1 01:00:01,250 --> 01:00:02,000 Good morning. 2 01:00:03,958 --> 01:00:06,041 And welcome to morning cereal 3 01:00:11,833 --> 01:00:13,875 Okay, good morning and welcome to Monday 4 01:00:13,875 --> 01:00:16,916 and the last day of March and we're 5 01:00:16,916 --> 01:00:18,416 moving into Q2 of the year already 6 01:00:18,416 --> 01:00:21,166 It's hard to believe but I for one am 7 01:00:21,166 --> 01:00:23,041 ready for some of those April showers to 8 01:00:23,041 --> 01:00:25,083 usher in those May flowers and 9 01:00:25,083 --> 01:00:27,416 speaking of colorful flowers today is 10 01:00:27,416 --> 01:00:30,041 National Crayola Crayon Day and 11 01:00:30,208 --> 01:00:33,000 Apparently there are over 400 colors. 12 01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:35,583 Here are some of the more colorful names 13 01:00:35,583 --> 01:00:37,208 of colors Crayola has created 14 01:00:37,333 --> 01:00:39,666 Inchworm, Jazberry 15 01:00:39,666 --> 01:00:41,416 Jam, Macaroni and Cheese, 16 01:00:42,208 --> 01:00:44,500 Razzmatazz and Fuzzy Wuzzy. 17 01:00:44,875 --> 01:00:45,958 I thought that one was a bear 18 01:00:46,541 --> 01:00:50,083 Well today is also National Bunsen Burner 19 01:00:50,083 --> 01:00:51,750 Day and it's celebrating science 20 01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:54,833 But be careful when using Bunsen burners 21 01:00:54,833 --> 01:00:56,625 and don't get too close or there is a 22 01:00:56,625 --> 01:00:57,666 potential you may 23 01:00:57,666 --> 01:00:59,875 accidentally burn off your 24 01:01:00,125 --> 01:01:02,916 Eyelashes now I may or may not be 25 01:01:02,916 --> 01:01:04,750 speaking from personal experience here. 26 01:01:04,750 --> 01:01:05,750 I'm just trying to 27 01:01:05,750 --> 01:01:06,958 provide a public service 28 01:01:07,875 --> 01:01:10,000 And lastly, it's American Crossword 29 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,541 Puzzle Week. Likely one of those Crayola 30 01:01:12,541 --> 01:01:13,625 crown colors will turn 31 01:01:13,625 --> 01:01:14,458 up in one of the puzzles 32 01:01:15,041 --> 01:01:16,916 Well, our quote today is from Ewan 33 01:01:16,916 --> 01:01:18,875 McGregor and one of his famous 34 01:01:18,875 --> 01:01:20,375 characters, Obi-Wan Kenobi 35 01:01:20,666 --> 01:01:23,375 He is also likely in a crossword puzzle 36 01:01:23,375 --> 01:01:24,333 given how he spells the 37 01:01:24,333 --> 01:01:25,541 first two words of his name 38 01:01:25,666 --> 01:01:29,166 But Ewan McGregor said quote "Then one 39 01:01:29,166 --> 01:01:31,791 day when you least expect it the great 40 01:01:31,791 --> 01:01:32,875 adventure finds you" 41 01:01:33,250 --> 01:01:35,083 And I don't know about you 42 01:01:35,083 --> 01:01:36,708 But sometimes I feel like I'm still 43 01:01:36,708 --> 01:01:38,666 waiting for that great adventure to find 44 01:01:38,666 --> 01:01:41,291 me and then I think I'm living it 45 01:01:41,375 --> 01:01:44,333 I'm smack dab right in the middle of it 46 01:01:44,583 --> 01:01:46,500 Well today's news facts and birthdays are 47 01:01:46,500 --> 01:01:48,958 for March 31st and we're gonna go back to 48 01:01:49,875 --> 01:01:53,333 1889 when on this date the Eiffel Tower 49 01:01:53,333 --> 01:01:56,291 officially opened for dignitaries and an 50 01:01:56,291 --> 01:01:57,583 award ceremony in Paris 51 01:01:58,125 --> 01:02:01,500 Now the Eiffel Tower is 300 meters high 52 01:02:01,500 --> 01:02:03,583 and it held the record for