1 01:00:01,250 --> 01:00:02,000 Good morning. 2 01:00:03,958 --> 01:00:06,041 And welcome to your morning cereal. 3 01:00:12,291 --> 01:00:14,333 All right, well, good morning. It's the 4 01:00:14,333 --> 01:00:18,000 first day of 2025, January 1st. 5 01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:19,375 Hope you guys had a great night last 6 01:00:19,375 --> 01:00:20,958 night. I'm not sure if you 7 01:00:20,958 --> 01:00:22,291 stayed up the whole night or not. 8 01:00:22,791 --> 01:00:24,416 I know in my family we've got some young 9 01:00:24,416 --> 01:00:25,541 ones, so we haven't always 10 01:00:25,541 --> 01:00:27,333 stayed up till a 12-hour time, 11 01:00:27,333 --> 01:00:29,166 but we definitely made it up to watch the 12 01:00:29,166 --> 01:00:31,041 New Year's ball drop in New York. So, 13 01:00:31,500 --> 01:00:33,041 happy New Year to you guys. Hope you're 14 01:00:33,041 --> 01:00:34,666 having a great day, great 15 01:00:34,666 --> 01:00:36,083 morning this morning as well. 16 01:00:36,583 --> 01:00:38,625 I just love how the New Year makes you 17 01:00:38,625 --> 01:00:39,958 feel like there's a new start 18 01:00:39,958 --> 01:00:41,291 and a new chance to have the 19 01:00:41,416 --> 01:00:43,333 best year of your life, right? Doing all 20 01:00:43,333 --> 01:00:44,125 these things that you 21 01:00:44,125 --> 01:00:46,208 wanted to do. Well, you can, 22 01:00:46,208 --> 01:00:47,916 and this is the year you can do it in. 23 01:00:48,583 --> 01:00:49,583 And if not, you can 24 01:00:49,583 --> 01:00:50,625 definitely watch some really good 25 01:00:50,625 --> 01:00:51,958 football in the coming days and weeks. 26 01:00:52,708 --> 01:00:54,125 But seriously, happy New 27 01:00:54,125 --> 01:00:55,500 Year to you. I really do 28 01:00:55,500 --> 01:00:57,458 hope you and your family have a great 29 01:00:57,458 --> 01:00:59,708 year ahead. You're already off to a great 30 01:00:59,708 --> 01:01:00,500 start because you're 31 01:01:00,500 --> 01:01:02,916 joining us here on Morning Serial. Okay, 32 01:01:03,125 --> 01:01:04,000 well, let's jump into the 33 01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:04,958 first quotes of the year. 34 01:01:05,625 --> 01:01:07,666 One fun, nostalgic quote, and then a 35 01:01:07,666 --> 01:01:09,333 second quote to tease our book review 36 01:01:09,333 --> 01:01:10,125 later in the episode. 37 01:01:10,916 --> 01:01:12,750 Now, I really hope one of the quotes will 38 01:01:12,750 --> 01:01:13,458 speak to you and 39 01:01:13,458 --> 01:01:14,958 kickstart your day in a positive 40 01:01:14,958 --> 01:01:17,416 direction. As usual, I really hope one of 41 01:01:17,416 --> 01:01:18,708 the quotes will speak to 42 01:01:18,708 --> 01:01:19,958 you and kickstart your day 43 01:01:19,958 --> 01:01:22,583 in a positive direction. All right, 44 01:01:22,583 --> 01:01:23,291 here's the first quote. 45 01:01:23,750 --> 01:01:25,625 Quote, "Don't you just love the New 46 01:01:25,625 --> 01:01:27,375 Year? You get to start all over. 47 01:01:27,916 --> 01:01:30,041 Everybody gets a second chance." End 48 01:01:30,041 --> 01:01:31,958 quote. Well, that's basically 49 01:01:31,958 --> 01:01:33,500 what I was just saying. So yes, 50 01:01:33,833 --> 01:01:36,083 Lieutenant Dan from Forrest Gump, I do 51 01:01:36,083 --> 01:01:36,875 love the New Year's. 52 01:01:37,041 --> 01:01:38,916 It always does feel like a fresh start. 