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 --> 01:00:14,208 Okay, good morning and welcome to Friday. 4 01:00:14,708 --> 01:00:16,000 Look at us, we made it, 5 01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:17,333 we kept our heads down 6 01:00:17,333 --> 01:00:19,041 during a week of unicorns 7 01:00:19,041 --> 01:00:21,083 and binges and feng shui, 8 01:00:21,666 --> 01:00:22,833 and now we're being 9 01:00:22,833 --> 01:00:24,125 rewarded with a Friday 10 01:00:24,125 --> 01:00:25,291 in the coming weekend. 11 01:00:26,041 --> 01:00:28,000 But don't miss out, today is still 12 01:00:28,166 --> 01:00:29,083 National Cheese 13 01:00:29,083 --> 01:00:30,458 Fondue Day, so that's good. 14 01:00:30,875 --> 01:00:32,375 It's also National 15 01:00:32,375 --> 01:00:33,625 Cleanup Your Pantry Day, 16 01:00:33,833 --> 01:00:35,375 and I should probably work on this. 17 01:00:35,750 --> 01:00:37,208 You know, our kids keep finding food 18 01:00:37,208 --> 01:00:37,958 in the pantry that's 19 01:00:37,958 --> 01:00:39,333 expired, but it's still good 20 01:00:39,375 --> 01:00:41,000 for at least another year or two, right? 21 01:00:41,958 --> 01:00:43,000 Well, it's also 22 01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:45,291 National Eight Track Tape Day, 23 01:00:45,375 --> 01:00:46,875 which I hope this means there's a 24 01:00:46,875 --> 01:00:48,291 National Cassette Tape Day 25 01:00:48,291 --> 01:00:49,083 coming soon too, 26 01:00:49,083 --> 01:00:50,375 because then I can pop in 27 01:00:50,375 --> 01:00:51,791 my old deaf leopard, my 28 01:00:51,791 --> 01:00:53,708 Huey Lewis, my quiet ride, 29 01:00:53,708 --> 01:00:54,583 and Phil Collin tapes, 30 01:00:55,041 --> 01:00:55,750 that would be awesome. 31 01:00:56,541 --> 01:00:59,041 And lastly, it's National Pet Day. 32 01:00:59,583 --> 01:01:01,458 So give some love to those little pets 33 01:01:01,458 --> 01:01:02,833 whose only purpose is to 34 01:01:02,833 --> 01:01:04,791 wake up every day and love us, 35 01:01:05,125 --> 01:01:05,833 and to go to the 36 01:01:05,833 --> 01:01:07,500 bathroom on our wood floors 37 01:01:07,750 --> 01:01:09,500 and to leave hair all over the place. 38 01:01:09,875 --> 01:01:11,291 But we'll just ignore that for today. 39 01:01:12,250 --> 01:01:14,541 And in honor of the Masters Golf 40 01:01:14,541 --> 01:01:15,500 Tournament this week, 41 01:01:15,708 --> 01:01:17,666 our quote today comes from three-time 42 01:01:17,666 --> 01:01:19,250 winner, Phil Mickelson, 43 01:01:19,750 --> 01:01:21,833 who has some sage advice for us. 44 01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:23,291 Phil said, quote, "Stay 45 01:01:23,291 --> 01:01:24,958 positive and be happy. 46 01:01:25,416 --> 01:01:26,958 "Work hard and don't give up hope. 47 01:01:27,291 --> 01:01:29,416 "Be open to criticism and keep learning. 48 01:01:29,916 --> 01:01:31,000 "Surround yourself with 49 01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:33,291 happy, warm, and genuine people." 50 01:01:33,625 --> 01:01:33,958 End quote. 51 01:01:35,083 --> 01:01:36,416 Well, today's News Facts and 52 01:01:36,416 --> 01:01:38,958 Birthdays are for April 11th. 53 01:01:38,958 --> 01:01:41,250 And we're gonna start back in 1966, 54 01:01:41,708 --> 01:01:44,958 when on this date, Frank Sinatra recorded 55 01:01:45,333 --> 01:01:46,833 his popular song, 56 01:01:46,833 --> 01:01:48,291 "Strangers in the Night," 57 01:01:48,291 --> 01:01:50,625 which later reached the number one spot 58 01:01:50,625 --> 01:01:51,750 on the Billboard charts. 59 01:01:52,708 --> 01:01:54,708 Then have you seen the movie "Apollo 13?" 60 01:01:55,208 --> 01:01:55,916 If not, you should 61 01:01:55,916 --> 01:01:57,250 definitely watch it, great movie. 62 01:01:57,750 --> 01:02:00,541 But on this date, back in 1970, 63 01:02:00,916 --> 01:02:02,875 the actual real life events 64 01:02:02,875 --> 01:02:04,541 of the movie started in motion 65 01:02:05,125 --> 01:02:07,083 when the Apollo 13 rocket 66 01:02:07,083 --> 01:02:09,041 was launched from Cape Kennedy, 67 01:02:09,041 --> 01:02:10,833 which is now Cape Canaveral in Florida. 