Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Okay good morning and
welcome to Thursday.
It's Friday and it's
also National Bow Tie Day.
It's a nod to style
and personality I guess.
I mean I don't know
are you a bow tie person?
There is a certain je ne sais quoi about
a person sporting a bow tie right?
I guess I need to pull out
the black tux again soon.
It's time.
Well either way whether you tied one on
or just admired a bow
tie, today is about flair.
And someone who knows a
lot about flair, Jack Black.
He said quote, "The greatest gift in life
is the ability to
think great thoughts and
have the strength to take action so those
thoughts become reality in this wonderful
and abundant world."
End quote.
Now these are some very
lucid thoughts from Jack.
Great achievements
always start with a dream.
So don't be afraid to dream.
Dream big then take action.
Well today's news facts and
birthdays are for August 28th.
We're going to start back in 1830.
That's when the first American built
locomotive, the Tom Thun,
well it raced a horse drawn
car from Baltimore down to Ellicott Mills
and let history record
that due to some mechanical
problems the horse won.
Then in 1980 researchers in Scotland they
performed the first
clinical full body MRI
scan and it was a medical breakthrough
that changed diagnostics forever.
Well in 1996 on this date after four
years of separation,
Charles, Prince of Wales and
then heir to the British throne and
Princess Diana, well on this
date they formally divorced.
And then lastly in
2003, prepare yourselves.
Do you remember this is the date back in
2003 when Madonna and
Britney Spears on the
MTV Music Awards, major controversy at
the time, well they actually kissed.
And Madonna actually kissed Christina
Aguilera after she kissed
Britney but the camera crew
had cut away to get
the audience's reaction.
Well I'm not sure you're going to get the
same reactions today.
We've seen way worse in
this world of social media.
Well happy birthday to you.
Today is your birthday.
You share a birthday with
country singer, Leanne Rime.
She's 43 today.
Tech executive Sheryl
Sandberg, she's 56 today.
And country singer Shania Twain is
turning the big six zero.
She's 60 which is
incredibly hard to believe.
I mean I had a poster of
Shania Twain back in the day.
Well the number one song on this date
back in 1989 was The Bat Dance by Prince.
Now I bet you forgot about this one.
This was a boundary pushing mashup that
was a chaotic, funk
packed love letter to the
Batman soundtrack.
Now if you remember it mixed all these
sounds and samples and
personas and it became one
of Prince's most
experimental number one hits.
And it didn't break any records.
It only held that top spot for one week.
Well let's go ahead and Bat Dance our way
into Stephen R. Covey's
The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective People.
And today we are learning about Covey's
sub-chapter, Synergy in Business.
And in this sub-chapter Covey illustrates
how synergy isn't
just for classrooms like
we talked about yesterday.
It's a game changer in business.
Now he underscores that when teams
operate synergistically
they exceed what any individual
could achieve.
Covey says quote synergy in a business
creates outcomes that no
single person could conceive
alone end quote.
And Covey highlights companies that
invited diverse
perspectives marketing engineering
finance to collaborate
on product development.
And he describes how these
cross-functional teams they generated
breakthroughs like innovative
features efficient
processes and creative solutions.
And Covey further says quote when
individuals bring
complementary strengths to the table
synergy amplifies their impact end quote.
Now as you would expect Covey challenges
hierarchical siloed
structures warning that
such setups stifle input and innovation.
Instead Covey advocates for open forums
brainstorming sessions and
leadership that values dissent
as much as agreement.
So Covey shares a case where a successful
synergy emerged after framing a challenge
not as quote who's right
but what's possible together.
So trust again becomes the foundation.
Covey says quote real synergy requires an
environment where
people trust one another's
intent and their ability end quote.
And in business this trust translates
into improved morale
retention and breakthrough
performance.
Kobe also emphasizes the leaders role
which is to facilitate the synergy.
Leaders must listen deeply.
They need to encourage idea sharing and
frame decisions in terms
of shared vision rather
than individual agendas.
It's less about control
and more about alignment.
OK here's your takeaway in business
synergy means combining
diverse strengths to co-create
solutions greater than
the sum of its parts.
It flourishes and trust rich environments
where teams
collaborate openly and leaders
foster unity of purpose.
So today go out there don't be afraid to
dream of doing something big.
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