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 01:00:11,958 --> 01:00:13,541 Okay, good morning and 4 01:00:13,541 --> 01:00:14,666 welcome to Wednesday. 5 01:00:15,083 --> 01:00:16,041 Hopefully you have some 6 01:00:16,041 --> 01:00:17,500 free time on this hump day 7 01:00:17,541 --> 01:00:18,958 because today is 8 01:00:18,958 --> 01:00:20,666 National Movie Theater Day. 9 01:00:21,125 --> 01:00:22,041 Now I know my kids 10 01:00:22,041 --> 01:00:23,333 are gonna wanna go watch 11 01:00:23,333 --> 01:00:24,708 that new Minecraft movie. 12 01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:25,583 Have you seen it yet? 13 01:00:26,041 --> 01:00:27,125 I heard it's really good. 14 01:00:27,125 --> 01:00:29,541 So I did not see that one coming. 15 01:00:30,416 --> 01:00:32,291 Well, after that, maybe a picnic 16 01:00:32,541 --> 01:00:33,583 with some English 17 01:00:33,583 --> 01:00:35,083 muffins or something, right? 18 01:00:35,083 --> 01:00:35,833 Why am I saying that? 19 01:00:36,291 --> 01:00:36,958 You guessed it. 20 01:00:37,250 --> 01:00:39,416 Today is also National Picnic Day 21 01:00:39,541 --> 01:00:41,666 and National English Muffin Day. 22 01:00:42,250 --> 01:00:43,375 Well, I saved the best 23 01:00:43,375 --> 01:00:44,208 for last year though. 24 01:00:44,375 --> 01:00:46,416 Don't forget to appreciate your admin 25 01:00:46,416 --> 01:00:47,583 as well at work today. 26 01:00:48,208 --> 01:00:50,208 It's Administrative Professionals Day. 27 01:00:50,708 --> 01:00:52,666 Just a coincidence that it's also 28 01:00:52,666 --> 01:00:54,166 National Lovers Day too? 29 01:00:54,625 --> 01:00:55,166 I don't know. 30 01:00:55,416 --> 01:00:56,166 I'm not gonna say. 31 01:00:56,458 --> 01:00:58,041 Let's move on to one 32 01:00:58,041 --> 01:00:59,333 of my favorite comedians 33 01:00:59,625 --> 01:01:00,708 who is providing our quote 34 01:01:00,708 --> 01:01:02,791 today about being educated. 35 01:01:03,541 --> 01:01:04,833 John Oliver said, 36 01:01:04,833 --> 01:01:06,333 quote, "The truth hurts, 37 01:01:06,958 --> 01:01:09,291 "but ignorance is a never ending pain." 38 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:11,041 Well, today's news facts and 39 01:01:11,041 --> 01:01:12,833 birthdays are for April 23rd. 40 01:01:12,833 --> 01:01:14,500 We're gonna start back in 1984. 41 01:01:15,208 --> 01:01:17,583 That's when the AIDS virus was identified 42 01:01:17,833 --> 01:01:21,500 for the first time as the HTLV-3, 43 01:01:21,500 --> 01:01:22,333 which is the Acquired 44 01:01:22,333 --> 01:01:23,583 Immune Deficiency Syndrome. 45 01:01:24,541 --> 01:01:25,208 Then on this day in 46 01:01:25,208 --> 01:01:27,708 1985, the Coca-Cola Company, 47 01:01:28,083 --> 01:01:29,833 they introduced New Coke. 48 01:01:30,541 --> 01:01:31,291 Now, if you lived 49 01:01:31,291 --> 01:01:32,708 through this like I did, 50 01:01:32,708 --> 01:01:34,250 then you know why New 51 01:01:34,250 --> 01:01:35,875 Coke isn't still around. 52 01:01:36,416 --> 01:01:37,083 It wasn't good. 53 01:01:37,583 --> 01:01:39,875 And apparently due to public outrage, 54 01:01:39,875 --> 01:01:40,916 the previous version 55 01:01:40,916 --> 01:01:42,583 of Coke was brought back 56 01:01:42,583 --> 01:01:44,750 as Coca-Cola Classic less 57 01:01:44,750 --> 01:01:46,458 than three months later. 58 01:01:46,875 --> 01:01:47,625 What were they thinking? 