68 01:02:11,625 --> 01:02:13,125 And spoiler alert here, 69 01:02:13,416 --> 01:02:14,958 although the mission was scheduled 70 01:02:14,958 --> 01:02:16,583 to be the third lunar landing, 71 01:02:17,083 --> 01:02:19,083 the Apollo 13 mission was aborted 72 01:02:19,333 --> 01:02:20,708 after an oxygen tank 73 01:02:20,708 --> 01:02:22,375 exploded en route to the moon. 74 01:02:22,750 --> 01:02:23,208 Great movie. 75 01:02:24,083 --> 01:02:26,666 Then in 2004, on this 76 01:02:26,666 --> 01:02:28,083 date, Phil Mickelson, 77 01:02:28,083 --> 01:02:30,416 he won his first major championship, 78 01:02:30,541 --> 01:02:32,916 winning the Masters at Augusta National 79 01:02:33,041 --> 01:02:34,708 after 12 years as a pro. 80 01:02:35,500 --> 01:02:36,708 And happy birthday to you 81 01:02:36,708 --> 01:02:38,041 if today's your birthday. 82 01:02:38,041 --> 01:02:39,708 You share a birthday with model 83 01:02:39,708 --> 01:02:41,291 Alessandra Ambrosio. 84 01:02:41,666 --> 01:02:42,791 She's 44 today. 85 01:02:43,625 --> 01:02:44,875 And the number one song 86 01:02:44,875 --> 01:02:47,041 on this date back in 1998 87 01:02:47,625 --> 01:02:50,041 was "All My Life" by Casey and JoJo. 88 01:02:50,625 --> 01:02:52,583 This is one of the few R&B songs 89 01:02:52,791 --> 01:02:53,583 that seems to have made 90 01:02:53,583 --> 01:02:54,750 it to the number one spot 91 01:02:54,750 --> 01:02:56,041 on the Billboard top 100. 92 01:02:56,666 --> 01:02:58,583 And I loved this song when it was out. 93 01:02:58,708 --> 01:03:00,458 I was a big R&B fan in 94 01:03:00,458 --> 01:03:01,375 the nineties as well, 95 01:03:01,583 --> 01:03:03,458 but this song was nominated 96 01:03:03,458 --> 01:03:05,833 for a Grammy for best R&B song. 97 01:03:06,166 --> 01:03:07,666 And it was written as a tribute 98 01:03:07,875 --> 01:03:09,333 to JoJo's seven year old daughter. 99 01:03:09,875 --> 01:03:10,416 Very sweet. 100 01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:12,208 We love our daughters, don't we? 101 01:03:12,416 --> 01:03:13,083 Love you, baby girl. 102 01:03:14,166 --> 01:03:15,541 Okay, well, as you know, 103 01:03:15,541 --> 01:03:17,458 we're reading through Stephen R. Covey's 104 01:03:17,458 --> 01:03:18,583 "The Seven Habits of 105 01:03:18,583 --> 01:03:19,791 Highly Effective People." 106 01:03:20,375 --> 01:03:22,083 And in this first chapter, which is 107 01:03:22,083 --> 01:03:23,208 entitled "Inside Out," 108 01:03:23,208 --> 01:03:24,750 Covey is discussing the differences 109 01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:25,625 between character 110 01:03:25,625 --> 01:03:27,666 traits and personality ethic. 111 01:03:27,833 --> 01:03:29,875 And he is unpacking how our behaviors 112 01:03:30,083 --> 01:03:30,750 are based on our 113 01:03:30,750 --> 01:03:32,500 perspectives and our experiences, 114 01:03:33,083 --> 01:03:34,041 our paradigms. 115 01:03:34,500 --> 01:03:35,916 Yet if we want to improve 116 01:03:35,916 --> 01:03:38,041 our lives in a material way 117 01:03:38,333 --> 01:03:40,166 beyond just having a better attitude, 118 01:03:40,166 --> 01:03:41,291 we need to adjust our 119 01:03:41,291 --> 01:03:44,000 paradigms to change the foundation 120 01:03:44,458 --> 01:03:45,583 from which our attitudes 121 01:03:45,583 --> 01:03:47,041 and our behaviors flow. 122 01:03:48,041 --> 01:03:48,541 Covey's next 123 01:03:48,541 --> 01:03:50,875 sub-chapter is seeing and being, 124 01:03:51,083 --> 01:03:52,291 and we are still in chapter one. 125 01:03:52,916 --> 01:03:54,833 And Covey is quick to point out 126 01:03:54,958 --> 01:03:56,083 that not all paradigm 127 01:03:56,083 --> 01:03:57,791 shifts are instantaneous, 128 01:03:58,708 --> 01:03:59,708 like the paradigm 129 01:03:59,708 --> 01:04:01,375 shift on the subway example 130 01:04:01,583 --> 01:04:02,125 from yesterday. 131 01:04:02,833 --> 01:04:03,958 Well, in fact, most 132 01:04:03,958 --> 01:04:05,541 paradigm shifts are slow, 133 01:04:05,750 --> 01:04:07,750 like the one he had with his wife 134 01:04:07,750 --> 01:04:10,250 and how they saw and treated their son, 135 01:04:10,666 --> 01:04:12,875 which was a, quote, "slow, difficult, 136 01:04:12,875 --> 01:04:14,583 and deliberate process," end quote. 