Good morning and welcome
to your morning cereal.
All right, good morning
and welcome to Monday.
I hope you had a great weekend
and your March Madness
bracket isn't fully busted
like mine probably is.
But if you did watch
some hoops this weekend,
you probably pre-celebrated one of
today's celebrations.
Number one, it's
National Chip and Dip Day.
One of my favorites
and also one of my
favorites, it's also World Math Day.
No doubt a little less tasty,
but necessary to calculate
just how many chips you ate
over the weekend.
All right, well, it's time to answer
Friday's trivia
question, the Flintstones.
The Flintstones were the
animated TV series in the 1960s
that showed its characters
smoking in early episodes.
The series was actually
sponsored by Winston cigarettes
during its first season.
I mean, come on Fred,
what were you thinking?
I mean, can you imagine Bugs or Elsa
and Anna sharing a sick?
That's crazy.
All right, well, now it's
time for the essential vitamins
in your morning cereal today's quote.
And it's from birthday
girl, Carrie Russell,
turning 50 today, the big
five-O who once said quote,
"Sometimes the bravest thing you can do
is just keep going."
End quote.
Here's your morning D code.
You validate your
effort by just showing up
when you are tired,
when you're not motivated
and you're feeling hopeless, right?
Just like Dory said, just keep swimming.
All right, well, let's
hear from the experts now.
It is time to pour in some
atomic habits by James Clear.
And today's section is called,
the real reason habits matter, okay?
Now, up to this point, Clear has
explained how habits work
and how they shape your identity.
But here he's gonna zoom out a little bit
and he answers a
little bit bigger question.
Why habits matter so
much in the first place?
And the reason isn't just
productivity or efficiency.
The real reason habits matter is that
they shape the person
that you become.
And Clear explains that
outcomes like losing weight,
earning more money or
finishing a project,
they're temporary, right?
But the habits you build
while pursuing those goals,
they often stay with you long
after that goal is achieved.
Now, Clear writes this quote,
"Success is the product of daily habits,
not once in a lifetime transformations."
End quote.
Now, that means that the
small actions we repeat each day
are far more influential
than occasional bursts of motivation.
Think about it this way,
brushing your teeth once
won't make a difference, right?
But brushing them every day for years,
well, that keeps them healthy.
And the same principle
applies to every area of life,
whether it's fitness or learning,
relationships, work and creativity.
And as you know, Clear
compares these habits
acting like compound
interest of self-improvement.
Just as money
multiplies through the interest,
habits multiply the effects
of your actions over time.
And he says, quote,
"Habits are the compound
interest of self-improvement."
End quote.
So at first, the result
seems small or even invisible,
but over months and
years, those tiny improvements,
again, they begin to stack up.
A person who reads 10 pages a day
finishes dozens of books each year.
A person who walks daily
builds a healthier lifestyle over time.
And a person who
writes a little each day,
well, eventually they
produce thousands of words
and know this, that none of
these results happen overnight,
but they become
powerful through consistency.
Clear's deeper message is that habits
are not just about achieving goals,
they're about creating the type of life
that you want to live.
When your habits align with
your values and your identity,
your improvements become
natural rather than forced.
All right, here it is.
Your Monday takeaway.
Small habits may seem
insignificant today,
but over time, they
quietly shape your entire life.
All right, friends,
whether you're celebrating
with chips and dip or
flexing your math skills today,
remember, small habits add
up to big changes over time.
All right, now the prize from
the bottom of the cereal box,
the morning cereal
trivia question of the day,
what is the name of the main continent
in the series "Game of Thrones"?
All right, hey, thanks for listening to
morning cereal today.
We will see you back here tomorrow
for the answer to the trivia question
and more sugar for the soul.
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