53 01:01:39,833 --> 01:01:40,916 Okay, and today's teaser 54 01:01:40,916 --> 01:01:42,583 quote from the book review is, 55 01:01:42,625 --> 01:01:44,666 "I consider my ability to arouse 56 01:01:44,666 --> 01:01:47,125 enthusiasm among my people the greatest 57 01:01:47,125 --> 01:01:49,291 asset I possess." And as 58 01:01:49,291 --> 01:01:51,125 usual, we'll unpack that here in a minute 59 01:01:51,125 --> 01:01:52,083 during the book review 60 01:01:52,083 --> 01:01:53,833 segment. But first, let's jump 61 01:01:53,833 --> 01:01:55,541 into our usual dose of historic and 62 01:01:55,541 --> 01:01:57,541 nostalgic facts from this day in history. 63 01:01:58,458 --> 01:02:00,333 Okay, today's news facts 64 01:02:00,375 --> 01:02:03,458 are for January 1st. Okay, we're going to 65 01:02:03,458 --> 01:02:04,791 start way back today in 66 01:02:04,791 --> 01:02:07,375 1710. That's when a Parisian 67 01:02:07,375 --> 01:02:10,333 merchant named Jean Marius obtained a 68 01:02:10,333 --> 01:02:12,458 five-year royal privilege for his 69 01:02:12,458 --> 01:02:14,041 invention of a folding 70 01:02:14,041 --> 01:02:16,541 umbrella. It was the first one in Europe. 71 01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:18,250 However, the origin of the 72 01:02:18,250 --> 01:02:19,541 umbrella was in China over 73 01:02:19,541 --> 01:02:22,208 3,500 years ago. Okay, jumping up to 74 01:02:22,208 --> 01:02:25,250 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the 75 01:02:25,250 --> 01:02:26,625 Emancipation Proclamation 76 01:02:27,125 --> 01:02:29,125 that freed slaves in the US Confederate 77 01:02:29,125 --> 01:02:32,125 States. Then in 1892, 78 01:02:32,458 --> 01:02:34,416 Ellis Island opened up as a US 79 01:02:34,416 --> 01:02:36,708 immigration inspection station. It would 80 01:02:36,708 --> 01:02:38,750 go on to be the gateway into the US for 81 01:02:38,750 --> 01:02:39,750 more than 12 million 82 01:02:39,875 --> 01:02:44,750 people. In 1896, German physicist Wilhelm 83 01:02:44,750 --> 01:02:48,083 Rötgen, I know I'm saying that one 84 01:02:48,083 --> 01:02:50,500 wrong, Wilhelm Röntgen 85 01:02:51,250 --> 01:02:53,666 announces his discovery of x-rays, 86 01:02:53,666 --> 01:02:54,750 although he actually made 87 01:02:54,750 --> 01:02:56,458 the discovery on November 8th 88 01:02:56,708 --> 01:02:59,291 with an x-ray of his wife's hand. Then in 89 01:02:59,291 --> 01:03:00,791 1902, the very first 90 01:03:00,791 --> 01:03:02,750 Rose Bowl game was played at 91 01:03:02,750 --> 01:03:04,625 Tournament Park in Pasadena, California. 92 01:03:05,416 --> 01:03:06,875 Although it wasn't much of a game, 93 01:03:06,875 --> 01:03:07,875 Michigan beat Stanford 94 01:03:08,041 --> 01:03:11,166 49 to 0. The Rose Bowl would eventually 95 01:03:11,166 --> 01:03:12,833 become an annual event in 96 01:03:12,833 --> 01:03:17,916 1916. Okay, in 1942, the 26 allied 97 01:03:17,916 --> 01:03:20,041 countries from World War II, they 98 01:03:20,041 --> 01:03:21,208 declared themselves the 99 01:03:21,208 --> 01:03:24,750 United Nations. In 1995, the 100 01:03:24,791 --> 01:03:26,625 World Trade Organization was formally 101 01:03:26,625 --> 01:03:28,708 established. It's the only organization 102 01:03:28,708 --> 01:03:29,791 dealing with the rules 103 01:03:29,791 --> 01:03:32,875 of trade between nations. And then 104 01:03:32,875 --> 01:03:35,750 lastly, on this day in 2002, the Euro, 105 01:03:36,125 --> 01:03:37,375 the monetary unit of the 106 01:03:37,375 --> 01:03:39,416 European Union, was introduced with the 107 01:03:39,416 --> 01:03:40,958 issuance of both currency and 108 01:03:40,958 --> 01:03:42,958 coins. I cannot believe that 109 01:03:42,958 --> 01:03:46,208 was 23 years ago. All right, well, moving 110 01:03:46,208 --> 01:03:47,333 on to birthdays, happy 111 01:03:47,333 --> 01:03:49,041 birthday if today is your birthday. 