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 01:00:11,875 --> 01:00:13,041 Okay, good morning and 4 01:00:13,041 --> 01:00:14,583 welcome back to another Monday. 5 01:00:14,791 --> 01:00:15,666 Hope you had a great 6 01:00:15,666 --> 01:00:17,708 weekend, but despite that, 7 01:00:17,708 --> 01:00:19,583 I was kind of hoping we'd get a second 8 01:00:19,583 --> 01:00:20,833 Sunday here in a row. 9 01:00:21,333 --> 01:00:22,583 So I did a little research 10 01:00:22,750 --> 01:00:24,083 and apparently that's 11 01:00:24,083 --> 01:00:24,958 never happened before. 12 01:00:25,291 --> 01:00:26,666 So with that not being a possibility, 13 01:00:26,916 --> 01:00:27,833 let's get after it then 14 01:00:27,833 --> 01:00:29,041 and make this a great Monday. 15 01:00:29,666 --> 01:00:31,125 Today is Holy Monday. 16 01:00:31,125 --> 01:00:32,666 It's the second day of the Holy Week 17 01:00:32,666 --> 01:00:33,958 following Palm Sunday. 18 01:00:34,708 --> 01:00:38,291 And today is also National Ex-Spouse Day. 19 01:00:38,791 --> 01:00:40,083 This day is curiously 20 01:00:40,083 --> 01:00:41,791 inserted into the calendar 21 01:00:41,875 --> 01:00:44,250 exactly two months after Valentine's Day. 22 01:00:44,750 --> 01:00:46,666 And it has become a time to reflect 23 01:00:46,666 --> 01:00:47,833 on the positive moments 24 01:00:47,833 --> 01:00:49,000 you shared with your ex. 25 01:00:49,583 --> 01:00:50,083 That's correct. 26 01:00:50,416 --> 01:00:51,541 Look, you married them. 27 01:00:51,875 --> 01:00:52,541 There must've been 28 01:00:52,541 --> 01:00:53,750 something you liked, right? 29 01:00:54,125 --> 01:00:55,500 That is before they snapped. 30 01:00:56,083 --> 01:00:58,291 I mean, think of them fondly for this day 31 01:00:58,750 --> 01:00:59,916 before celebrating the 32 01:00:59,916 --> 01:01:01,541 fact that they are now gone. 33 01:01:03,083 --> 01:01:04,583 Well, hey, let's move on to the quote. 34 01:01:04,833 --> 01:01:05,833 Let's see how long it 35 01:01:05,833 --> 01:01:07,041 takes you to figure out 36 01:01:07,500 --> 01:01:09,166 where this quote comes from today. 37 01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:10,166 Here's the quote. 38 01:01:10,708 --> 01:01:12,458 "I figure life's a gift 39 01:01:12,875 --> 01:01:14,833 and I don't intend on wasting it." 40 01:01:16,208 --> 01:01:17,041 Well, that's from the 41 01:01:17,041 --> 01:01:18,375 character Jack Dawson 42 01:01:18,583 --> 01:01:20,166 from James Cameron's Titanic. 43 01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:21,458 Jack's right. 44 01:01:21,708 --> 01:01:23,666 We have one life, we have to live it. 45 01:01:24,708 --> 01:01:26,500 Well, today's news facts and 46 01:01:26,500 --> 01:01:28,291 birthdays are for April 14th. 47 01:01:28,291 --> 01:01:30,291 And we're gonna start back in 1865. 48 01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:31,625 And that's when US 49 01:01:31,625 --> 01:01:32,916 president Abraham Lincoln 50 01:01:33,083 --> 01:01:34,583 was shot by John Wilkes Booth 51 01:01:34,583 --> 01:01:36,041 at Ford's Theater in Washington. 52 01:01:36,666 --> 01:01:37,708 And unfortunately, Lincoln 53 01:01:37,708 --> 01:01:39,000 passed away the next day. 54 01:01:39,958 --> 01:01:42,083 Well, this continues to be a tragic day 55 01:01:42,083 --> 01:01:45,250 on this day in history because in 1912, 56 01:01:45,916 --> 01:01:48,375 the RMS Titanic hit the 57 01:01:48,375 --> 01:01:51,416 infamous iceberg today at 1140 PM. 58 01:01:52,083 --> 01:01:53,458 Obviously, as we all know, 59 01:01:53,458 --> 01:01:54,583 it ultimately led to 60 01:01:54,583 --> 01:01:55,500 the sinking of the ship. 61 01:01:56,208 --> 01:01:57,083 All right, no more 62 01:01:57,083 --> 01:01:58,500 tragic facts for this day. 63 01:01:58,958 --> 01:02:01,708 The next fact for this day is in 1981. 