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Van Der Beek: Only about 10% of medical schools teach nutrition
“But are doctors trained in nutrition? Most of them are not. Last I checked, it was about 10% of medical schools.”
Sanchez: Late-term miscarriages lead to a 90% divorce rate
“Like, late-term miscarriages, you have a 90% divorce rate. 90%. And if you lose a child, it's closer to 95% as a parent.”
Alexander claims floor-sitting cultures have minimal hip and knee osteoarthritis
“Like, so, so the places in the world that spend time on the ground with regularity, where it's just normal,
They have minimal to no incidence of osteoarthritis in the hips, in the knees, pelvic floor dysfunction is like, you know, not so much a thing.”
Kennedy: Studies show financial outcome mirrors peer circle within $100,000
“Studies have shown economically, financially your circle plus or minus a 100,000 dollars is where you, you're going to end up.”
Sanchez: Your bank account matches the average of your five closest peers
“There's another statistic that shows that like if you get a group of five people that you spend the most Time with. And you analyze the bank accounts of those five people on average, your bank account will be the same.”
Senada Greca: 150 weekly exercise minutes is twice as effective as antidepressants
“Just as little as a 150 minutes a week of physical activity can have almost twice as much of the effect as an antidepressant or as a an anxiety medication can have.”
Israetel: Drinking one to two glasses of wine has almost no negative effects
“If you have one or two glasses of wine a night, most nights, Statistically, it has almost no effect on anything negative-wise.”
Galloway: 85% of US COVID stimulus was saved, not spent
“So we flushed six to seven trillion dollars into the economy, under the auspices that this is a national emergency and people that need it. 85% of it wasn't spent. So, 85% was saved, meaning five to six trillion, which is kind of like, let's flush money into t…”
Galloway Claims the Majority of Entrepreneurs Are Immigrants
“The majority of entrepreneurs are immigrants.”
Galloway: All seven Baby Bells surpassed original AT&T's value in 10 years
“When AT&T was broken up into the seven baby bells, all seven of those companies were worth more than the original AT&T within 10 years.”
Rove: Dick Cheney cast a "stupid" vote against a Nelson Mandela resolution
“Cheney was a very conservative congressman from a very conservative state, 18 years ago, and he cast some really stupid votes, like being one of three members of the House of Representatives to vote against the resolution calling on the apartheid regime of Sou…”
Sanchez: The IVF full-term pregnancy success rate is 5% or less
“It's about five percent or less actually fully takes from the extraction all the way to a full-term pregnancy.”
Peterson: Medical error is the third leading cause of death
“Also the third leading cause of death is medical error, and that's only what's actually been written down.”
Sanchez: 70-80% of female jiu-jitsu practitioners start due to sexual assault
“70 to 80% of all females who practice jujitsu have either been sexually assaulted or have known somebody who was sexually assaulted, and that was the reason they came to jujitsu.”
Sanchez: Never-Married Single Mothers Report Highest Happiness in Studies
“Single women who have never been married and have kids actually have the highest happiness as evidenced by studies.”
Adelman: The United States faces a shortage of two million electricians
“We're short two million electricians in the country. Two million.”
Herjavec: Scaled company to nearly $400M without outside capital
“I built my company to almost four hundred million with my own money. We didn't have any outside capital.”
Herjavec: Acquired 13 to 14 tech businesses with zero outside funding
“I bought 13 or 14 businesses in my tech business with no outside funding.”
Taylor: Kickstarter likely sells more comic books annually than anyone worldwide
“We don't, we can't say this for sure, but we're like almost confident that we sell more comic books on Kickstarter year than anywhere else in the world.”
Sanchez: The Brain Only Releases Momentum Dopamine After Starting Action
“The brain only releases the dopamine of momentum once you move. The brain's like, you don't get this before you do the thing. So if you're waiting for the feeling to show up before you begin, that's biologically impossible.”
Sanchez: Goldman Sachs cut the bottom 20% of employees annually
“I do look back at my days at, like, Goldman Sachs, and they cut the 20% of everybody every year.”
Jain: Bilt Secured HUD Approval to Apply Rewards Toward Down Payments
“We spent 18 months Going down to DC, spending time with the Department of Housing, with Fannie Mae, with Freddie Mac, with FHA, and all these different groups, and in October of 2019 because we started this problem, like, beginning of 2018, actually the first,…”
Sanchez: Tangible action shifts personal identity faster than positive affirmations
“Lots of studies show That when you have evidence, it changes your identity faster than if you talk positively to yourself in the mirror.”
