.
 

January 30, 2013

Interview with Timothy Ferris, author of the book The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want to accomplish a goal or get good at something it helps to have a real incentive.

Timothy Ferris:
Whether that’s go to the gym 3 times a week, practice the guitar twice a week, whatever it might be. Because part of the reason people take so long to learn things is the practice gets put aside so often – because people have fulltime jobs and kids and so forth.