137 01:04:15,083 --> 01:04:17,333 And for years, Covey and his wife had 138 01:04:17,333 --> 01:04:18,416 conditioned themselves 139 01:04:18,416 --> 01:04:20,125 and their son to these topical 140 01:04:20,125 --> 01:04:22,625 personality ethic tactics 141 01:04:23,083 --> 01:04:25,458 that fed into their deeply held paradigms 142 01:04:25,458 --> 01:04:26,833 of how they thought about 143 01:04:26,833 --> 01:04:28,458 their own success as parents, 144 01:04:28,916 --> 01:04:30,916 and also how they measured 145 01:04:30,916 --> 01:04:32,416 the success of their children. 146 01:04:33,083 --> 01:04:34,500 But it wasn't until they 147 01:04:34,500 --> 01:04:36,583 identified and began to change, 148 01:04:36,583 --> 01:04:38,750 quote, "those basic paradigms," 149 01:04:38,750 --> 01:04:40,208 until they saw things differently, 150 01:04:40,708 --> 01:04:42,125 that they were able to create 151 01:04:42,125 --> 01:04:44,166 a quantum change in ourselves 152 01:04:44,833 --> 01:04:46,666 and in the situation, end quote. 153 01:04:47,250 --> 01:04:48,833 Covey and his wife realized that in order 154 01:04:49,041 --> 01:04:50,375 to see their son differently, 155 01:04:51,041 --> 01:04:52,250 that the two of them had 156 01:04:52,250 --> 01:04:54,375 to be different, quote, 157 01:04:54,458 --> 01:04:55,958 "Our new paradigm was 158 01:04:55,958 --> 01:04:57,791 created as we invested 159 01:04:57,791 --> 01:04:58,875 in the growth and 160 01:04:58,875 --> 01:05:01,375 development of our own character," 161 01:05:01,625 --> 01:05:01,958 end quote. 162 01:05:02,500 --> 01:05:04,166 Okay, here is the meat and 163 01:05:04,166 --> 01:05:05,833 potatoes of this sub-chapter. 164 01:05:06,333 --> 01:05:07,166 Covey says, quote, 165 01:05:07,750 --> 01:05:08,541 "Paradigms are 166 01:05:08,541 --> 01:05:10,458 inseparable from character. 167 01:05:11,708 --> 01:05:14,041 Being is seeing in the human dimension, 168 01:05:14,666 --> 01:05:16,833 and what we see is highly 169 01:05:16,833 --> 01:05:19,166 interrelated to what we are. 170 01:05:19,666 --> 01:05:22,708 We can't go very far to change our seeing 171 01:05:22,875 --> 01:05:23,166 without 172 01:05:23,166 --> 01:05:26,416 simultaneously changing our being," 173 01:05:26,875 --> 01:05:28,166 and vice versa, end quote. 174 01:05:29,125 --> 01:05:31,083 These paradigms are powerful. 175 01:05:31,500 --> 01:05:32,625 They are the lens through 176 01:05:32,625 --> 01:05:34,583 which we see, interpret, 177 01:05:34,833 --> 01:05:36,125 and react to this world. 178 01:05:36,708 --> 01:05:38,000 To shift a paradigm, 179 01:05:38,250 --> 01:05:39,750 whether instantaneous 180 01:05:40,166 --> 01:05:41,625 or slow and deliberate, 181 01:05:42,125 --> 01:05:43,166 can set you up for 182 01:05:43,166 --> 01:05:44,875 powerful quantum change. 183 01:05:45,916 --> 01:05:48,291 So come back on Monday as we start 184 01:05:48,291 --> 01:05:49,708 Covey's sub-chapter, 185 01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:51,666 the principle-centered paradigm. 186 01:05:52,333 --> 01:05:53,125 You're gonna love it. 187 01:05:53,125 --> 01:05:54,583 He gets really deep into this, 188 01:05:54,583 --> 01:05:55,333 and we start learning 189 01:05:55,333 --> 01:05:56,333 about some of his principles. 190 01:05:57,208 --> 01:05:58,625 Hey, thanks for joining us today. 191 01:05:59,250 --> 01:06:01,291 Enjoy your Friday and enjoy your weekend, 192 01:06:01,541 --> 01:06:03,208 and have a fantastic day. 193 01:06:05,291 --> 01:06:07,041 Don't forget to follow and subscribe to 194 01:06:07,041 --> 01:06:07,666 the Morning Serial 195 01:06:07,666 --> 01:06:09,291 podcast on the One Life 196 01:06:09,458 --> 01:06:10,291 Live It channel. 197 01:06:10,833 --> 01:06:12,750 You can find more episodes and videos by 198 01:06:12,750 --> 01:06:14,416 visiting our YouTube channel and the 199 01:06:14,416 --> 01:06:16,041 website at Shawningless 200 01:06:16,375 --> 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