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welcome to Morning Serial.
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So early in the morning I
already have great news for you.
Today it's already Wednesday.
Well today's ambitions are sky high
because today is
skyscraper day and that's a salute
to human ambition that
reaches to the clouds literally.
Now here's a story for you.
I actually got engaged on top of a
skyscraper on top of
the Empire State Building.
Now it was a cloudy night and we had the
whole thing to ourselves.
They kept telling us don't go up there
you can't see anything
but it was an incredible
evening.
Now maybe that was a bit off topic but
I'm sure everybody has
their favorite skyscraper
story.
Well happy name your
favorite skyscraper day.
And speaking of sky high gravity defying
inspiration, Sean White, he
said quote, "You take a crash
you get back up and the next time you
succeed and that is a great feeling."
End quote.
Now first off love your name Sean from
another Sean and why Sean
is saying whether you're
literally falling or just facing setbacks
bouncing back is
always worth celebrating.
Alright well today's news facts and
birthdays are for September 3rd.
We're starting back in 1777.
That's when the flag of the United States
well it flew for the
very first time during
a battle at Cooch's Bridge in Delaware
during the American Revolutionary War.
Then on this date in 1944 that's when
Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to
Auschwitz concentration
camp.
And then finally in 1985 the first
partial human heart lung
machine well it came online
and that made complex surgeries that we
know today it made it possible.
Well happy birthday if
today is your birthday.
You share a birthday with
snowboard legend Sean White.
He's 39 enjoy the last year of your 30's
Sean and totally
normal actor Charlie Sheen
he's 60 today.
And now friends the number one song on
this date back in 1994
was I'll Be There For You
by the Rembrandt.
Now I know you know this song it wasn't
your typical sitcom
theme it became a cultural
phenomenon.
Now the track not only helped launch
friends the TV show and to
stardom but it also earned
theme song immortality.
It was catchy was upbeat and it was
instantly recognizable and
it makes us all want to splash
around in a fountain or maybe settle into
the corner of a coffee
shop with our favorite
people.
Proof that sometimes music really does
become part of the family.
Well turning from iconic theme tombs to
the dangers of going at
it alone here's Kobe's
sub chapter negative synergy in his seven
habits of highly effective people.
Now Kobe is defining negative synergy as
the downward spiral when conflict damages
relationships and productivity.
Have you ever been there.
I bet we all have.
Well Kobe says quote when two people
reduce each other's
performance that's negative synergy
negative one plus one
equals less than two in quote.
Now like I said we've
all been there right.
When conversation turns
toxic creativity it dies.
Now Kobe outlines how mistrust and poor
communication fuel this
negative synergy and he says quote
assumptions hidden agendas or unchecked
egos those turn
collaboration into competition
in quote and Kobe warns that without
emotional safety meetings
devolve ideas shrink and respect
starts to fade.
So to counteract Kobe calls for
transparency and resetting intentions
quote one must rebuild
trust before rebuilding synergy in quote.
Now that might mean apologizing.
I know that's hard for a lot of us to do
or maybe it calls for
clarifying the goals or
inviting more feedback.
But when negative energy rains.
Kobe advises step back reframe the
problem and ask quote what
outcome benefits everyone.
Right.
That shifts energy
towards shared purpose.
All right.
Here's your takeaway.
Beware the traps that you rode teamwork
negative synergy diminishes
results but it can be reversed
with trust and clarity and
a focus on mutual benefit.
So today reach higher be it with your
goals or your
relationships or 96 floors straight
up but just don't let
conflict drag you downward.
All right.
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We'll see you here tomorrow with more
rhythm reflection and resolve.
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