Something You Should Know about Emotions

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.
 

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 4, 2013

Interview with Judith Wright, author of the book Transformed!: The Science of Spectacular Living

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Mike Carruthers:
Ever feel like something is missing in your life?

Judith Wright:
Well I think all of us feel like some unfulfilled potential on us, some kind of nagging something, it’s something that feels like almost like an itch we’re not scratching.
 

Judith Wright

November 14, 2012

Interview with David Horsager, author of the book The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders Gain Faster Results, Deeper Relationships, and a Stronger Bottom Line

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Mike Carruthers:
Do you know people who make commitments and then flake out?

David Horsager:
Many, many, many people are making commitments, I think, without counting the costs, without thinking about really am I really going to stick with this? Or I’m just going to say it it’s so easy to say.