the tallest 53 01:02:03,583 --> 01:02:05,666 man-made structure for over 41 years 54 01:02:06,166 --> 01:02:07,166 then moving up to 55 01:02:07,583 --> 01:02:10,541 1985 on this date the first edition of 56 01:02:11,166 --> 01:02:13,666 WrestleMania was held in New York now. No 57 01:02:13,666 --> 01:02:15,041 doubt. I saw this at some 58 01:02:15,041 --> 01:02:16,791 point given it was headlined by 59 01:02:17,083 --> 01:02:20,500 Mr. T and Hulk Hogan along with Rowdy 60 01:02:20,500 --> 01:02:23,416 Roddy Piper and Mr. Wonderful and that's 61 01:02:23,416 --> 01:02:24,541 a different Mr. Wonderful than 62 01:02:24,541 --> 01:02:25,750 maybe you guys all know today 63 01:02:26,333 --> 01:02:28,916 Then in 1999 on this date one of my 64 01:02:28,916 --> 01:02:30,083 favorite sci-fi movies 65 01:02:30,083 --> 01:02:31,416 of all time was released 66 01:02:31,416 --> 01:02:32,500 It was The Matrix 67 01:02:33,250 --> 01:02:34,958 Well, happy birthday to you if today is 68 01:02:34,958 --> 01:02:36,708 your birthday you share a birthday with 69 01:02:36,708 --> 01:02:38,750 our only hope Ewan 70 01:02:38,750 --> 01:02:40,833 McGregor. He's 54 today 71 01:02:41,333 --> 01:02:43,583 self-proclaimed inventor of the internets 72 01:02:44,041 --> 01:02:46,333 Al Gore he's 77 and 73 01:02:46,375 --> 01:02:48,916 Actor who just can't get enough cowbell. 74 01:02:48,916 --> 01:02:50,000 That's Christopher 75 01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,833 Walken. He's 82 today and 76 01:02:52,833 --> 01:02:54,541 the number one song on this date back in 77 01:02:55,083 --> 01:02:57,541 1988 was Man in the Mirror by Michael 78 01:02:57,541 --> 01:03:00,250 Jackson and this song was the fourth of 79 01:03:00,250 --> 01:03:01,791 five total number one hits 80 01:03:01,791 --> 01:03:03,916 from Michael's bad album and 81 01:03:03,916 --> 01:03:05,583 this song Man in the Mirror was actually 82 01:03:05,583 --> 01:03:08,583 the final song added to the album and 83 01:03:08,583 --> 01:03:11,166 In fact an instrumental version of Man in 84 01:03:11,166 --> 01:03:12,958 the Mirror played at Michael's funeral 85 01:03:13,833 --> 01:03:16,166 Interestingly the same choir that sang in 86 01:03:16,166 --> 01:03:18,666 this song also sang in Madonna's like a 87 01:03:18,666 --> 01:03:21,666 prayer and Rick Astley's cry for help 88 01:03:22,458 --> 01:03:25,625 Well speaking of cries for help, well, 89 01:03:25,625 --> 01:03:26,916 maybe just a cry for some 90 01:03:26,916 --> 01:03:28,791 very healthy self-improvement 91 01:03:29,125 --> 01:03:30,916 Let's get you ready for this week with my 92 01:03:30,916 --> 01:03:34,125 takeaways from chapter 8 of part 4 of 93 01:03:34,125 --> 01:03:35,291 Dale Carnegie's How to Win 94 01:03:35,291 --> 01:03:36,458 Friends and Influence People 95 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:38,791 and in this chapter entitled 96 01:03:39,125 --> 01:03:41,500 Make the Fault Seem Easy to Correct 97 01:03:42,083 --> 01:03:44,208 Carnegie right away points out that 98 01:03:44,208 --> 01:03:45,833 through encouraging others 99 01:03:45,833 --> 01:03:47,208 that act of encouragement 100 01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:50,458 That provides hope and it plants those 101 01:03:50,458 --> 01:03:52,000 seeds of wanting to 102 01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:53,208 excel in the other person 103 01:03:53,833 --> 01:03:56,041 Carnegie says that if we tell people they 104 01:03:56,041 --> 01:03:57,666 are doing something all wrong 105 01:03:57,916 --> 01:03:59,583 That they're stupid or 106 01:03:59,583 --> 01:04:00,708 they're dumb at something 107 01:04:00,708 --> 01:04:03,208 Then we are robbing them of all the 108 01:04:03,208 --> 01:04:05,583 incentive to try and prove at it 109 01:04:05,750 --> 01:04:08,166 Instead Carnegie says quote be liberal 110 01:04:08,166 --> 01:04:09,375 with your encouragement 111 01:04:09,500 --> 01:04:12,500 Make the thing seem easy to do let the 112 01:04:12,500 --> 01:04:14,666 other person know that you have faith in 113 01:04:14,666 --> 01:04:16,416 his or her ability to do it 114 01:04:16,458 --> 01:04:17,375 end quote 115 01:04:17,958 --> 01:04:20,958 Carnegie points to Lao Thomas who applied 116 01:04:20,958 --> 01:04:22,541 this philosophy by giving a 117 01:04:22,541 --> 01:04:24,625 person quote confidence and 118 01:04:25,125 --> 01:04:26,583 Inspiring a person with 119 01:04:26,583 --> 01:04:28,166 quote courage and faith 120 01:04:28,875 --> 01:04:31,041 Carnegie gives a couple of stories about 121 01:04:31,041 --> 01:04:33,083 how giving someone confidence and 122 01:04:33,083 --> 01:04:35,833 minimizing the task had positive outcomes 123 01:04:36,583 --> 01:04:39,041 From a man's learning to dance being told 124 01:04:39,041 --> 01:04:41,000 he had natural rhythm instead of being 125 01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:42,583 told that they needed to 126 01:04:42,583 --> 01:04:43,541 start over from scratch 127 01:04:43,958 --> 01:04:47,083 To Carnegie himself learning to play card 128 01:04:47,083 --> 01:04:49,000 games because someone told 129 01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:50,583 him he would be a natural at it 130 01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:53,125 to a final story that Carnegie talks 131 01:04:53,125 --> 01:04:54,833 about about a child 132 01:04:54,833 --> 01:04:56,625 that had been told and 133 01:04:56,625 --> 01:04:59,541 Labeled as a brain damaged child from a 134 01:04:59,541 --> 01:05:01,666 very young age following a car accident 135 01:05:01,666 --> 01:05:03,416 and his classmates 136 01:05:03,416 --> 01:05:04,583 called him Frankenstein 137 01:05:04,916 --> 01:05:07,875 Well that child's father took it upon 138 01:05:07,875 --> 01:05:09,625 himself to work with the boy who? 139 01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:12,166 When he discovered he could actually 140 01:05:12,166 --> 01:05:14,416 learned and was not actually brain 141 01:05:14,416 --> 01:05:16,291 damaged the boy eventually 142 01:05:16,500 --> 01:05:17,750 excelled in school 143 01:05:18,166 --> 01:05:21,083 All of that because he gave his son hope 144 01:05:21,083 --> 01:05:22,958 he made him believe in himself 145 01:05:23,958 --> 01:05:25,333 Carnegie says quote if you 146 01:05:25,333 --> 01:05:27,250 want to help others to improve 147 01:05:27,708 --> 01:05:30,333 Remember his principle number eight which 148 01:05:30,333 --> 01:05:32,791 is use encouragement 149 01:05:33,250 --> 01:05:36,125 Make the fault seem easy to correct 150 01:05:36,958 --> 01:05:39,125 Now as I send you on your way today 151 01:05:39,125 --> 01:05:40,708 remember to be careful 152 01:05:40,708 --> 01:05:42,083 with those buns and burners 153 01:05:42,500 --> 01:05:45,125 I want everyone and everyone's eyelashes 154 01:05:45,125 --> 01:05:47,833 safely to come back tomorrow. 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