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 01:00:11,750 --> 01:00:14,083 Okay, good morning and welcome to Friday. 4 01:00:14,708 --> 01:00:16,458 Look at you, making it all the way to the 5 01:00:16,458 --> 01:00:17,458 best day of the week. 6 01:00:18,083 --> 01:00:20,125 Friday at the end of a month no less? 7 01:00:20,500 --> 01:00:22,666 That means it's likely a payday Friday, 8 01:00:22,916 --> 01:00:23,583 which are one of the 9 01:00:23,583 --> 01:00:25,750 best kinds of Fridays that there are. 10 01:00:26,500 --> 01:00:29,041 Well, you can use that new cash liquidity 11 01:00:29,041 --> 01:00:30,583 event to buy a ticket 12 01:00:30,583 --> 01:00:33,416 to the circus. Today is National Barnum 13 01:00:33,416 --> 01:00:35,500 and Bailey Day. Or perhaps 14 01:00:35,500 --> 01:00:37,958 buy a hot tub. Today is also 15 01:00:38,250 --> 01:00:41,291 National Hot Tub Day. But if your budget 16 01:00:41,291 --> 01:00:42,750 is calling for something a 17 01:00:42,750 --> 01:00:44,416 little easier to swallow, 18 01:00:44,666 --> 01:00:46,958 how about buying something on a stick? 19 01:00:47,458 --> 01:00:49,250 Today is National Eat 20 01:00:49,250 --> 01:00:51,083 Something on a Stick Day. 21 01:00:51,708 --> 01:00:54,958 Here are some ideas. Corn dogs, kebabs, 22 01:00:55,500 --> 01:00:57,875 anything on a skewer, tater 23 01:00:57,875 --> 01:01:00,458 tot skewers, hot dog skewers, 24 01:01:01,041 --> 01:01:04,583 shrimp skewers, pineapple shrimp skewers, 25 01:01:05,083 --> 01:01:06,583 lemon shrimp skewers, 26 01:01:06,958 --> 01:01:09,791 pepper shrimp skewers. That's 27 01:01:09,791 --> 01:01:13,125 about it. Oh, ice cream on a stick. One 28 01:01:13,125 --> 01:01:15,333 of my favorites. Well, 29 01:01:15,916 --> 01:01:17,916 today's quote is from the 30 01:01:17,916 --> 01:01:20,666 character Bubba Blue from Forrest Gump. 31 01:01:21,250 --> 01:01:22,583 And Bubba said this, quote, 32 01:01:22,875 --> 01:01:25,583 "I don't know if we each have a 33 01:01:25,583 --> 01:01:28,250 destiny or if we're all just floating 34 01:01:28,250 --> 01:01:30,166 around accidental like on 35 01:01:30,166 --> 01:01:32,958 a breeze, but I think maybe 36 01:01:32,958 --> 01:01:36,250 it's both." End quote. Now that's a very 37 01:01:36,250 --> 01:01:38,708 thoughtful philosophical insight by 38 01:01:38,708 --> 01:01:39,916 someone obsessed with 39 01:01:39,916 --> 01:01:43,291 shrimp. Are our lives predetermined or 40 01:01:43,291 --> 01:01:45,875 simply random? Destiny or 41 01:01:45,875 --> 01:01:47,958 chance? Well, tune in tomorrow 42 01:01:47,958 --> 01:01:51,250 and I'll answer that one in detail. Well, 43 01:01:51,250 --> 01:01:52,500 today's news facts and 44 01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:54,750 birthdays are from March 28th. 45 01:01:54,875 --> 01:01:56,791 And we're going to start back in 1963. 46 01:01:57,333 --> 01:01:58,416 That's when Alfred 47 01:01:58,416 --> 01:02:00,083 Hitchcock's movie The Birds, 48 01:02:00,583 --> 01:02:02,958 it was released and this movie used to 49 01:02:02,958 --> 01:02:04,833 freak me out. I still don't 50 01:02:04,833 --> 01:02:06,291 look at crows the same way. 51 01:02:07,166 --> 01:02:09,375 Then jumping up to 1979, you might 52 01:02:09,375 --> 01:02:10,666 remember there was a 53 01:02:10,666 --> 01:02:13,125 partial meltdown at the Three Mile 54 01:02:13,250 --> 01:02:15,291 Island nuclear plant in the United 55 01:02:15,291 --> 01:02:16,875 States. And that 56 01:02:16,875 --> 01:02:18,833 resulted in radioactive leakage. 57 01:02:19,500 --> 01:02:21,291 You know, I thought I heard Doritos 58 01:02:21,291 --> 01:02:24,750 caused that too. Well, finally, if you 59 01:02:24,750 --> 01:02:25,750 were settling in for 60 01:02:25,750 --> 01:02:28,375 some TV on a Friday night this same week 61 01:02:28,375 --> 01:02:31,083 back in 1990, and browsing 62 01:02:31,083 --> 01:02:32,750 the TV guide as we did back 63 01:02:32,791 --> 01:02:35,125 then, you would have shows to choose from 64 01:02:35,125 --> 01:02:37,041 like Full House, Family 65 01:02:37,041 --> 01:02:38,500 Matters, Perfect Strangers, 66 01:02:39,083 --> 01:02:41,875 The Magic of David Copperfield, Baywatch 67 01:02:41,875 --> 01:02:44,500 and Dallas. Man, doesn't 68 01:02:44,500 --> 01:02:45,708 it seem like just yesterday 69 01:02:46,083 --> 01:02:47,833 we're all just watching those classics? 