64 01:02:02,250 --> 01:02:03,375 And that's when the first 65 01:02:03,375 --> 01:02:05,166 space shuttle, Columbia One, 66 01:02:05,666 --> 01:02:07,208 it returned to Earth after 67 01:02:07,208 --> 01:02:09,583 two days and six hours in space. 68 01:02:10,583 --> 01:02:12,833 And then next on this date back in 1986, 69 01:02:13,208 --> 01:02:14,833 that's when the heaviest hailstones 70 01:02:15,041 --> 01:02:16,500 ever recorded hit Bangladesh 71 01:02:17,083 --> 01:02:18,125 with hailstones that were 72 01:02:18,125 --> 01:02:20,125 weighing about 2.2 pounds. 73 01:02:21,208 --> 01:02:22,333 Apparently a total of 92 74 01:02:22,333 --> 01:02:24,416 people died as a result. 75 01:02:24,791 --> 01:02:25,166 Dang it. 76 01:02:25,500 --> 01:02:26,750 That was another tragic fact. 77 01:02:27,083 --> 01:02:28,541 All right, no more, I promise. 78 01:02:29,083 --> 01:02:29,833 Let's move on to our 79 01:02:29,833 --> 01:02:31,166 last fact from today. 80 01:02:31,583 --> 01:02:32,583 You remember Napster? 81 01:02:33,041 --> 01:02:35,333 Well, on this day back in 2000, 82 01:02:35,875 --> 01:02:37,541 Metallica filed a lawsuit 83 01:02:37,708 --> 01:02:39,333 against person-to-person 84 01:02:39,333 --> 01:02:40,958 sharing website, Napster. 85 01:02:41,583 --> 01:02:42,208 This lawsuit 86 01:02:42,208 --> 01:02:43,958 eventually led to the movement 87 01:02:44,125 --> 01:02:45,625 against file sharing programs. 88 01:02:46,708 --> 01:02:47,916 Happy birthday to you. 89 01:02:47,916 --> 01:02:49,125 Today is your birthday. 90 01:02:49,125 --> 01:02:50,208 You share a birthday with 91 01:02:50,208 --> 01:02:51,916 actress Sarah Michelle Geller. 92 01:02:52,166 --> 01:02:53,208 She's 48 today. 93 01:02:53,833 --> 01:02:56,333 And actor Adrian Brody, he's 52. 94 01:02:57,375 --> 01:02:58,583 And the number one song 95 01:02:58,583 --> 01:03:00,583 on this date back in 1985 96 01:03:01,208 --> 01:03:04,000 was "We Are the World" by USA for Africa. 97 01:03:04,458 --> 01:03:06,041 Now, I know everybody knows this song 98 01:03:06,125 --> 01:03:08,333 because every popular artist at the time 99 01:03:08,333 --> 01:03:09,583 was involved in the project. 100 01:03:10,166 --> 01:03:11,208 I guess everyone except 101 01:03:11,208 --> 01:03:12,666 for maybe Prince and Madonna, 102 01:03:12,916 --> 01:03:13,541 those are two big 103 01:03:13,541 --> 01:03:15,041 names that weren't in it. 104 01:03:15,041 --> 01:03:16,083 But interestingly, 105 01:03:16,083 --> 01:03:17,708 with all those big artists 106 01:03:17,833 --> 01:03:20,083 showing up to record at the same time, 107 01:03:20,083 --> 01:03:21,208 there was actually a sign 108 01:03:21,208 --> 01:03:22,958 outside the studio that read, 109 01:03:23,416 --> 01:03:24,750 "Check your egos at the door." 110 01:03:25,458 --> 01:03:27,166 And I guess it worked for the most part 111 01:03:27,166 --> 01:03:28,416 as they recorded all night 112 01:03:28,625 --> 01:03:30,208 and they finished the song in one day. 113 01:03:31,708 --> 01:03:33,333 Well, we won't take all night here, 114 01:03:33,583 --> 01:03:34,708 but let's spend a few more 115 01:03:34,708 --> 01:03:35,875 minutes on our book review. 116 01:03:36,750 --> 01:03:38,583 We are reading Stephen R. Covey's 117 01:03:38,583 --> 01:03:39,541 "The Seven Habits of 118 01:03:39,541 --> 01:03:40,625 Highly Effective People." 