Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA
Mon, 18 Nov 2024
Maybe you’ve noticed that simply having friends has gotten expensive. Meeting for lunch, drinks after work, dinner at a restaurant can cost a lot! Interestingly, the cost of friendship is affecting the quality and quantity of friendships in a significant way. Listen as I explain. https://www.badcredit.org/studies/friendship-spending-statistics/ What are some of the traits, behaviors or practices that truly successful people do? That is a question that has been tackled by William Vanderbloemen, founder and CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group. He conducted surveys and research into the behaviors of successful people – and they are things anyone can do. Listen as he reveals what you can do starting today to stand out in a crowd. He is author of the book Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest (https://amzn.to/3CD1MD5). The website he references is www.vanderindex.com What does the CIA do exactly? From watching movies and TV, it all looks very exciting, intriguing and dangerous. Is it really? You are about to find out as you listen to my guest David McCloskey. He is a former CIA analyst who wrote regularly for the President’s Daily Brief, delivered classified testimony to Congressional oversight committees, and briefed senior White House officials, ambassadors, military officials, and Arab royalty. He also worked in CIA field stations across the Middle East. David is the author of a book called The Seventh Floor (https://amzn.to/3CBqx2t) which is a novel – about spies. If you are intrigued by the world of spies, you, you should check it out. But first listen to our conversation. It’s fascinating. Perhaps you have heard that chewing gum can improve your cognitive ability and help you do better on tests. Is it true? Sort of. It kinda depends on how you chew the gum. Listen and discover what I mean. https://www.livescience.com/17520-chewing-gum-test-performance.html PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! INDEED: Get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING Support our show by saying you heard about Indeed on this podcast. Terms & conditions apply. SHOPIFY: Sign up for a $1 per-month trial period at https://Shopify.com/sysk . Go to SHOPIFY.com/sysk to grow your business – no matter what stage you’re in! MINT MOBILE: Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month at https://MintMobile.com/something! $45 upfront payment required (equivalent to $15/mo.). New customers on first 3 month plan only. Additional taxes, fees, & restrictions apply. HERS: Hers is changing women's healthcare by providing access to GLP-1 weekly injections with the same active ingredient as Ozempic and Wegovy, as well as oral medication kits. Start your free online visit today at https://forhers.com/sysk DELL: Dell Technologies’ Early Holiday Savings event is live and if you’ve been waiting for an AI-ready PC, this is their biggest sale of the year! Tech enthusiasts love this sale because it’s all the newest hits plus all the greatest hits all on sale at once. Shop Now at https://Dell.com/deals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: Why is the cost of friendship increasing?
Today on Something You Should Know, having friends is getting so expensive that for many of us, it's affecting the friendships. Then, proven habits that will propel your success.
Here's just one. The habit is called the curious. The top performers are always more interested in others than they are in themselves. Here's the quick life hack. If you want to be interesting to people, then start being interested in those people.
Also, can chewing gum really improve your test scores? Depends on how you chew. And what really goes on at the CIA, from a true insider.
Chapter 2: What habits can lead to success?
The day-to-day work of the CIA is breaking foreign laws. It very rarely involves shooting and car crashes and all the stuff you see on TV, but at its most basic level, it's an organization committed to convincing other people to commit treason. All this today on Something You Should Know.
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Hi, welcome. Something I've noticed, perhaps you've noticed this too, but I don't hear people talking about it much. is about the high cost of going out. Going out with friends for drinks or to eat or going to a sporting event. It can all get very pricey.
And I came across this survey article on a website called badcredit.org that talks about how people are coming to terms with the fact that having and maintaining friendships is really expensive. So expensive that it affects the friendships. According to the survey, Americans spend an average of $5,184 per year on time with friends.
More than half of the survey respondents, 52%, say they consider friendship to be expensive. Not only that, but inflation is affecting social lives as well. 37% of respondents said they are neglecting their friends due to the high cost of living. And that percentage jumps to 44% for Gen Z. Friendship can also take a back burner to other major expenses such as buying a house or alleviating debt.
65%, that's two out of three people surveyed, confess to reducing social activities to focus on saving money and cutting spending. I guess the point of all this is if you've had similar thoughts that going out with your friends is taking a financial toll and maybe it's affecting your friendships, there are a lot of other people who agree with you. And that is something you should know.
You don't have to look very hard to find advice on how to be successful. Many people have become very successful selling advice on how to be successful. Today though, I'd like you to listen to some really good advice that is backed up by data, real solid data rather than opinion or just someone's personal story.
William VanderBloemen is founder and CEO of VanderBloemen Search Group, an executive search firm, and he has conducted some great research into the traits of the people who become successful. They're not traits you're born with, but rather traits you can acquire and put into action today.
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Chapter 5: What are the 12 habits of successful leaders?
Chapter 6: How does self-awareness affect success?
chances are they were looking you dead in the eye. And I think that will convey a level of authenticity that makes people go, this person's different. They authentically care about me. They're authentically interested in me. And that one little life hack, I mean, just that one twitch, just look right at their right eye.
It could make all the difference in getting ahead at whatever it is you're trying to get ahead at.
So lastly, let's talk about productivity because it's such a big buzzword now and people are always, you hear it all the time. And so what does your data say about it?
Yeah, that unicorns get stuff done the very first chance they get. It's kind of like responding the very first chance you get. The top performers, the people who stand out in any crowd are the ones who actually go to bed saying, I got something done. And that can sound pretty overwhelming. But I think that... You know, maybe the best advice I've heard is some old management advice.
And if you've got time for a quick story, years and years ago, I had a really successful business guy mentoring me and very generous.
successful business guy mentoring me and he called me and said he owned a bank and he called me and said uh come to my office i'll give you a christmas present i'm like cool and this is kind of embarrassing but the whole way there i'm like i wonder what he got me i bet it's pretty cool oh man i wonder if it's this i wonder if that very selfish thoughts sorry but that's that's where i was and i got there and he handed me a little like oh
Two by three inch day timer, really small with the bank's logo on it. Like he gives this to kids when they open a checking account. And he said, no, no, no, no. The calendar is not the gift. Here's the gift. I want you for the next year. You can do it the night before or the morning you wake up. I want you to write six objectives down.
They're going to help you move forward in wherever you're trying to move forward.
that's just six things you want to get done this day no more no less i said why he said well it's the oldest management consulting ever given it was uh one of the first management consultants ever went to jp morgan the guy before you know chase and said if you'll do this with your team you'll get more productive and it and they skyrocketed and i was like wow and he said yeah and he said if you'll do it consistently you'll be amazed how much you get done and so what do you mean he and so he opened the credenza
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