Magic Words That Influence Others & How Feeling Healthy Makes It So
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How can washing your hands improve your mood?
Today on Something You Should Know, how washing your hands at just the right time can change your whole outlook on life. Then, how to choose and use words wisely because the right words matter.
Losing is bad. Being a loser is even worse, right? Cheating on a test is bad, but being a cheater is even worse. And so research shows that one way to get students to cheat less is just by telling them, well, you know, cheating would make them a cheater.
Also, there's an interesting way walking can improve your sleep if you do it right. And you can be healthy even if you're sick. It's all about how you adapt to the situation.
What words can influence our communication and relationships?
Healthy is really a judgment for yourself, right? Around 75 to 86% of people with a single disease, like diabetes or arthritis, actually consider their health to be positive. So do 50% of people with three diseases.
All this today on Something You Should Know.
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Hi, welcome to Something You Should Know. I hope you're having a spectacular day. But if you're not, if you're having a crappy day, if nothing is going right, I have a really good suggestion for you. And that is to wash your hands. It can actually make a difference and break a streak of bad luck. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology found that people who wash their hands for a full minute after making a mistake or experiencing some bad luck significantly increase their success rates. Washing your hands seems to send a subconscious message to the brain that you're ready to start over. Those in the experiment who washed their hands were then more likely to take chances now that they had clean hands, which increased their odds of good fortune.
And that is something you should know. Whenever you talk to people, at home or at work or in social situations, the words you choose to use make a huge difference. A difference in how people perceive you, in how influential or persuasive you are, how people remember you. And that may seem pretty obvious that the words you use matter, but there's more to that statement than you may realize. But you're about to realize it as you listen to my guest, Jonah Berger.
How can our perception of health change our well-being?
Jonah is a marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He's written some really interesting books, and his latest is called Magic Words, What to Say to Get Your Way. Hi, Jonah. So I can imagine people hearing this and thinking, well, this is really about manipulation and trickery or clever little sales tactics to maneuver people in a way you want them. But this is clearly not that. So let's start with an example. You say, and I've done this many times with my two sons, you say that telling a kid, that he or she is really smart is not a good idea. And I think this is a good example of what you're talking about. So let's start with this example. Why in the world would I not want to tell my son how smart he is?
Yeah, well, taking a step back, I think there's a difference between traits and states. And what do I mean by that? Well, a trait is something that's who you are. It's a fixed thing. A state is something that happened, right? A state is something that occurred. And so when we tell kids they're smart, that sounds like a trait. That sounds like who they are. And while that's good in some ways, it's good to be smart, it suggests you don't have to work very hard, right?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How can washing your hands improve your mood?
0:02–0:41
2
What words can influence our communication and relationships?
0:41–3:15
3
How can our perception of health change our well-being?
3:15–13:19
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How does self-rated health impact longevity?
13:19–16:38
5
Why shouldn't you label children as 'smart'?
16:38–36:06
6
What role does language play in shaping our identity?
36:06–46:08
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