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Something You Should Know about Human Behavior

What Do Other People Think Of You?

August 6, 2012

 

Interview with Sara Canaday, author of the book You -- According to Them: Uncovering the blind spots that impact your reputation and your career

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Do you really want to know what other people think of you? Maybe not.

 

Sara Canaday:
I think that is exactly why people don’t do it more often. It’s hard to hear some very candid advice about how we might be coming across.
 
Sara Canaday

The Magic Of Listening

July 30, 2012

 

Interview with Mark Goulston, author of the book Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Listening may be one of the best and underutilized ways to really connect with someone.

 

Mark Goulston:
I think a key prerequisite though is you actually have to care about other people as opposed to just try to maneuver them to do a deal.
 
Mark Goulston M.D.

How Do You Deal With Anger?

July 27, 2012

 

Interview with John Lee, author of the book The Anger Solution: The Proven Method for Achieving Calm and Developing Healthy, Long-Lasting Relationships

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Funny thing about anger - people get angry all the time and yet…

 

John Lee:
The words you will very seldom ever hear a lover, a wife, a spouse, a boss or an employee ever say to anybody is, “I’m angry”
 

 

 


John Lee

Resilience

July 18, 2012

 

Interview with Andrew Zolli, author of the book Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back

 

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Mike Carruthers:
When faced with a challenge or a defeat do you quit or are you resilient and bounce back?

 

Andrew Zolli:
You know resilience is much more wide spread than some of our popular literature might suggest. You might think that everyone who experiences a trauma basically falls over and is paralyzed by it but that’s actually not what happens.
 
Andrew Zolli

Resilience Part 2

July 19, 2012

 

Interview with Andrew Zolli, author of the book Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back

 

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Mike Carruthers:
How well you cope or don’t cope with life’s difficulties has to do with your beliefs.

 

Andrew Zolli:
Social scientists have a research field called hardiness research in which they actually study people who are innately resistant to the effects of trauma.
 
Andrew Zolli

Thinking Like An Athlete To Achieve Your Goals

July 16, 2012

 

Interview with Randy Friedman, author of the book The Athletic Mindset - Three Tools for Success

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Mike Carruthers:
If you approach your goals the way an athlete does the results can be amazing.

 

Randy Friedman:
Every great athlete lives for the ball, they want the ball, they want to go for the goal line – they want to score. We all have that inside of us be just tap into it differently.
 
Randy Friedman

When People Speak Up At Work

July 12, 2012

 

Interview with David Gebler, author of the book The 3 Power Values: How Commitment, Integrity, and Transparency Clear the Roadblocks to Performance

 

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Mike Carruthers:
In organizations sometimes good people do bad things if they feel slighted, ignored or mistreated.

 

David Gebler:
Every organization has potential to have some bad in it - both bad apples as well as circumstances that could cause people to do bad things.
 
David Gebler

Problems With Being Connected 24/7

July 5, 2012

 

Interview with Gayatri Devi, M.D., author of the book A Calm Brain: Unlocking Your Natural Relaxation System

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Being so electronically connected as we are today causes a lot of anxiety and stress as we rush around trying to keep up with everything and everyone.

 

Gayatri Devi, M.D.:
And what I’m trying to say is you can be successful and you can still be in a place of much less stress by just incorporating small things into your daily life.
 
Gayatri Devi, M.D.

Where Your Ideas & Beliefs Come From

June 29, 2012

 

Interview with Richard Brodie, author of the book Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme

 

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Mike Carruthers:
We all like to believe we think for ourselves. But do we?

 

Richard Brodie:
A lot of the things we think of as being our own original ideas aren't really that way at all. We catch them from somewhere; we catch them from our upbringing, from TV.
 
Richard Brodie

How Honest Are You?

June 25, 2012

 

Interview with Dan Ariely, author of the book The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone---Especially Ourselves

 

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Mike Carruthers:
While most of us like to think of ourselves as honest almost everyone is slightly dishonest.

 

Dan Ariely:
We think to ourselves that as long as we’re slightly dishonest we’re OK. You know you could go over the speed limit a little bit, we can add a few extra receipts to our tax return.
 
Dan Ariely


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