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 01:00:12,250 --> 01:00:13,333 Okay, good morning 4 01:00:13,333 --> 01:00:14,666 and welcome to Thursday. 5 01:00:15,416 --> 01:00:16,666 Hey, let me ask you if 6 01:00:16,666 --> 01:00:18,583 you know who Ken Carson is. 7 01:00:19,166 --> 01:00:21,583 I think you likely do know who Ken Carson 8 01:00:21,583 --> 01:00:23,125 is, but you may not 9 01:00:23,125 --> 01:00:24,708 know that Carson was his 10 01:00:24,708 --> 01:00:25,458 last name. 11 01:00:26,291 --> 01:00:27,250 Well, I'll help you out. 12 01:00:27,791 --> 01:00:29,708 Today is National Ken Day. 13 01:00:30,250 --> 01:00:31,041 It's Barbie's Ken. 14 01:00:31,500 --> 01:00:32,458 Ken Carson. 15 01:00:33,375 --> 01:00:35,375 Well, anyways, he stood by Barbie's side 16 01:00:35,375 --> 01:00:37,250 for 65 years now, 17 01:00:37,250 --> 01:00:38,708 through all of their ups and 18 01:00:38,708 --> 01:00:39,208 their downs. 19 01:00:39,666 --> 01:00:41,958 Barbie seems to have had a new career 20 01:00:41,958 --> 01:00:43,166 every time I turn 21 01:00:43,166 --> 01:00:44,958 around, and that can't be easy 22 01:00:44,958 --> 01:00:45,375 for Ken. 23 01:00:45,833 --> 01:00:47,083 So happy Ken Day, Ken. 24 01:00:47,458 --> 01:00:49,083 And to the other Ken's out there as well. 25 01:00:50,208 --> 01:00:53,041 Well, it's also National Popcorn Lovers 26 01:00:53,041 --> 01:00:54,041 Day, and my oldest 27 01:00:54,041 --> 01:00:55,166 son will love that fact. 28 01:00:55,750 --> 01:00:56,666 And it's also 29 01:00:56,666 --> 01:00:58,541 National Good Samaritan Day. 30 01:00:58,750 --> 01:01:00,750 So get out there and do some good. 31 01:01:01,750 --> 01:01:03,958 Well, speaking of Barbie and strong 32 01:01:03,958 --> 01:01:06,041 women, today's quote is 33 01:01:06,041 --> 01:01:07,583 from another strong woman. 34 01:01:07,666 --> 01:01:10,333 It's the icon Cher, who said, quote, 35 01:01:10,791 --> 01:01:11,708 "Until you're ready to 36 01:01:11,708 --> 01:01:13,291 look foolish, you'll never 37 01:01:13,291 --> 01:01:14,916 have the possibility of 38 01:01:14,916 --> 01:01:16,416 being great," end quote. 39 01:01:17,083 --> 01:01:18,833 And you have to be willing to put 40 01:01:18,833 --> 01:01:20,083 yourself out there, 41 01:01:20,375 --> 01:01:22,541 sometimes even in an uncomfortable 42 01:01:22,958 --> 01:01:23,166 way. 43 01:01:23,541 --> 01:01:26,041 But by pushing yourself to do it bigger 44 01:01:26,041 --> 01:01:28,291 and better, that is the 45 01:01:28,291 --> 01:01:29,500 only way that you're going 46 01:01:29,500 --> 01:01:30,166 to grow in your 47 01:01:30,166 --> 01:01:31,916 personal and professional life. 48 01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:33,375 All right. 49 01:01:33,708 --> 01:01:35,375 Well, today's news facts and 50 01:01:35,375 --> 01:01:38,125 birthdays are for March 13th. 51 01:01:38,125 --> 01:01:41,125 On this date back in 1781, English 52 01:01:41,125 --> 01:01:43,250 astronomer William Herschel, he 53 01:01:43,250 --> 01:01:44,333 discovered the planet 54 01:01:44,500 --> 01:01:44,875 Uranus. 55 01:01:45,250 --> 01:01:46,791 He actually thought it was a comet, 56 01:01:46,791 --> 01:01:48,458 perhaps, and he named it 57 01:01:48,458 --> 01:01:50,208 after the father of the god 58 01:01:50,250 --> 01:01:51,583 Saturn, Uranus. 