70 01:02:49,083 --> 01:02:50,166 Well, happy birthday to 71 01:02:50,166 --> 01:02:51,625 you. Today is your birthday. 72 01:02:51,625 --> 01:02:53,833 You share a birthday with singer Lady 73 01:02:53,833 --> 01:02:56,208 Gaga. She turns 39 today. 74 01:02:57,208 --> 01:02:59,083 Actress Julia Stiles, she's 44. 75 01:03:00,083 --> 01:03:03,625 Actor Vince Vaughn, he's 55 today. Singer 76 01:03:03,625 --> 01:03:06,250 Reba McIntyre, she's 70. 77 01:03:07,125 --> 01:03:08,458 And former basketball player 78 01:03:08,458 --> 01:03:11,375 Rick Berry, he's 80 today. And 79 01:03:11,375 --> 01:03:13,250 interestingly, I met Rick 80 01:03:13,250 --> 01:03:15,500 Berry in fifth grade when for some 81 01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:18,791 reason he visited my elementary school in 82 01:03:18,791 --> 01:03:20,041 Colorado Springs, Colorado. 83 01:03:20,833 --> 01:03:21,791 I don't remember much about 84 01:03:21,791 --> 01:03:23,916 that other than I thought he was very 85 01:03:23,916 --> 01:03:25,125 tall. And when somebody 86 01:03:25,125 --> 01:03:27,291 asked him just how tall he was, 87 01:03:27,583 --> 01:03:31,208 he said, I am five feet 19 inches tall. 88 01:03:31,833 --> 01:03:32,916 Well, I'll let you do 89 01:03:32,916 --> 01:03:33,791 the math on that one. 90 01:03:34,583 --> 01:03:36,208 Moving on to movies and songs. The number 91 01:03:36,208 --> 01:03:37,750 one movie on this date in 92 01:03:37,750 --> 01:03:41,208 1996 was Up Close and Personal. 93 01:03:41,875 --> 01:03:43,583 Now this is a film starring Robert 94 01:03:43,583 --> 01:03:44,791 Redford and Michelle 95 01:03:44,791 --> 01:03:46,666 Pfeiffer. And interestingly, 96 01:03:47,208 --> 01:03:49,541 the critical acclaim surrounding the 97 01:03:49,541 --> 01:03:51,125 movie was really around the 98 01:03:51,125 --> 01:03:53,000 original theme song for the 99 01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:55,708 movie. And that theme song was Because 100 01:03:55,708 --> 01:03:58,083 You Loved Me, which was sang by none 101 01:03:58,083 --> 01:03:59,250 other than the brilliant, 102 01:03:59,250 --> 01:04:02,583 brilliant Celine Dion, which brings us to 103 01:04:02,583 --> 01:04:03,625 the number one song on 104 01:04:03,625 --> 01:04:05,125 this day. Also in 1996, 105 01:04:06,083 --> 01:04:08,125 it was Because You Loved Me by Celine 106 01:04:08,125 --> 01:04:11,333 Dion. Now she won the Grammy Award for 107 01:04:11,333 --> 01:04:12,375 the best song written 108 01:04:12,375 --> 01:04:14,583 for a motion picture for this song. And 109 01:04:14,583 --> 01:04:16,791 you know, I love my Celine Dion and I 110 01:04:16,791 --> 01:04:17,791 love this song as well. 111 01:04:18,375 --> 01:04:20,666 And so does Billboard Magazine because 112 01:04:20,666 --> 01:04:22,541 Billboard ranked Because You 113 01:04:22,541 --> 01:04:25,083 Loved Me as the 14th top love 114 01:04:25,083 --> 01:04:27,916 song of all time. Well, I'm a sucker for 115 01:04:27,916 --> 01:04:29,416 a good love song, but I'm 116 01:04:29,416 --> 01:04:30,750 also a sucker for some self 117 01:04:30,791 --> 01:04:32,583 improvement to get us going on this 118 01:04:32,583 --> 01:04:35,125 Friday and headed into a weekend in the 119 01:04:35,125 --> 01:04:36,041 right frame of mind. 120 01:04:36,791 --> 01:04:38,791 So here are my takeaways from chapter 121 01:04:38,791 --> 01:04:40,833 seven of part four of Dale 122 01:04:40,833 --> 01:04:42,541 Carnegie's How to Win Friends 123 01:04:42,541 --> 01:04:44,750 and Influence People. And in this 124 01:04:44,750 --> 01:04:47,250 chapter, which is entitled Give a Dog a 125 01:04:47,250 --> 01:04:49,125 Good Name, Carnegie has 126 01:04:49,125 --> 01:04:50,791 been talking about giving people a 127 01:04:50,791 --> 01:04:54,666 reputation or a virtue to live up to. And 128 01:04:54,666 --> 01:04:56,125 in doing so, most people 129 01:04:56,125 --> 01:04:58,875 will step up to that challenge to live up 130 01:04:58,875 --> 01:04:59,833 to this characteristic 