{"id":2963,"date":"2018-03-15T00:04:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T07:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2020-09-04T11:17:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T18:17:08","slug":"156-how-to-craft-a-luckier-life-why-you-tell-yourself-stories-that-arent-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/156-how-to-craft-a-luckier-life-why-you-tell-yourself-stories-that-arent-true\/","title":{"rendered":"156 How to Craft a Luckier Life &#038; Why You Tell Yourself Stories That Aren\u2019t True"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1599243423588{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=WWO7193751900\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1521098225038{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<div class=\"form-group\">\n<div id=\"ember4549\" class=\"ember-view card-header\">\n<p>People hate unsolicited advice \u2013 and they seldom follow it. Still, that doesn\u2019t stop us from dishing it out to those we are trying to help.\u00a0Well maybe there is a better and more effective way to influence people other than just telling them what we think they should do. I\u2019ll tell you what it is. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/do-the-right-thing\/201407\/giving-people-advice-rarely-works-does\">https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/do-the-right-thing\/201407\/giving-people-advice-rarely-works-does<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some people have all the luck. But why? Why are some people luckier than others? Can you create a <!--more--> life that\u00a0has more luck in it? Can you be one of those people that other people think of as lucky? Absolutely, says Janice Kaplan. Janice is the former Editor-in-Chief of Parade magazine and her new book is called, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Dp0wiH\">How Luck Happens: Using the Science of Luck to Transform Work, Love, and Life<\/a>. Janice joins me to discuss how luck really works and how anyone can craft a luckier life.<\/p>\n<p>Organic onions, swordfish and gluten-free muffins are just 3 things you shouldn\u2019t buy at the supermarket if you want to save money. I\u2019ll explain why and give you a few other things NOT to buy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mc3cb.com\/pdf_nutrition_articles\/2011_3_8_7%20Worst%20Supermarket%20Rip.pdf\">http:\/\/www.mc3cb.com\/pdf_nutrition_articles\/2011_3_8_7%20Worst%20Supermarket%20Rip.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Has this ever happened\u2026? You send an email or leave a voicemail for someone to get back to you \u2013 but they don\u2019t.\u00a0As a result, you start to imagine why they don\u2019t. And the why is usually a negative story. Why do we do this?\u00a0And how can we stop doing that? Scott Gortno is a therapist and author of the book ,<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2DjTHix\"> The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Stop Jumping to Conclusions. Free Yourself from Anxiety. Transform Your Relationships<\/a>.\u00a0Listen as he explains this interesting quirk in human behavior and why it gets us into trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Please support this podcast by subscribing and telling your friends. To subscribe on iTunes so you never miss an episode. Here is the link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/something-you-should-know\/id1150124880\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/something-you-should-know\/id1150124880<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1521096472290{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source for story about unsolicited advice: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/do-the-right-thing\/201407\/giving-people-advice-rarely-works-does\">https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/do-the-right-thing\/201407\/giving-people-advice-rarely-works-does<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazon link for Janice Kaplan book, How Luck Happens: Using the Science of Luck to Transform Work, Love, and Life: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Dp0wiH\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Dp0wiH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source for story about 3 things you shouldn\u2019t buy at the supermarket if you want to save money: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mc3cb.com\/pdf_nutrition_articles\/2011_3_8_7%20Worst%20Supermarket%20Rip.pdf\">http:\/\/www.mc3cb.com\/pdf_nutrition_articles\/2011_3_8_7%20Worst%20Supermarket%20Rip.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazon link for Scott Gortno book,\u00a0The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Stop Jumping to Conclusions. 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Transform Your Relationships:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2DjTHix\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2DjTHix<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][mk_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/janice-kaplan-.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; title=&#8221;Janice Kaplan&#8221; caption_location=&#8221;outside-image&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][mk_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/janice-kaplan-bk.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Dp0wiH&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; title=&#8221;Click to Buy on Amazon&#8221; caption_location=&#8221;outside-image&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space][mk_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sg.png&#8221; image_size=&#8221;large&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; title=&#8221;Scott Gortno&#8221; caption_location=&#8221;outside-image&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][mk_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/scott-g-bk.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/amzn.to\/2DjTHix&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; title=&#8221;Click to Buy on Amazon&#8221; caption_location=&#8221;outside-image&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1599243423588{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1521098225038{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] People hate unsolicited advice \u2013 and they seldom follow it. Still, that doesn\u2019t stop us from dishing it out to those we are trying to help.\u00a0Well maybe there is a better and more effective way to influence people other than just telling them what we think they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2963"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5715,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions\/5715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingyoushouldknow.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}