Speech following a well-placed pause hits with 40% more impact
“Whatever comes after a well-placed pause, it actually hits with 40% more impact. And that's from real research on speech at the University of Amsterdam.”
Eyal: Elizabeth Loftus demonstrated false memories can be successfully implanted
“Elizabeth Loftus has these amazing studies where she implants memories of people going on a hot air balloon ride that never happened, and they'll describe the wind in their hair and the color of the balloon completely made up.”
Galloway: Two-thirds of Argentine employment is in government jobs
“Two-thirds of employment in Argentina is civic, is, is, is government employees.”
Galloway: All seven Baby Bells surpassed original AT&T's valuation within 10 years
“When AT&T was broken up into the seven baby bells, all seven of those companies were worth more than the original AT&T within 10 years.”
Sanchez: Studies Link Slower Speech to Higher Status and Credibility
“So studies on vocal perception show that slower, lower paced speech is actually associated with higher status and greater credibility.”
Sanchez: Modesty reduces perceived capability while self-promotion boosts hiring recommendations
“Self-promotion increased ratings of competence, intelligence, and recommendations for hiring. Slight decrease in likability if too strong, but not that much. Ingratiation and modesty increased likability, but actually didn't increase competence, reduced percei…”
Sanchez: Simultaneous reading and listening boosts memory retention by 20% to 30%
“I was reading a study the other day about how, if you want to remember things you have like a 20 to 30% increased likelihood of remembering if you listen and read.”
Sanchez: Munich study finds simple language makes speakers appear smarter and trustworthy
“So a study from the University of Munich found something really fascinating. When speakers use simple language, listeners rate them as smarter, more competent, more trustworthy. But when speakers use complicated or overly technical language, listeners assume t…”
Sanchez: UCL Found Humans Subconsciously Sync Heartbeats to Speaker Vocal Cadence
“University College London found that humans subconsciously sync their heartbeats to the rhythm of a speaker's voice.”
Sanchez: Harvard Research Shows Equal Speaking Time Builds Trust Without Agreement
“And so Harvard research shows you don't actually have to agree with somebody to build trust. You just have to share roughly equal speaking time.”
Sanchez: People Follow Recommendations 60% More Often Than Open Questions
“People follow a recommendation, 60% more often than an open-ended question.”
Serhant Reached Number One US Broker in 2019, Closing $1B Annually
“By 2019 was the number one real estate broker in the United States, right? We're doing just over a billion dollars a year without a whole lot of tools and resources.”
Sexton: 86% of people remarry within five years of divorce
“86% of people remarry within five years of their divorce.”
Sexton: Most divorce attorneys charge a $15,000 retainer to draft prenups
“To put that in perspective, the retainer most divorce lawyers take for drafting a prenup is 15,000 dollars.”
New York Magazine called Sexton the sociopath you want on your side
“Like I was described by New York Magazine as the sociopath you want on your side.”
People Wait Five Years on Average to Seek Grief Support
“The average Time. Period. That somebody reaches out for help, for grief, after somebody dies or has a living death, like, you know, they have a stroke or Alzheimer's. Five years.”
Michalowicz: SBA study shows 83% of small businesses live paycheck to paycheck
“There was a study from the SBA in conjunction with a major bank. They identified 83% of small businesses in the US. There's thirty six million of us now. Under twenty five million in revenue are considered a small business. So it's probably the majority of thi…”
Sanchez: 40 cents of every VC dollar goes to distribution
“40 cents of every dollar venture capitalists give to startups goes to distribution.”
Sanchez: Small business loans take an average of 120 days
“120 days, which is the average time that a small business loan takes”
Sanchez: Only One in 11 Small Businesses for Sale Sells Annually
“If there are 11 small businesses for sale on a street, just picture like houses, one in 11 will sell in any one year period.”
Malik: Women Orgasm 45% in First Heterosexual Encounters vs 95% in Lesbian
“When you look at first-time sex encounters, so let's say a man and a woman, 45% of the time the woman's gonna orgasm. Only 45%. If you look at a lesbian first encounter, 95% of the time they orgasm.”
Malik: Female Sexual Arousal Takes 25 Minutes on Average
“So arousal for women takes longer than men. It takes about 25 minutes on average.”
Malik: European Governments Subsidize Vacations to Boost Fertility Rates
“So in Europe, they're making decisions. They're making some legislation. I forget which country exactly where they're encouraging. They're giving incentives for people to go on vacation because vacation is stress, but not because they want people to go on vaca…”