59 01:01:48,750 --> 01:01:51,000 Well, in 2005, the 60 01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:52,583 very first YouTube video 61 01:01:52,583 --> 01:01:55,000 was uploaded on this date by one of the 62 01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,583 YouTube co-founders. 63 01:01:56,791 --> 01:01:58,041 And it was a video of his 64 01:01:58,041 --> 01:01:59,708 visit to the San Diego Zoo. 65 01:02:00,500 --> 01:02:01,958 And one year later, 66 01:02:01,958 --> 01:02:03,083 after he uploaded that, 67 01:02:03,208 --> 01:02:04,958 the site had some 100 68 01:02:04,958 --> 01:02:06,541 million videos on it. 69 01:02:07,125 --> 01:02:09,958 Lastly, on this day in 2009, 70 01:02:10,291 --> 01:02:13,708 gamma ray burst GRB090423, 71 01:02:14,125 --> 01:02:16,541 it was observed for 10 seconds. 72 01:02:17,083 --> 01:02:20,375 It is the most distant object of any kind 73 01:02:20,916 --> 01:02:22,791 and is also the oldest 74 01:02:22,791 --> 01:02:24,583 known object in the universe. 75 01:02:25,750 --> 01:02:27,083 Now, I have no idea 76 01:02:27,083 --> 01:02:28,375 what any of that means, 77 01:02:28,375 --> 01:02:30,708 but I do think it's very, very cool. 78 01:02:31,791 --> 01:02:33,625 Well, happy birthday to you. 79 01:02:33,625 --> 01:02:34,750 Today is your birthday. 80 01:02:34,958 --> 01:02:36,958 You share a birthday with actor 81 01:02:36,958 --> 01:02:38,666 and I guess wrestler John Cena. 82 01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:40,708 He's 48 years old today. 83 01:02:41,416 --> 01:02:42,875 Comedian John Oliver. 84 01:02:43,416 --> 01:02:45,708 He's 48, a great age I might add. 85 01:02:46,250 --> 01:02:47,375 Well, the number one song 86 01:02:47,375 --> 01:02:49,291 on this date back in 1987 87 01:02:50,083 --> 01:02:52,208 was "I Knew You Were Awaiting For Me" 88 01:02:52,208 --> 01:02:54,458 by Aretha Franklin and George Michael. 89 01:02:54,958 --> 01:02:55,833 And this song was 90 01:02:55,833 --> 01:02:58,125 originally supposed to be a solo song 91 01:02:58,125 --> 01:03:01,083 for Tina Turner, but then Clive Davis, 92 01:03:01,125 --> 01:03:02,333 he pitched that it should be 93 01:03:02,333 --> 01:03:04,083 a duet with Aretha and George. 94 01:03:04,625 --> 01:03:05,916 And the rest is history. 95 01:03:06,250 --> 01:03:07,833 The song was number one for two weeks. 96 01:03:08,250 --> 01:03:10,500 It won a Grammy for best R&B duet. 97 01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:13,291 And the song also hit number two 98 01:03:13,291 --> 01:03:15,333 on the adult contemporary charts. 99 01:03:15,750 --> 01:03:16,916 Behind starships, 100 01:03:17,500 --> 01:03:19,083 nothing's gonna stop us now. 101 01:03:19,750 --> 01:03:20,916 Yeah, that feels right. 102 01:03:20,916 --> 01:03:22,375 That's a better 80s song. 103 01:03:22,916 --> 01:03:23,208 All right. 104 01:03:23,791 --> 01:03:24,458 Well, some 105 01:03:24,458 --> 01:03:26,541 self-improvement also feels right. 106 01:03:27,041 --> 01:03:28,291 We are currently reading 107 01:03:28,291 --> 01:03:29,625 through Stephen R. Covey's 108 01:03:29,625 --> 01:03:30,666 "The Seven Habits of 109 01:03:30,666 --> 01:03:31,875 Highly Effective People." 110 01:03:32,416 --> 01:03:34,000 And yesterday we began 111 01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:35,291 Covey's second chapter, 112 01:03:35,583 --> 01:03:37,375 "The Seven Habits," an overview, 113 01:03:37,833 --> 01:03:39,833 where Covey discussed how important 114 01:03:40,041 --> 01:03:42,541 and influential habits are in our lives. 