112 01:03:49,500 --> 01:03:51,000 This is kind of a rare birthday, 113 01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:51,833 especially if you are 114 01:03:51,833 --> 01:03:53,125 competing to be the first baby of the 115 01:03:53,166 --> 01:03:55,500 new year. Well, it's another shortlist 116 01:03:55,500 --> 01:03:56,666 today, but you share a 117 01:03:56,666 --> 01:03:58,666 birthday with a famous classical 118 01:03:58,666 --> 01:04:02,541 German composer Johann Christian Bach. He 119 01:04:02,541 --> 01:04:05,750 was born in 1782. J. Edgar 120 01:04:05,750 --> 01:04:07,708 Hoover, he was born in 1895. 121 01:04:08,208 --> 01:04:11,041 As the director of the FBI from 1924 to 122 01:04:11,041 --> 01:04:13,250 1972, Hoover was 123 01:04:13,250 --> 01:04:14,833 responsible for building out the 124 01:04:14,833 --> 01:04:17,750 Federal Bureau of Investigation. And then 125 01:04:17,750 --> 01:04:19,708 lastly, my grandfather Bill 126 01:04:19,708 --> 01:04:21,166 Knight, who passed away years 127 01:04:21,250 --> 01:04:25,750 ago, he was born on this date in 1931. We 128 01:04:25,750 --> 01:04:26,541 still miss you, Papa. 129 01:04:27,750 --> 01:04:29,416 Okay, well, you know, I love 130 01:04:29,416 --> 01:04:31,333 reaching back into the 80s and the 90s 131 01:04:31,333 --> 01:04:33,625 and 2000s for that nostalgic music. 132 01:04:34,166 --> 01:04:35,791 Unfortunately, I've come 133 01:04:35,791 --> 01:04:37,458 to find out I cannot play that music for 134 01:04:37,458 --> 01:04:39,166 you. So I'm gonna sing it to 135 01:04:39,166 --> 01:04:41,625 you. Just kidding. I'd lose 136 01:04:41,625 --> 01:04:43,125 all the listeners I have at this point if 137 01:04:43,125 --> 01:04:45,000 I did that. But I still do 138 01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:46,125 love music from that time. 139 01:04:46,125 --> 01:04:47,541 It's some of the greatest music of all 140 01:04:47,541 --> 01:04:48,916 time, I think. So I still 141 01:04:48,916 --> 01:04:50,583 want to highlight it. Okay, 142 01:04:50,625 --> 01:04:52,958 the number one song on this date in 1988 143 01:04:52,958 --> 01:04:54,875 was Every Rose Has Its 144 01:04:54,875 --> 01:04:57,416 Thorn by Poison. Apparently, 145 01:04:57,416 --> 01:04:59,000 the inspiration for the song was a phone 146 01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:00,041 call by Brett Michaels, 147 01:05:00,250 --> 01:05:01,541 who's the lead singer of Poison. 148 01:05:02,041 --> 01:05:03,458 Brett called his girlfriend and heard 149 01:05:03,458 --> 01:05:05,250 another man's voice in the background. 