59 01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:56,500 Then on this date in 1877, American 60 01:01:56,500 --> 01:01:58,250 Chester Greenwood, he 61 01:01:58,250 --> 01:02:00,500 patented the earmuffs after 62 01:02:00,541 --> 01:02:02,791 inventing them at the age of 15. 63 01:02:04,250 --> 01:02:06,333 Then in 2004 on this date, Luciano 64 01:02:06,333 --> 01:02:07,666 Pavarotti, he performed in 65 01:02:07,666 --> 01:02:09,750 his final opera at the New 66 01:02:09,750 --> 01:02:11,041 York Metropolitan Opera. 67 01:02:12,250 --> 01:02:16,083 And then finally in 2012, a sad day, the 68 01:02:16,083 --> 01:02:19,208 Encyclopedia Britannica announced that it 69 01:02:19,208 --> 01:02:20,500 was ceasing publication 70 01:02:20,666 --> 01:02:21,875 of its print version. 71 01:02:22,333 --> 01:02:24,166 It was the oldest and the longest 72 01:02:24,166 --> 01:02:26,416 continually published English language 73 01:02:26,416 --> 01:02:27,791 general print encyclopedia. 74 01:02:29,041 --> 01:02:30,125 Well, I guess it's one of those things 75 01:02:30,125 --> 01:02:31,541 that we can add to the list 76 01:02:31,541 --> 01:02:33,166 of items that our generation 77 01:02:33,291 --> 01:02:36,166 can say, "Do you remember when we used to 78 01:02:36,166 --> 01:02:37,750 do this or we used to have that?" 79 01:02:38,041 --> 01:02:38,833 It's kind of fun to 80 01:02:38,833 --> 01:02:40,500 reminisce on those nostalgic items. 81 01:02:41,541 --> 01:02:42,666 Well, happy birthday to you. 82 01:02:42,666 --> 01:02:44,458 If today is your birthday, you share a 83 01:02:44,458 --> 01:02:45,833 birthday with JP 84 01:02:45,833 --> 01:02:48,083 Morgan Bank CEO Jamie Dimon. 85 01:02:48,083 --> 01:02:48,750 He's 69. 86 01:02:49,541 --> 01:02:51,208 And actor William H. Macy. 87 01:02:51,541 --> 01:02:52,208 He's 75. 88 01:02:53,625 --> 01:02:54,875 Well, the number one movie on this date 89 01:02:54,875 --> 01:02:58,166 back in 2004 was Passion of the Christ. 90 01:02:59,041 --> 01:03:00,958 And I know Easter is not until late April 91 01:03:00,958 --> 01:03:02,333 this year, but the 92 01:03:02,333 --> 01:03:03,916 movie depicting the events 93 01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,541 leading up to Easter in a very realistic 94 01:03:06,541 --> 01:03:08,125 way, well, this was the 95 01:03:08,125 --> 01:03:09,500 number one movie this week 96 01:03:09,500 --> 01:03:10,791 back in 2004. 97 01:03:11,416 --> 01:03:13,625 And at the time, it was the highest 98 01:03:13,625 --> 01:03:16,375 grossing rated R movie of all time. 99 01:03:17,375 --> 01:03:19,458 And interestingly, the actor that played 100 01:03:19,458 --> 01:03:21,375 Jesus, he was literally 101 01:03:21,375 --> 01:03:23,291 hit by lightning while 102 01:03:23,291 --> 01:03:24,500 filming the scene of 103 01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:25,375 The Sermon on the Mount. 104 01:03:25,833 --> 01:03:26,375 Pretty crazy. 