Something You Should Know

SYSK Choice: How to Change to Reach Your Goals & What It Means to be Alive


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How can too much noise make you less generous? As we have discussed here in the past, noise levels are increasing, and all that noise can have negative effects on your health as well as your happiness. This episode starts by explaining the negative impact of too much noise and what you can do to protect yourself. https://www.sehn.org/sehn/noise-pollution-takes-toll-on-health-and-happiness-everyday-noise-can-overstimulate-the-bodys-stress-response

What is the best way to achieve a big goal? People have a lot of theories and ideas on this and there is also some pretty good research on the topic. If you want to know what the research says, listen to my guest Katy Milkman. She is a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, host of Charles Schwab’s popular economics podcast Choiceology https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1337886873?mt=2- and author of the book How to Change (https://amzn.to/3gyCGYX). Listen and you will have some new ways of thinking for the next time you want to tackle a big goal.

What is life? I am not sure we can completely answer that question in one segment of this podcast, but we can take a stab at it with my guest Sir Paul Nurse. Paul won a Nobel prize in 2001 for his work in science and he is author of the book What Is Life?: Five Great Ideas in Biology (https://amzn.to/3dVHxC5). He explains what makes something “living” and has some great insights into what life is all about and why some things are still a big mystery.

Ever have a bee that just won’t leave you alone? It could be that the bee thinks you are a flower. Listen as I explain how to make sure every bee is aware you are not a flower and how to stop them from following you around this summer. http://insects.about.com/od/antsbeeswasps/a/10-tips-to-avoid-bee-stings.htm

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