Good morning and welcome
to your morning cereal.
All right, good morning
and welcome to Friday.
You did it, you made it, good on you.
And if you are on spring break,
well, this might just happen
to be the one Friday a year
that is just not as sweet.
But the good news is you
still have all day today
and a full weekend.
Even better, it's March Madness.
And even better than that,
today is Absolutely Incredible Kid Day,
which is a day created to encourage kids
and remind them that
they're capable of amazing things,
which includes my kiddos as well.
So happy day to you guys.
It's also a good reminder to our kids
that we adults were once
those incredible kids too,
before the bills and the
meetings and yes, before kids.
Before we move forward though,
the answer to yesterday's
trivia question, the USA,
the United States has won the most
Olympic gold medals.
And now it's time for
the essential vitamins
in your morning cereal.
It's today's quote,
and it's from the late
and the legendary Mr. Fred Rogers,
AKA Mr. Rogers, who once said, quote,
often when you think
you're at the end of something,
you're at the beginning of
something else, end quote.
Now your morning decode,
Mr. Rogers again,
offering hope and perspective.
Endings are necessary for new
opportunities to arise.
Well, let's go ahead and
hear from the experts now.
It is time to pour in some
atomic habits by James Clear.
And today we continue
with the two-step process,
changing your identity.
Now earlier we talked about the idea
that lasting change happens
when habits become tied to your identity.
Now in this section,
Clear explains exactly
how that identity change happens.
He says the process has two simple steps.
The first step is
deciding the type of person
you wanna be, not what
you want to accomplish,
but who you want to become.
So for example, again here,
instead of saying I
want to run a marathon,
you might say I want to become a runner.
Instead of saying I want to write a book,
you might say I want to become a writer.
Now, Clear writes this, quote,
the most effective way
to change your habits
is to focus not on
what you want to achieve,
but on who you wish to become, end quote.
So once you decide the identity,
the second step then is
proving it to yourself
with small wins.
So every time you perform the habit,
you reinforce that identity.
Every time you write a page,
you cast a vote for being a writer.
Every time you work out,
you cast a vote for
being a healthy person.
Every time you read a chapter,
you cast a vote for being a learner.
Clear explains that
identities grow stronger
through repetition and through evidence.
He writes this, quote,
each habit not only gets results,
but also teaches you
something far more important
to trust yourself, end quote.
And that trust, it's a powerful thing.
Over time, these repeated actions,
they build confidence that
you are the type of person
who follows through.
And what's interesting again,
is that this works both ways.
Just as good habits
reinforce positive identities,
those negative habits,
they reinforce
identities that we might not want.
That's why Clear, he
encourages starting small,
because each action matters.
The key insight is that you
don't need dramatic change.
You just need enough small wins to
reinforce the identity
that you're building.
And eventually the habits become natural
because they align with
who you believe you are.
All right, here it is
everyone, your Friday takeaway.
Decide the person you want to become,
then prove it to yourself
with daily small actions.
All right, friends,
encourage an incredible kid today.
And remember that small habits that you
are practicing today
are quietly building the person
that you're gonna become tomorrow.
All right, now it is time for the prize
from the bottom of the cereal box.
It's the morning cereal
trivia question of the day.
Here it is, what 1960s animated TV series
showed its characters smoking cigarettes.
To be clear, that's
cartoon smoking cigarettes
from the 1960s.
Which one was it?
All right, well, thanks for
listening to Morning Cereal.
We will see you back here on Monday
for the answer to the trivia question.
And of course, more sugar for your soul.
Until then, enjoy the March
Madness, Rock Chalk Jayhawk,
and have a fantastic day.
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