150 01:05:05,875 --> 01:05:06,833 Praisably, for all the 151 01:05:06,833 --> 01:05:09,208 80s hair band fans out there, this was 152 01:05:09,208 --> 01:05:10,625 Poison's only number one 153 01:05:10,625 --> 01:05:12,041 hit in the US on the Billboard 154 01:05:12,041 --> 01:05:14,125 Hot 100. I'm actually really surprised 155 01:05:14,125 --> 01:05:14,833 they didn't have any other 156 01:05:14,833 --> 01:05:16,750 hits that were number one. And if 157 01:05:16,750 --> 01:05:17,958 you're watching this on the YouTube 158 01:05:17,958 --> 01:05:19,125 channel, take a look at that 159 01:05:19,125 --> 01:05:21,041 hair. How was that ever cool? 160 01:05:21,916 --> 01:05:25,416 How was that ever in? Anyways, finally, 161 01:05:25,750 --> 01:05:26,500 the number one movie 162 01:05:26,500 --> 01:05:28,875 also in 1988 was Rain Man, 163 01:05:29,083 --> 01:05:30,750 starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. 164 01:05:31,625 --> 01:05:32,125 And interestingly, 165 01:05:32,625 --> 01:05:34,000 three weeks into shooting, 166 01:05:34,416 --> 01:05:35,791 Hoffman wanted out of the movie. 167 01:05:36,250 --> 01:05:38,166 Apparently, he wasn't doing too badly. 168 01:05:38,416 --> 01:05:39,333 The role earned him his 169 01:05:39,333 --> 01:05:42,625 second best actor Academy Award. All 170 01:05:42,625 --> 01:05:44,416 right, well, let's move on to some 171 01:05:44,416 --> 01:05:45,458 enlightenment here in the 172 01:05:45,500 --> 01:05:47,166 book review segment of Morning Serial. 173 01:05:47,583 --> 01:05:48,625 This is where we take a few 174 01:05:48,625 --> 01:05:50,125 moments to reflect on lessons 175 01:05:50,125 --> 01:05:51,416 learned from the current book we're 176 01:05:51,416 --> 01:05:53,333 reading. And currently, we're reading 177 01:05:53,333 --> 01:05:54,458 through Dale Carnegie's 178 01:05:54,458 --> 01:05:56,041 How to Win Friends and Influence People. 179 01:05:56,375 --> 01:05:57,500 It's a timeless book that 180 01:05:57,500 --> 01:05:58,916 is consistently on all the 181 01:05:58,916 --> 01:06:00,791 must read lists. And it's packed with 182 01:06:00,791 --> 01:06:02,250 rock solid advice and actions 183 01:06:02,250 --> 01:06:04,041 for all of us to use and build 184 01:06:04,041 --> 01:06:06,125 healthy foundational concepts to live by. 185 01:06:07,125 --> 01:06:09,208 All right, we're still in chapter two, 186 01:06:09,666 --> 01:06:10,416 which is entitled The 187 01:06:10,458 --> 01:06:12,958 Big Secret of Dealing with People. And 188 01:06:12,958 --> 01:06:14,166 Carnegie has us contemplating 189 01:06:14,166 --> 01:06:15,916 basic human needs and desires, 190 01:06:16,625 --> 01:06:18,375 and specifically the desire to be 191 01:06:18,375 --> 01:06:20,875 important, which the road to achieve this 192 01:06:20,875 --> 01:06:21,833 feeling of importance 193 01:06:21,833 --> 01:06:23,458 can take each of us down different 194 01:06:23,458 --> 01:06:25,750 pathways, both healthy and not so 195 01:06:25,750 --> 01:06:27,625 healthy. And lastly, 196 01:06:27,625 --> 01:06:29,458 we discussed the power each of us holds 197 01:06:29,458 --> 01:06:31,375 to just simply and freely 198 01:06:31,375 --> 01:06:33,250 give someone else honest 199 01:06:33,250 --> 01:06:35,416 appreciation in order to give them a 200 01:06:35,416 --> 01:06:37,083 feeling of importance. And in 201 01:06:37,083 --> 01:06:38,875 doing so freely gifting them 202 01:06:39,416 --> 01:06:41,416 that most coveted desire of feeling 203 01:06:41,416 --> 01:06:44,208 important. So as we pick it up 204 01:06:44,208 --> 01:06:45,625 in chapter two, Carnegie tells 205 01:06:45,625 --> 01:06:48,750 a story about why Andrew Carnegie, who 206 01:06:48,750 --> 01:06:50,416 was an early 20th century 207 01:06:50,416 --> 01:06:52,875 steel magnet, paid Charles Schwab 208 01:06:53,166 --> 01:06:57,750 $1 million per year salary in 1921, when 209 01:06:57,750 --> 01:06:59,416 there was no income tax and 210 01:06:59,416 --> 01:07:01,166 $50 per week was considered 211 01:07:01,333 --> 01:07:03,875 well off. Quick side note here, Dale 212 01:07:03,875 --> 01:07:05,458 Carnegie, the author of this 213 01:07:05,458 --> 01:07:06,666 book, How to Win Friends and 214 01:07:06,708 --> 01:07:09,208 Influence People was in fact not related 215 01:07:09,208 --> 01:07:10,458 at all to Andrew Carnegie. 