119 01:03:41,125 --> 01:03:42,958 And in this first chapter, "Inside Out," 120 01:03:43,291 --> 01:03:44,750 Covey is discussing the differences 121 01:03:44,750 --> 01:03:46,500 between character traits 122 01:03:46,708 --> 01:03:48,125 and personality ethic. 123 01:03:48,583 --> 01:03:50,333 And he's unpacking how our behaviors 124 01:03:50,583 --> 01:03:51,291 are based on our 125 01:03:51,291 --> 01:03:52,875 perspectives and our experiences, 126 01:03:53,458 --> 01:03:54,208 our paradigms. 127 01:03:54,750 --> 01:03:56,166 Yet, if we want to improve 128 01:03:56,166 --> 01:03:58,041 our lives in a material way 129 01:03:58,125 --> 01:03:59,833 beyond just having a better attitude, 130 01:04:00,250 --> 01:04:01,250 we need to adjust our 131 01:04:01,250 --> 01:04:03,375 paradigms to change the foundations 132 01:04:03,666 --> 01:04:04,208 from which our 133 01:04:04,208 --> 01:04:05,666 attitudes and behaviors flow. 134 01:04:06,875 --> 01:04:08,416 Covey's next sub-chapter is, 135 01:04:08,416 --> 01:04:10,125 "The Principle Centered Paradigm." 136 01:04:10,666 --> 01:04:12,625 And as the name suggests, quote, 137 01:04:12,625 --> 01:04:14,166 "The character ethic is 138 01:04:14,166 --> 01:04:16,125 based on the fundamental idea 139 01:04:16,125 --> 01:04:17,791 that there are principles that govern 140 01:04:17,791 --> 01:04:18,750 human effectiveness." 141 01:04:19,291 --> 01:04:19,583 End quote. 142 01:04:20,375 --> 01:04:22,916 Here, Covey refers to a popular story. 143 01:04:22,916 --> 01:04:24,166 Perhaps you've heard the one 144 01:04:24,166 --> 01:04:26,041 about the captain of a battleship 145 01:04:26,416 --> 01:04:28,375 that sees a light coming his way. 146 01:04:28,458 --> 01:04:29,333 It's on a collision 147 01:04:29,333 --> 01:04:30,750 course with his battleship. 148 01:04:31,333 --> 01:04:32,500 And multiple times, the 149 01:04:32,500 --> 01:04:33,916 captain of the battleship 150 01:04:33,916 --> 01:04:35,500 and the other ship, the other light, 151 01:04:36,166 --> 01:04:37,500 they go back and forth. 152 01:04:37,500 --> 01:04:38,375 You change course. 153 01:04:38,375 --> 01:04:39,500 No, you change course. 154 01:04:40,083 --> 01:04:42,208 And despite the battleship's warnings, 155 01:04:42,458 --> 01:04:44,375 the other ship says for the battleship 156 01:04:44,375 --> 01:04:45,666 to change course instead. 157 01:04:46,458 --> 01:04:49,375 Well, in the end, the other light 158 01:04:49,583 --> 01:04:50,875 turns out to be a lighthouse. 159 01:04:51,833 --> 01:04:53,583 Well, Covey says these 160 01:04:53,583 --> 01:04:54,791 fundamental principles 161 01:04:55,041 --> 01:04:57,083 are unmoving, like lighthouses. 162 01:04:57,375 --> 01:04:58,916 Quote, "They are natural 163 01:04:58,916 --> 01:05:00,750 laws that cannot be broken." 164 01:05:01,541 --> 01:05:03,750 Covey says these foundational principles 165 01:05:04,041 --> 01:05:05,375 are in every one of us. 166 01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:07,291 Remember the maps in our heads? 167 01:05:07,708 --> 01:05:08,791 Our own paradigms 168 01:05:08,791 --> 01:05:10,000 through which we see the world. 169 01:05:10,500 --> 01:05:11,500 Well, these maps of 170 01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:13,625 ours are only our paradigms 171 01:05:13,625 --> 01:05:15,041 that we have laid over 172 01:05:15,041 --> 01:05:16,750 these foundational principles. 