Good morning.
And welcome to morning cereal
Okay, good morning and welcome to the day
in the middle of the
week, also affectionately
known as Wednesday.
Team, I've discovered the secret of life.
Much like Buddy discovered the world's
best coffee in New
York City, I've discovered
that well, really James Taylor's
discovered the secret of life.
This is what James Taylor said about it,
"The secret of life is
enjoying the passage of
time."
This seems simple on the outset, but some
of the most powerful
ideas and philosophies
are super simple and not
always super easy to live out.
I think enjoying the passage of time this
week is going to be
even easier because we
have the NCAA tournament.
So rock, chalk, Jayhawk, fingers crossed.
Well I gotta say, it's also easy to pass
time when I'm eating
Girl Scout cookies because
today is National Girl Scout Day, so I am
ready for some Samoas
and some Thin Mints.
Which ones were your favorite?
But I cannot go on any further today
without recognizing and
thanking my wife and all the
other working moms out there because
today is National Working Moms Day.
And really, you all deserve
way more than just a single day.
Doing everything you do on a daily basis,
just being a great
mom, and then you throw
on top of that handling
and juggling a career.
Really ladies, it's
incredibly impressive.
And I just want to thank you so much for
what you do and know
that it's super appreciated.
Okay, well today's news, facts, and
birthdays are for March 12th.
We're going to start back in 1973, and
that's when the final
show of Laffin aired on NBC.
Then moving up to 1993, on this day,
American lawyer and
public official Janet Reno, she
was sworn in as the US Attorney General,
becoming the first
woman to hold that office.
Then finally, in 2009, American hedge
fund investment manager
Bernie Madoff, you remember
this, he pled guilty to his Ponzi scheme,
which is one of the largest in the world,
and he was sentenced to
over 150 years in prison.
Well, tough transition, but happy
birthday if today is your birthday.
You share a birthday
with actor Aaron Eckert.
He's 57.
Baseballer Darryl Strawberry.
D63 today.
Singer James Taylor.
He's 77 today.
And entertainer Liza Minelli.
She's 79 today.
And the number one movie on this date
back in 1987 was Lethal Weapon.
This was Mel Gibson in his prime and a
great team effort with
Danny Glover and what would
become a franchise for Lethal Weapon.
You might remember the famous quote from
this movie from the
character Murdaw saying, "I'm
too old for this shh."
Well, there's a bleep there.
I can't finish that obviously, but yeah,
as I'm getting older,
I definitely know that
feeling sometimes.
And then the number one song on this date
back in 2000 was the
song Amazed by Lone Star.
This was a great song from the turn of
the millennium and the
song Amazed was the first
country song since 1983 to top both the
Billboard Hot Country and
the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Nicely done.
Great song.
Okay, let's jump into my
summary of the book review.
And here's my takeaways from chapter two
of Dale Carnegie's How to
Win Friends and Influence
People.
And in this chapter, Carnegie gives us
some direction that we
can put into practice right
away.
And the name of this chapter is how to
criticize and not be hated for it.
And if you're like me, I
kind of like things done my way.
So this Carnegie
direction is very helpful.
Carnegie is talking about how to give
people tough feedback.
People don't like to be told that they're
wrong or that they're not doing something
right.
However, a quick trick here is to simply
replace the word
"but" with the word "and."
Here's an example.
You did a good job cleaning your room,
but you didn't make your
bed or pick up the towels.
The "but" sometimes discounts what you're
trying to get across.
Now I'll do the same example here by
replacing the "but" with an "and."
And it sounds like this.
You did a great job cleaning your room.
And maybe next time you could make your
bed and pick up your towel.
Did you catch the difference there?
It involves the other person and it
points out their mistakes indirectly.
And you kind of assume that the other
person will catch on, at
least you hope they will,
and then change what it
is that you're suggesting.
These can be just
very subtle suggestions.
Carnegie's Principle number two in this
chapter is "Call attention to people's
mistakes indirectly."
Okay, well, I need to run and enjoy some
time with and thank my
working mom wife, maybe
with a president of Girl Scout Cookies.
That sounds pretty good.
Or maybe we'll just sit back and watch
the Jayhawks hopefully win tonight.
It's been a tough year for us.
Well, I hope your team's been doing
better this year than
mine has, but I thank you for
joining us today.
Come back tomorrow and
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