131 01:04:59,833 --> 01:05:01,208 that you've assigned them, 132 01:05:01,458 --> 01:05:03,833 even if it's a stretch, rather than let 133 01:05:03,833 --> 01:05:06,250 you down or even now let 134 01:05:06,250 --> 01:05:08,541 themselves down. Well, Carnegie 135 01:05:08,541 --> 01:05:10,750 gives a few illustrations and here are 136 01:05:10,750 --> 01:05:12,791 some of the one-liners where someone 137 01:05:12,791 --> 01:05:14,291 assigned a characteristic 138 01:05:14,375 --> 01:05:17,375 or a reputation that in the end, it 139 01:05:17,375 --> 01:05:19,791 encouraged the other person to some 140 01:05:19,791 --> 01:05:21,708 positive end. Here are a few 141 01:05:21,750 --> 01:05:25,375 of them. "You do not know what treasures 142 01:05:25,375 --> 01:05:28,291 are within you." And the 143 01:05:28,291 --> 01:05:30,291 next one is, "You are always 144 01:05:30,291 --> 01:05:32,666 willing to listen and are big enough to 145 01:05:32,666 --> 01:05:33,958 change your mind when the 146 01:05:33,958 --> 01:05:35,625 facts warrant a change." 147 01:05:36,875 --> 01:05:39,291 And the last example here is, "I 148 01:05:39,291 --> 01:05:42,000 understand you are a natural leader. I'm 149 01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:43,500 going to depend on you." 150 01:05:44,666 --> 01:05:46,666 Well, each one of these comments gave 151 01:05:46,666 --> 01:05:48,875 another person something to live up to. 152 01:05:49,416 --> 01:05:52,375 And more often than not, most people will 153 01:05:52,375 --> 01:05:53,250 give it their best 154 01:05:53,250 --> 01:05:55,083 effort to do just that. 155 01:05:55,833 --> 01:05:57,875 Now, obviously, this works in the home, 156 01:05:58,208 --> 01:06:00,083 in social situations, and 157 01:06:00,083 --> 01:06:02,166 in professional settings. So, 158 01:06:02,458 --> 01:06:05,541 here it is. In a chapter entitled Give a 159 01:06:05,541 --> 01:06:08,000 Dog a Good Name, Carnegie's 160 01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:09,791 principle number seven is, 161 01:06:10,291 --> 01:06:13,166 "Give the other person a fine reputation 162 01:06:13,166 --> 01:06:16,000 to live up to." Well, join 163 01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:17,375 us again on Monday for chapter 164 01:06:17,500 --> 01:06:19,958 eight, which is entitled, "Make the Fault 165 01:06:19,958 --> 01:06:23,000 Seem Easy to Correct" and Learn 166 01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:24,041 Carnegie's Principle 167 01:06:24,041 --> 01:06:26,583 Number Eight. Well, thanks for joining us 168 01:06:26,583 --> 01:06:28,083 today. Have a great weekend 169 01:06:28,083 --> 01:06:29,708 getting all of those spring 170 01:06:29,708 --> 01:06:30,875 cleaning chores done 171 01:06:30,875 --> 01:06:33,291 and have a fantastic day. 172 01:06:35,625 --> 01:06:37,375 Don't forget to follow and subscribe to 173 01:06:37,375 --> 01:06:38,000 the Morning Serial 174 01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:39,625 podcast on the One Life 175 01:06:39,791 --> 01:06:40,625 Live It channel. 176 01:06:41,166 --> 01:06:43,083 You can find more episodes and videos by 177 01:06:43,083 --> 01:06:44,750 visiting our YouTube channel and the 178 01:06:44,750 --> 01:06:46,375 website at seaningless 179 01:06:46,708 --> 01:06:48,875 and at seaningless.com, where you can 180 01:06:48,875 --> 01:06:50,208 also follow our other 181 01:06:50,208 --> 01:06:51,750 podcast, the Mr. and Mrs. 182 01:06:51,750 --> 01:06:52,916 Inglis podcast and the 183 01:06:52,916 --> 01:06:53,916 Life Happens podcast. 184 01:06:54,750 --> 01:06:56,416 In these other podcasts, we'll dive 185 01:06:56,416 --> 01:06:57,791 deeper into everyday issues, 186 01:06:58,083 --> 01:06:58,833 self-improvement and 187 01:06:58,833 --> 01:07:01,333 well-being, business and finance, and we 188 01:07:01,333 --> 01:07:02,583 welcome special guests too. 189 01:07:03,083 --> 01:07:03,833 So join us. 190 01:07:03,833 --> 01:07:05,166 It'll be a good time, I promise. 191 01:07:05,875 --> 01:07:06,750 Thanks again for listening. 192 01:07:06,958 --> 01:07:08,500 Have a fantastic day and 193 01:07:08,500 --> 01:07:09,125 we'll see you tomorrow.