Sometimes all it takes is one little fact or one little piece of wisdom to change your life forever. That's the purpose and the hope of "Something You Should Know." In each episode, host Mike Carruthers interviews top experts in their field to bring you fascinating information and advice to help you save time and money, advance in your career, become wealthy, improve your relationships and help you simply get more out of life. In addition, Mike uncovers and shares short, engaging pieces of "intel" you can use to make your life better - today. Right now.
1020 episodes transcribedThere is only one right way to build a fire. It has always been this way and it is unlikely anyone will ever come up with a better way. Interestingly,...
Want to feel REALLY good? Watch this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHiKxytbCWk. It’s a dull and boring video about folding towels and...
When you search for something in Google does it matter what order you put the words in? What about punctuation – does that matter? We start this episo...
Do nice guys finish last? Sure, there are a lot of successful nice guys but there are a lot of successful jerks too. So which is it? The answer may ac...
Humans are programmed to flirt. It’s the beginning of the process that keeps the species going forward. And while some people are clearly better at th...
Ever feel good about saving a spider because you took it out of your house and put it outside rather than killing it? It seems like a noble thing to d...
Mental health is complicated. But there are some things that can trigger depression in almost anyone. I begin this episode with a list of things that...
When you sit down to eat, several things affect how MUCH you eat and how much you enjoy the food. I begin this episode by revealing how the environmen...
Does having more sex make a couple happier – or is it just that happier couples have more sex? We begin this episode by looking at which is the cause...
Years ago coffee was called “The Think Drink” in a marketing campaign. Those were the golden days of coffee. Later coffee was demonized as something t...
No one likes getting a shot at the doctor’s office. But there is something you can do to ease the pain. We begin this episode with a little strategy t...
You know what is one of the most common decorating mistakes people make? It is hanging art on the walls incorrectly – usually too high. I’ll explain a...
When you have a meeting it is usually sitting down in an office at a table. That just may be one of the worst ways to conduct a meeting and maybe it i...
What is the stronger motivator – reward or punishment? In other words, does hurt more to lose something than it feels good to gain something? We start...
What color lipstick makes a woman most attractive? Do women prefer a beard on a man or not? What can anyone do to make themselves more attractive? We...
The more decisions you make during the day, the worse you get at it. It’s called “decision fatigue” and everyone gets it. Listen as we begin this epis...
In my house, whenever we turn on the microwave oven in the kitchen – it screws up the Wi-Fi. Why is that? And is there anything you can do to prevent...
When you go grocery shopping it is hard to resist the urge to buy things you know you shouldn’t. Temptation is down every aisle! So what can you do? T...
One way to blow your credibility in any conversation or in anything you write is to misuse or mispronounce words or phrases. So this episodes starts w...
Of course you know better than to talk on your phone while driving – but you should also tell other people in the car to stay off their phones as well...