216 01:07:11,083 --> 01:07:12,375 But he was successful in his 217 01:07:12,375 --> 01:07:14,458 own right, especially after he changed 218 01:07:14,458 --> 01:07:16,666 the spelling of his last name to end in 219 01:07:16,666 --> 01:07:19,291 IE instead of a Y to 220 01:07:19,291 --> 01:07:21,375 match Andrew Carnegie spelling, a little 221 01:07:21,375 --> 01:07:22,333 bit of marketing genius 222 01:07:22,333 --> 01:07:25,750 there as well. Okay, so Andrew 223 01:07:25,750 --> 01:07:28,125 Carnegie paid Charles Schwab $1 million 224 01:07:28,125 --> 01:07:29,708 per year to be the first 225 01:07:29,708 --> 01:07:31,666 president in the newly formed United 226 01:07:31,916 --> 01:07:35,625 States Steel Company in 1921. Now Schwab 227 01:07:35,625 --> 01:07:38,500 was just 38 years old. And the twist in 228 01:07:38,500 --> 01:07:39,666 the story here is that 229 01:07:39,708 --> 01:07:41,750 Charles Schwab did not have any 230 01:07:41,750 --> 01:07:43,833 experience in the steel industry. It 231 01:07:43,833 --> 01:07:45,125 wasn't because he was a genius 232 01:07:45,125 --> 01:07:47,166 or because he was the foremost leader in 233 01:07:47,166 --> 01:07:48,166 steel manufacturing. 234 01:07:48,916 --> 01:07:50,291 Andrew Carnegie paid Schwab more 235 01:07:50,291 --> 01:07:55,333 than $3,000 per day in 1921. Why? Well, 236 01:07:55,333 --> 01:07:56,416 Charles Schwab said it was 237 01:07:56,416 --> 01:07:57,875 because of his ability to deal 238 01:07:57,916 --> 01:08:00,666 with people. Our author Dale Carnegie 239 01:08:00,666 --> 01:08:02,500 asked Schwab how he did it in an 240 01:08:02,500 --> 01:08:04,458 interview. What was his secret 241 01:08:04,458 --> 01:08:06,708 to dealing with people? And Dale Carnegie 242 01:08:06,708 --> 01:08:08,208 says Schwab's answer should 243 01:08:08,208 --> 01:08:10,083 be cast in bronze and hung 244 01:08:10,083 --> 01:08:12,916 in every school and memorized in schools 245 01:08:12,916 --> 01:08:15,083 instead of conjugating Latin verbs. Not 246 01:08:15,083 --> 01:08:16,541 sure we still do that, 247 01:08:16,541 --> 01:08:18,625 at least I never did it. But Dale 248 01:08:18,625 --> 01:08:20,541 Carnegie felt Schwab's answer to his 249 01:08:20,541 --> 01:08:21,625 secret with dealing with 250 01:08:21,666 --> 01:08:24,458 people would transform people's lives if 251 01:08:24,458 --> 01:08:26,125 we would only live by them. 252 01:08:26,750 --> 01:08:27,875 And I'll read what Schwab's 253 01:08:27,875 --> 01:08:30,875 answer was. "I consider my ability to 254 01:08:30,875 --> 01:08:32,791 arouse enthusiasm among my 255 01:08:32,791 --> 01:08:34,125 people the greatest asset 256 01:08:34,125 --> 01:08:37,041 I possess. And the way to develop the 257 01:08:37,041 --> 01:08:39,250 best that is in a person is by 258 01:08:39,250 --> 01:08:40,958 appreciation and encouragement." 