115 01:03:43,208 --> 01:03:44,458 They essentially make up 116 01:03:44,458 --> 01:03:45,708 what makes us effective 117 01:03:46,125 --> 01:03:46,916 or ineffective. 118 01:03:47,708 --> 01:03:49,416 And Covey acknowledges it 119 01:03:49,416 --> 01:03:51,000 will take tremendous effort 120 01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:52,250 to change deeply 121 01:03:52,250 --> 01:03:53,958 embedded habitual tendencies, 122 01:03:54,583 --> 01:03:57,041 like procrastination, impatience, 123 01:03:57,041 --> 01:03:58,500 criticalness, and selfishness, 124 01:03:58,708 --> 01:04:00,666 but taking the steps to do so 125 01:04:01,083 --> 01:04:03,125 will reap real change and freedom. 126 01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:06,375 So today we begin our first sub-chapter, 127 01:04:06,375 --> 01:04:09,000 which is entitled "Habits Defined." 128 01:04:09,166 --> 01:04:10,458 And Covey jumps right into it, 129 01:04:10,458 --> 01:04:12,666 giving us our definition of habits. 130 01:04:13,166 --> 01:04:14,833 And he defines habits as, quote, 131 01:04:15,125 --> 01:04:17,750 "The intersection of knowledge, skill, 132 01:04:18,041 --> 01:04:19,458 and desire," end quote. 133 01:04:20,083 --> 01:04:21,250 Covey says that we have 134 01:04:21,250 --> 01:04:22,541 to have all three of those, 135 01:04:22,708 --> 01:04:24,416 knowledge, skill, and desire, 136 01:04:24,708 --> 01:04:27,291 to make something a habit in our lives. 137 01:04:27,833 --> 01:04:31,166 And here's why, knowledge is what to do, 138 01:04:31,541 --> 01:04:33,333 and the why, right? 139 01:04:33,666 --> 01:04:36,416 Then skill is how to do it. 140 01:04:36,791 --> 01:04:38,583 And then lastly, desire is 141 01:04:38,583 --> 01:04:40,416 having the want to do it. 142 01:04:40,625 --> 01:04:41,583 We have to have all three. 143 01:04:41,875 --> 01:04:42,916 You have to have the why, 144 01:04:42,916 --> 01:04:43,791 you have to have the how, 145 01:04:44,250 --> 01:04:45,500 and you have to have the want. 146 01:04:46,041 --> 01:04:48,791 All three require effort to make a habit. 147 01:04:49,583 --> 01:04:52,125 So Covey uses the example of someone 148 01:04:52,125 --> 01:04:53,083 who doesn't know how to 149 01:04:53,083 --> 01:04:55,041 listen and always does the talking. 150 01:04:55,875 --> 01:04:57,000 Sound like anybody you know? 151 01:04:57,583 --> 01:04:59,041 Well, Covey says this 152 01:04:59,041 --> 01:05:00,583 person may not even know 153 01:05:00,916 --> 01:05:02,458 that they need to learn to listen. 154 01:05:03,125 --> 01:05:05,083 And even if that someone knows 155 01:05:05,333 --> 01:05:06,708 that they need to listen better, 156 01:05:07,041 --> 01:05:09,416 they may not have the skill to know how 157 01:05:09,833 --> 01:05:11,333 to effectively listen to others. 158 01:05:12,166 --> 01:05:13,666 And even knowing that one 159 01:05:13,666 --> 01:05:15,458 needs to listen to others more 160 01:05:15,583 --> 01:05:16,541 doesn't mean that they 161 01:05:16,541 --> 01:05:18,291 want to listen more, right? 162 01:05:18,625 --> 01:05:20,708 They must have a desire or, quote, 163 01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:23,083 "It won't be a habit in their life. 164 01:05:23,625 --> 01:05:25,250 Creating a habit requires 165 01:05:25,250 --> 01:05:27,500 work in all three dimensions." 