105 01:03:26,375 --> 01:03:27,750 I remember hearing about it at the time. 106 01:03:28,791 --> 01:03:30,666 And the number one song on this date back 107 01:03:30,666 --> 01:03:34,166 in 1999 was Believe by Cher. 108 01:03:34,791 --> 01:03:37,708 Now, the song Believe broke Cher's 25 109 01:03:37,708 --> 01:03:39,541 year dry spell between 110 01:03:39,541 --> 01:03:40,958 number one hits with her 111 01:03:40,958 --> 01:03:42,625 last number one hit coming in 112 01:03:42,625 --> 01:03:45,250 1974 with the song Dark Lady. 113 01:03:46,208 --> 01:03:48,458 The song Believe has a dance pop sound to 114 01:03:48,458 --> 01:03:52,458 it, and it helped usher in the new era of 115 01:03:52,458 --> 01:03:53,083 auto tune. 116 01:03:53,583 --> 01:03:55,833 And if you were one of my roommates back 117 01:03:55,833 --> 01:03:57,750 in 1999, when this song 118 01:03:57,750 --> 01:03:59,208 was number one, we would 119 01:03:59,208 --> 01:04:01,333 have been in Fort Collins, Colorado, then 120 01:04:01,333 --> 01:04:03,041 you probably woke up 121 01:04:03,041 --> 01:04:04,875 to me way overplaying 122 01:04:04,916 --> 01:04:06,583 this song every single morning. 123 01:04:06,791 --> 01:04:08,041 My apologies, everybody. 124 01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:09,916 But it was just so good. 125 01:04:10,291 --> 01:04:11,541 And I did believe. 126 01:04:13,333 --> 01:04:15,750 Well, I believe it's time to get you 127 01:04:15,750 --> 01:04:17,708 prepared to move on to this Thursday. 128 01:04:18,250 --> 01:04:20,041 And I'll do it with my takeaways from 129 01:04:20,041 --> 01:04:21,666 chapter three of Dale 130 01:04:21,666 --> 01:04:23,208 Carnegie's book, How to Win 131 01:04:23,208 --> 01:04:24,500 Friends and Influence People. 132 01:04:25,375 --> 01:04:28,041 And in this chapter entitled Talk About 133 01:04:28,041 --> 01:04:29,625 Your Own Mistakes First, 134 01:04:30,666 --> 01:04:32,125 Carnegie is not metaphorically 135 01:04:32,125 --> 01:04:33,041 speaking here. 136 01:04:33,666 --> 01:04:36,041 Carnegie is telling us to talk about our 137 01:04:36,041 --> 01:04:37,750 mistakes first, finding 138 01:04:37,750 --> 01:04:39,666 the right mixture of humility 139 01:04:40,125 --> 01:04:43,291 and praise that together can, quote, work 140 01:04:43,291 --> 01:04:44,958 veritable miracles in 141 01:04:44,958 --> 01:04:46,166 human relations, end 142 01:04:46,166 --> 01:04:46,416 quote. 143 01:04:47,208 --> 01:04:49,083 And Carnegie continues by saying, quote, 144 01:04:49,333 --> 01:04:51,708 admitting one's own mistakes, even when 145 01:04:51,708 --> 01:04:53,083 one hasn't corrected 146 01:04:53,291 --> 01:04:55,333 them, can help convince somebody to 147 01:04:55,333 --> 01:04:57,458 change his or her behavior, end quote. 148 01:04:58,291 --> 01:05:01,166 In life, inevitably, we have to have 149 01:05:01,166 --> 01:05:03,291 difficult conversations and 150 01:05:03,291 --> 01:05:05,291 the best leaders among us. 151 01:05:05,833 --> 01:05:07,916 And whether it be in social situations 152 01:05:07,916 --> 01:05:09,750 with your family or in 153 01:05:09,750 --> 01:05:11,458 business, the best leaders 154 01:05:11,541 --> 01:05:13,791 use Carnegie's principle number three, 155 01:05:14,291 --> 01:05:15,583 which is to talk about 156 01:05:15,583 --> 01:05:17,625 your own mistakes before 157 01:05:17,625 --> 01:05:19,250 criticizing the other person. 158 01:05:20,458 --> 01:05:22,166 Well, I hope you're not having to have 159 01:05:22,166 --> 01:05:24,208 any difficult conversations today. 160 01:05:24,750 --> 01:05:27,750 But if you do, just do your best and know 161 01:05:27,750 --> 01:05:29,750 that it will be enough. 162 01:05:30,500 --> 01:05:31,333 Did you see what I did there? 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