259 01:08:41,541 --> 01:08:43,666 And he continues, "There is nothing else 260 01:08:43,666 --> 01:08:45,583 that so kills the ambitions 261 01:08:45,583 --> 01:08:47,375 of a person as criticism from 262 01:08:47,416 --> 01:08:50,625 superiors. I never criticize anyone. I 263 01:08:50,625 --> 01:08:51,916 believe in giving a person 264 01:08:51,916 --> 01:08:54,541 incentive to work. So I am 265 01:08:54,541 --> 01:08:57,208 anxious to praise but loathe to find 266 01:08:57,208 --> 01:08:59,541 fault. If I like anything, I 267 01:08:59,541 --> 01:09:01,000 am hearty in my approbation 268 01:09:01,250 --> 01:09:04,791 and lavish in my praise." So this calls 269 01:09:04,791 --> 01:09:05,958 back to Carnegie's principle 270 01:09:05,958 --> 01:09:07,333 number one. Don't criticize, 271 01:09:07,333 --> 01:09:09,541 condemn, or complain. And it combines it 272 01:09:09,541 --> 01:09:10,500 with praising people, 273 01:09:10,708 --> 01:09:11,875 making them feel important. 274 01:09:12,583 --> 01:09:14,500 But the key component that Carnegie calls 275 01:09:14,500 --> 01:09:16,000 out here is how Charles 276 01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:17,625 Schwab treated people and 277 01:09:17,625 --> 01:09:20,083 he gained greatly from it. But Carnegie 278 01:09:20,083 --> 01:09:21,791 asks if that's how average 279 01:09:21,791 --> 01:09:22,958 people treat other people 280 01:09:23,708 --> 01:09:25,416 by arousing enthusiasm, giving 281 01:09:25,416 --> 01:09:26,125 appreciation, 282 01:09:26,375 --> 01:09:28,083 encouragement, giving praise instead of 283 01:09:28,083 --> 01:09:30,583 criticism. Carnegie would suggest this is 284 01:09:30,583 --> 01:09:32,083 not how average people treat 285 01:09:32,083 --> 01:09:33,833 others. In fact, he believes 286 01:09:34,041 --> 01:09:36,708 it's the exact opposite in most cases. If 287 01:09:36,708 --> 01:09:37,666 we don't like something, 288 01:09:38,208 --> 01:09:39,625 usually we make that known. 289 01:09:40,625 --> 01:09:43,250 And I'd like not to think that in life we 290 01:09:43,250 --> 01:09:44,333 are so quick to point 291 01:09:44,333 --> 01:09:45,541 out things that are wrong, 292 01:09:45,916 --> 01:09:48,333 or bad, or not right, and so many times 293 01:09:48,333 --> 01:09:50,041 we aren't pointing out 294 01:09:50,041 --> 01:09:51,291 the things that are right, 295 01:09:51,875 --> 01:09:54,375 or good, and positive. We have to 296 01:09:54,375 --> 01:09:56,458 consider that if we are leaving a wake of 297 01:09:56,458 --> 01:09:57,708 negativity in the path 298 01:09:57,708 --> 01:09:59,875 of those we deal with on a daily basis, 299 01:10:00,375 --> 01:10:02,208 be it at work or in social 300 01:10:02,208 --> 01:10:04,625 circles, whatever it may be, 301 01:10:04,625 --> 01:10:06,375 we are surely not setting the table to 302 01:10:06,375 --> 01:10:07,208 win friends and 303 01:10:07,208 --> 01:10:09,375 influence people. Schwab went on 304 01:10:09,416 --> 01:10:12,333 to say that in all his time he was "yet 305 01:10:12,333 --> 01:10:14,458 to find the person, however great or 306 01:10:14,458 --> 01:10:15,583 exalted his station, 307 01:10:15,916 --> 01:10:17,958 who did not better work and put forth 308 01:10:17,958 --> 01:10:20,125 greater effort under a spirit of approval 309 01:10:20,541 --> 01:10:22,625 than he would ever do under a spirit of 310 01:10:22,625 --> 01:10:26,458 criticism." Schwab also pointed to this 311 01:10:26,458 --> 01:10:27,375 as one of the reasons 