166 01:05:27,916 --> 01:05:28,166 End quote. 167 01:05:28,833 --> 01:05:30,416 So we're gonna need to prepare ourselves 168 01:05:30,583 --> 01:05:31,583 because real change 169 01:05:31,583 --> 01:05:33,333 is not an easy process 170 01:05:33,333 --> 01:05:34,541 and it can be painful. 171 01:05:35,125 --> 01:05:36,458 Quote, "It's change 172 01:05:36,458 --> 01:05:37,875 that has to be motivated 173 01:05:38,083 --> 01:05:39,791 by a higher purpose, by the 174 01:05:39,791 --> 01:05:41,125 willingness to subordinate 175 01:05:41,375 --> 01:05:42,375 what you think you want 176 01:05:42,375 --> 01:05:44,375 now for what you want later." 177 01:05:44,666 --> 01:05:45,041 End quote. 178 01:05:45,708 --> 01:05:47,541 And Covey says that this idea, right? 179 01:05:47,541 --> 01:05:48,583 This ability to 180 01:05:48,583 --> 01:05:50,833 sacrifice what we want right now 181 01:05:51,416 --> 01:05:53,291 for what we will eventually want, 182 01:05:53,583 --> 01:05:54,750 he says that that 183 01:05:54,750 --> 01:05:56,583 sacrifice can produce happiness. 184 01:05:57,458 --> 01:05:59,000 And happiness is good, people. 185 01:05:59,208 --> 01:06:00,458 So I'm gonna leave you with 186 01:06:00,458 --> 01:06:01,833 that gold nugget here today, 187 01:06:02,333 --> 01:06:03,375 but come back tomorrow 188 01:06:03,375 --> 01:06:04,000 because we're gonna 189 01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:05,458 start the next sub-chapter, 190 01:06:05,458 --> 01:06:07,750 which is the maturity continuum. 191 01:06:08,458 --> 01:06:09,375 Now that sounds like some 192 01:06:09,375 --> 01:06:11,625 "MI6" or "James Bond" action movie, 193 01:06:11,625 --> 01:06:13,458 so it's gonna be really good, I promise. 194 01:06:14,125 --> 01:06:15,916 Well, thanks for joining us today. 195 01:06:16,166 --> 01:06:17,333 Come back tomorrow and 196 01:06:17,333 --> 01:06:18,750 have a fantastic day. 197 01:06:20,291 --> 01:06:22,041 Don't forget to follow and subscribe to 198 01:06:22,041 --> 01:06:22,666 the Morning Serial 199 01:06:22,666 --> 01:06:24,291 podcast on the One Life 200 01:06:24,458 --> 01:06:25,291 Live It channel. 201 01:06:25,833 --> 01:06:27,750 You can find more episodes and videos by 202 01:06:27,750 --> 01:06:29,416 visiting our YouTube channel and the 203 01:06:29,416 --> 01:06:31,041 website at Shawningless 204 01:06:31,375 --> 01:06:33,541 and at Shawningless.com, where you can 205 01:06:33,541 --> 01:06:34,875 also follow our other 206 01:06:34,875 --> 01:06:36,416 podcast, the Mr. and Mrs. 207 01:06:36,416 --> 01:06:37,583 Inglis podcast and the 208 01:06:37,583 --> 01:06:38,583 Life Happens podcast. 209 01:06:39,416 --> 01:06:41,083 In these other podcasts, we'll dive 210 01:06:41,083 --> 01:06:42,458 deeper into everyday issues, 211 01:06:42,750 --> 01:06:43,500 self-improvement and 212 01:06:43,500 --> 01:06:46,000 well-being, business and finance, and we 213 01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:47,250 welcome special guests too. 214 01:06:47,750 --> 01:06:48,500 So join us. 215 01:06:48,500 --> 01:06:49,833 It'll be a good time, I promise. 216 01:06:50,541 --> 01:06:51,416 Thanks again for listening. 217 01:06:51,625 --> 01:06:53,166 Have a fantastic day and 218 01:06:53,166 --> 01:06:53,791 we'll see you tomorrow.