SomethingYouShouldKnow

Relationship Tune-Up - Part 2
December 3, 2009
Interview with Dr. Terri Orbuch, author of the book 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great
_
Mike Carruthers:
Anyone in a long-term marriage or relationship knows that over time excitement and passion decline.
Dr. Terri Orbuch:
What I encourage couples to do is add newness. We know that passion and spice is fueled by new activities and surprise.

Dr. Terri Orbuch

Dr. Terri Orbuch, author of the book 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great…

Read More...

Relationship Tune-Up

December 2, 2009

Interview with Dr. Terri Orbuch, author of 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great

_

Mike Carruthers:
When it comes to keeping a relationship fun and interesting…

Dr. Terri Orbuch:
What people forget to do is sweat the small stuff. And I know that sounds opposite to what we’ve heard about.

Dr. Terri Orbuch

Read More...

Why You Like Music

October 24, 2009

Interview with Dan Levitin author of This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

________________

Mike Carruthers:
Interesting thing about music.

Dan Levitin:
Wherever there are people there seems to be music. As far as we know every known culture on the planet today has music and that seems to have been so as far back as we know.

Dan Levitin

Customer Service In A Bad Economy

October 22, 2009

Interview with Terry Vavra, author of the book Loyalty Myths: Hyped Strategies That Will Put You Out of Businessand Proven Tactics That Really Work

__________________

Mike Carruthers:
Customer service, like so many other things, has taken a real hit because of the bad economy. Some interesting research on the Internet shows that…

Terry Vavra:
The typical U.S. company today probably has 50 to 100 times more negative word of mouth posted about it than positive.

Terry Vavra

What's Going On In Your Brain - Part 2

October 21, 2009

Interview with David Rock, author of the book Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

______________

Mike Carruthers:
If you really want to do your very best work, do it in the morning.

David Rock:
Most people only have a few hours of really, really high thinking level ability every day – it tends to be after a good rest, in the morning.

David Rock

What's Going On In Your Brain

October 20, 2009

Interview with David Rock, author of Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

_______________

Mike Carruthers:
Your brain has a bias, in a sense - in the way that it processes information.

David Rock:
Normally our attention goes to the negative unless we intervene, unless we consciously intervene and do something else.

David Rock

The Cost Of Chaos In The Workplace

October 19, 2009

Interview with Len Merson, CEO of Chaos Over, Inc.

________________

Mike Carruthers:
Disorganization in the workplace comes at a very high cost.

Len Merson:
There are studies that have been done over the last 15 years in the area of information management, all these studies have been independent of each other, but they happened to ask one question in common. The question that was asked was, “How much time does an employee spend per day looking for information they can’t locate?”

Len Merson

How To Handle Everyday Crises

October 16, 2009

Interview with Brain Tracy author of the book Crunch Point: The 21 Secrets to Succeeding When It Matters Most

______________

Mike Carruthers:
Does it ever seem like things go wrong more often for you than for everyone else? Well, that's probably not true.

Brian Tracy:
We say that life is a continuous succession of problems only broken by the occasional crisis - and that the average person will have crisis every two to three months - a personal crisis or a financial crisis.

Brian Tracy

Power Of Being Nice

October 15, 2009

Interview with Linda Kaplan Thaler author of The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness

______________

Mike Carruthers:
If you want to get ahead, is being nice a good thing or a bad thing?

Linda Kaplan Thaler:
You know, "nice" has been getting a bad rap. "Nice" is defined by people as someone who's milquetoast - you can step all over them. The fact of the matter is, it's probably the toughest four letter word you'll ever learn.