312 01:10:27,375 --> 01:10:29,416 for the phenomenal success of Andrew 313 01:10:29,416 --> 01:10:30,958 Carnegie. And that was 314 01:10:30,958 --> 01:10:32,500 because Andrew Carnegie praised 315 01:10:32,541 --> 01:10:35,333 others both privately and publicly. You 316 01:10:35,333 --> 01:10:36,833 know, it's funny, this point makes me 317 01:10:36,833 --> 01:10:37,791 think of conversations 318 01:10:38,125 --> 01:10:40,291 I've heard, and maybe you're similar, but 319 01:10:40,291 --> 01:10:41,958 sometimes we hear through the grapevine 320 01:10:41,958 --> 01:10:43,291 that a family member 321 01:10:43,291 --> 01:10:45,375 or friend has said something nice about 322 01:10:45,375 --> 01:10:47,000 us, and we find ourselves 323 01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:48,541 thinking why we didn't know they 324 01:10:48,541 --> 01:10:50,583 felt that way. Wouldn't it be nice if 325 01:10:50,583 --> 01:10:52,541 that person just let us know they felt 326 01:10:52,541 --> 01:10:53,958 that way? If they told 327 01:10:53,958 --> 01:10:56,166 us personally? Wouldn't that make us feel 328 01:10:56,166 --> 01:10:58,750 even better, feel important? But 329 01:10:58,750 --> 01:10:59,750 switching perspectives 330 01:10:59,791 --> 01:11:01,916 here, we can challenge ourselves to do 331 01:11:01,916 --> 01:11:04,083 the same, giving praise to others 332 01:11:04,083 --> 01:11:05,250 publicly and privately. 333 01:11:05,750 --> 01:11:07,541 Not only does that make them feel proud 334 01:11:07,541 --> 01:11:08,666 and important, but it 335 01:11:08,666 --> 01:11:10,291 also raises our standing in 336 01:11:10,291 --> 01:11:12,541 their eyes, as someone who is in their 337 01:11:12,541 --> 01:11:15,583 corner, who cares about them. I'll leave 338 01:11:15,583 --> 01:11:16,500 you with this today. 339 01:11:17,208 --> 01:11:19,625 Andrew Carnegie wanted so badly to praise 340 01:11:19,625 --> 01:11:20,750 those around him that he 341 01:11:20,750 --> 01:11:22,083 wrote an epitaph for himself 342 01:11:22,208 --> 01:11:25,041 saying, "Here lies one who knew how to 343 01:11:25,041 --> 01:11:26,916 get around him, people who 344 01:11:26,916 --> 01:11:28,250 were cleverer than himself." 345 01:11:29,583 --> 01:11:31,208 Okay, we're still in chapter two 346 01:11:31,208 --> 01:11:33,000 tomorrow, and we'll continue discussing 347 01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:34,500 just how much we crave 348 01:11:34,625 --> 01:11:39,208 appreciation. Well, it's January 1st, and 349 01:11:39,208 --> 01:11:40,083 you have the hope of a 350 01:11:40,083 --> 01:11:41,541 full new year ahead of you, 351 01:11:41,958 --> 01:11:44,916 and some good football too. So go out 352 01:11:44,916 --> 01:11:46,916 there, tell someone you appreciate them, 353 01:11:46,916 --> 01:11:47,833 it will make both of 354 01:11:47,833 --> 01:11:50,000 you feel better. This is going to be a 355 01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:52,458 fantastic year, but let's just 356 01:11:52,458 --> 01:11:53,666 start with having a fantastic 357 01:11:53,791 --> 01:11:59,583 day. We'll see you tomorrow. And don't 358 01:11:59,583 --> 01:12:01,208 forget to follow and subscribe to the 359 01:12:01,208 --> 01:12:02,333 Morning Serial Podcast, 360 01:12:02,791 --> 01:12:04,375 and The Life Happens Live Balance 361 01:12:04,375 --> 01:12:06,750 channel. 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