Kindness over greatness: Bradshaw, Brolin, Mel Robbins and a ten-year-old on treating people well
Terry Bradshaw explains why kindness is what moves him after three divorces and depression, ten-year-old Elton puts kindness and friendship first, Mel Robbins makes don't be a jerk one of her lessons for people in their 20s, and Josh Brolin talks about money, gratitude and treating people well. Coming from a champion, a child, a coach and an actor, the same priority offers a counterweight to measuring a life only by achievement.
What does Terry Bradshaw say is the greatest impact you can have on people? Show answer
Being nice to them. He says he has never been big on greatness because something's always going to be better.
What does Elton, ten years old, say is the most important thing in life? Show answer
Being kind, because it usually determines everything: if you're not kind, people won't want to be your friends.
How does Elton explain why kindness comes back to you? Show answer
He says it's kind of like karma: if you don't share with someone or aren't kind to them, they won't be kind to you.
What is Elton's version of the golden rule? Show answer
Treat others how they want to be treated. His example is that his mom loves being tickled and he does not.
What is Elton's pizza strategy? Show answer
When friends start trashing someone in a group chat, change the subject by asking where everyone is going for pizza tomorrow, instead of lecturing them.
What daily acts does Mel Robbins tell people in their 20s to start? Show answer
Sincerely thanking the person who hands you your coffee, holding doors open gladly, and smiling at people who walk by.
How often, in Robbins's experience, do people forgive when you apologize for past unkindness? Show answer
About 95% of the time, she says, after doing a lot of apologizing for her own 20s.
Why does Robbins say connections matter more than salary? Show answer
Because money comes from people: it's people who give you job offers, loans, promotions and connections.
What is Bradshaw's mirror evaluation? Show answer
Standing alone in front of a mirror, going through everything about yourself, good and bad, with brutal honesty, then asking how important it is to you to turn the negatives into positives.
What did Bradshaw say he would do with almost a trillion dollars? Show answer
Give away 500 billion to feed the hungry and shelter the homeless, rather than build monuments to himself.
What danger of money do Josh Brolin and Joe Rogan warn about? Show answer
That money and power can make people start treating others as beneath them, such as snapping at service workers.
What does Rogan say jiu-jitsu does for kindness? Show answer
It lets you kill your ego in the gym and be kind outside it.