173 01:05:17,458 --> 01:05:18,708 And the principles, as 174 01:05:18,708 --> 01:05:21,375 Covey says, exist in all people. 175 01:05:21,875 --> 01:05:23,666 They are not limited to a religion. 176 01:05:23,958 --> 01:05:25,041 They are part of, quote, 177 01:05:25,041 --> 01:05:26,041 "Enduring social 178 01:05:26,041 --> 01:05:28,041 philosophies and ethical systems. 179 01:05:28,541 --> 01:05:29,666 "They are self-evident 180 01:05:29,666 --> 01:05:31,333 and can easily be validated 181 01:05:31,333 --> 01:05:32,500 "by any individual. 182 01:05:32,958 --> 01:05:35,416 "They seem to exist in all human beings, 183 01:05:35,666 --> 01:05:36,750 "regardless of social 184 01:05:36,750 --> 01:05:38,666 conditioning and loyalty to them." 185 01:05:38,875 --> 01:05:39,208 End quote. 186 01:05:39,833 --> 01:05:41,125 And this is even though 187 01:05:41,125 --> 01:05:42,458 they may be less evident 188 01:05:42,458 --> 01:05:43,291 in some people. 189 01:05:43,708 --> 01:05:45,166 Okay, so what are these 190 01:05:45,166 --> 01:05:46,500 foundational principles 191 01:05:46,500 --> 01:05:47,833 that Covey is referring to? 192 01:05:48,333 --> 01:05:50,041 Well, here's some of them. 193 01:05:50,375 --> 01:05:52,791 Their fairness, integrity and honesty, 194 01:05:53,458 --> 01:05:55,375 human dignity, service, 195 01:05:55,791 --> 01:05:57,125 quality or excellence, 196 01:05:57,666 --> 01:05:58,625 and potential. 197 01:05:59,458 --> 01:06:00,833 Now, there are a few others 198 01:06:00,833 --> 01:06:02,708 that Covey mentions as well, 199 01:06:02,708 --> 01:06:04,458 and tomorrow we'll just dip 200 01:06:04,458 --> 01:06:06,166 a toe into each one of these. 201 01:06:06,166 --> 01:06:08,708 But Covey's just given us a taste here 202 01:06:09,041 --> 01:06:11,625 of these profound foundational qualities. 203 01:06:12,125 --> 01:06:13,583 And we'll also begin 204 01:06:13,583 --> 01:06:15,291 tomorrow, the next sub-chapter, 205 01:06:15,375 --> 01:06:17,875 entitled Principles of Growth and Change. 206 01:06:19,250 --> 01:06:21,583 Remember people, one life, live it. 207 01:06:22,333 --> 01:06:23,541 Hey, thanks for joining us today. 208 01:06:23,750 --> 01:06:25,125 Come back tomorrow and 209 01:06:25,125 --> 01:06:26,791 have a fantastic Monday. 210 01:06:29,083 --> 01:06:30,833 Don't forget to follow and subscribe to 211 01:06:30,833 --> 01:06:31,458 the Morning Serial 212 01:06:31,458 --> 01:06:33,083 podcast on the One Life 213 01:06:33,250 --> 01:06:34,083 Live It channel. 214 01:06:34,625 --> 01:06:36,541 You can find more episodes and videos by 215 01:06:36,541 --> 01:06:38,208 visiting our YouTube channel and the 216 01:06:38,208 --> 01:06:39,833 website at seaningless 217 01:06:40,166 --> 01:06:42,333 and at seaningless.com, where you can 218 01:06:42,333 --> 01:06:43,666 also follow our other 219 01:06:43,666 --> 01:06:45,208 podcast, the Mr. and Mrs. 220 01:06:45,208 --> 01:06:46,375 Inglis podcast and the 221 01:06:46,375 --> 01:06:47,375 Life Happens podcast. 222 01:06:48,208 --> 01:06:49,875 In these other podcasts, we'll dive 223 01:06:49,875 --> 01:06:51,250 deeper into everyday issues, 224 01:06:51,541 --> 01:06:52,291 self-improvement and 225 01:06:52,291 --> 01:06:54,791 well-being, business and finance, and we 226 01:06:54,791 --> 01:06:56,041 welcome special guests too. 227 01:06:56,541 --> 01:06:57,291 So join us. 228 01:06:57,291 --> 01:06:58,625 It'll be a good time, I promise. 229 01:06:59,333 --> 01:07:00,208 Thanks again for listening. 230 01:07:00,416 --> 01:07:01,958 Have a fantastic day and 231 01:07:01,958 --> 01:07:02,583 we'll see you tomorrow.