1 01:00:01,250 --> 01:00:04,166 Good morning and 2 01:00:04,166 --> 01:00:05,958 welcome to Morning Serial. 3 01:00:11,791 --> 01:00:14,250 Okay good morning and welcome to Tuesday. 4 01:00:14,583 --> 01:00:16,708 Well I hope you enjoyed that nice long 5 01:00:16,708 --> 01:00:18,875 holiday weekend celebrating Labor Day. 6 01:00:19,291 --> 01:00:21,291 Now we and my family we spent the long 7 01:00:21,291 --> 01:00:22,291 weekend in Austin 8 01:00:22,291 --> 01:00:23,958 watching our boys play soccer. 9 01:00:24,750 --> 01:00:27,000 It's back to it today on a short work 10 01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:29,500 week and what better way to start the 11 01:00:29,500 --> 01:00:31,375 week with today being 12 01:00:31,458 --> 01:00:34,666 National Live Fearless Day. Right? It's 13 01:00:34,666 --> 01:00:36,833 the perfect excuse to stare down that 14 01:00:36,833 --> 01:00:38,000 thing you've been avoiding. 15 01:00:38,666 --> 01:00:41,458 Today is the day. It's about embracing 16 01:00:41,458 --> 01:00:44,000 boldness and living your next move with 17 01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:45,375 guts not hesitation. 18 01:00:46,208 --> 01:00:48,625 All right so in honor of fearless living 19 01:00:48,625 --> 01:00:49,833 our quote today is from 20 01:00:49,833 --> 01:00:52,375 someone that well he knows kung fu. 21 01:00:53,041 --> 01:00:55,458 Keanu Reeves he said quote if you have 22 01:00:55,458 --> 01:00:57,708 been brutally broken but still have the 23 01:00:57,708 --> 01:00:59,041 courage to be gentle 24 01:00:59,500 --> 01:01:02,208 to other living beings then you're a 25 01:01:02,208 --> 01:01:04,500 badass with a heart of an angel. 26 01:01:04,875 --> 01:01:06,958 End quote. Now I agree with Keanu that 27 01:01:06,958 --> 01:01:09,000 quote it just reminds us that 28 01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:11,250 fearlessness it isn't about 29 01:01:11,375 --> 01:01:15,000 never breaking it's about how you rise up 30 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:16,541 afterwards. All right 31 01:01:16,541 --> 01:01:17,833 well today's news facts 32 01:01:17,875 --> 01:01:20,291 and birthdays are for September 2nd. 33 01:01:20,291 --> 01:01:21,833 Welcome to September. We're 34 01:01:21,833 --> 01:01:23,375 going to start back in 1666. 35 01:01:23,583 --> 01:01:25,041 That's when the great fire of London 36 01:01:25,041 --> 01:01:28,958 began at 2 a.m. on Pudding Lane when 80 37 01:01:28,958 --> 01:01:30,125 percent of London was 38 01:01:30,125 --> 01:01:32,708 destroyed by the fire. Then on this day 39 01:01:32,708 --> 01:01:35,541 in 1789 the United States Treasury 40 01:01:35,541 --> 01:01:37,000 Department was established 41 01:01:37,416 --> 01:01:39,708 laying the financial foundation for our 42 01:01:39,708 --> 01:01:41,208 new republic. Then 43 01:01:41,208 --> 01:01:44,541 finally in 2013 64-year-old 44 01:01:44,583 --> 01:01:47,125 Diana Naiad here she is right here looks 45 01:01:47,125 --> 01:01:47,958 like she's talking about 46 01:01:47,958 --> 01:01:48,958 swimming if you're watching 47 01:01:48,958 --> 01:01:51,833 this on video but she became the first 48 01:01:51,833 --> 01:01:54,625 person to swim from Cuba to Florida 49 01:01:54,625 --> 01:01:56,541 without the use of a 50 01:01:56,541 --> 01:02:00,083 shark cage for protection. Now it's good 51 01:02:00,083 --> 01:02:01,250 to know that other people 52 01:02:01,250 --> 01:02:02,625 did this swim but they used a 53 01:02:02,625 --> 01:02:05,250 shark cage for protection. How scary is 54 01:02:05,250 --> 01:02:06,791 that? Well she completed a 55 01:02:06,791 --> 01:02:09,916 110 mile swim from Havana to Key 56 01:02:09,916 --> 01:02:11,916 West through the jellyfish and shark 57 01:02:11,916 --> 01:02:13,166 infested waters of the 58 01:02:13,166 --> 01:02:15,208 Straits of Florida and she did it 59 01:02:15,208 --> 01:02:18,708 in about 53 hours. All right well happy 60 01:02:18,708 --> 01:02:20,333 birthday to you if today is your 61 01:02:20,333 --> 01:02:21,750 birthday. You share a 62 01:02:21,750 --> 01:02:24,583 birthday with actress Selma Hayek. She's 63 01:02:24,583 --> 01:02:27,375 59 today. Retired boxer Linux 64 01:02:27,375 --> 01:02:30,250 Lewis he's 60 today and actor 65 01:02:30,333 --> 01:02:33,333 known for that quiet grit and he does 66 01:02:33,333 --> 01:02:35,375 know kung fu Keanu Reeves 67 01:02:35,375 --> 01:02:38,291 he's 61 today. And lastly Eric 68 01:02:38,333 --> 01:02:40,375 Dickerson Hall of Fame and a feller he's 69 01:02:40,375 --> 01:02:43,000 65. And now the number one 70 01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:45,333 song on this date back in 1987 71 01:02:45,500 --> 01:02:47,833 was I Want to Dance with Somebody Who 72 01:02:47,833 --> 01:02:49,875 Loves Me by Whitney Houston. 73 01:02:50,250 --> 01:02:52,583 Now this is an infectious dance 74 01:02:52,583 --> 01:02:54,708 pop anthem and it captured hearts 75 01:02:54,708 --> 01:02:56,791 worldwide. Well it topped out the 76 01:02:56,791 --> 01:02:58,250 Billboard Hot 100 and earned 77 01:02:58,333 --> 01:03:00,916 Whitney multiple Grammy wins and it's 78 01:03:00,916 --> 01:03:02,833 still the most streamed 79 01:03:02,833 --> 01:03:05,125 wedding song ever appearing in over 80 01:03:05,208 --> 01:03:08,125 a quarter almost a quarter 24 percent of 81 01:03:08,125 --> 01:03:10,250 Spotify wedding playlists. 82 01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:13,375 All right well also high on 83 01:03:13,375 --> 01:03:15,833 playlists or reading lists I guess. 84 01:03:16,291 --> 01:03:17,916 Kofi's The Seven Habits of Highly 85 01:03:17,916 --> 01:03:19,750 Effective People and today 86 01:03:19,750 --> 01:03:21,666 we are exploring Kobi's sub chapter 87 01:03:21,666 --> 01:03:25,166 Fishing for Third Alternative. And in 88 01:03:25,166 --> 01:03:26,375 this section Kobi is 89 01:03:26,375 --> 01:03:28,666 introducing the idea of moving beyond 90 01:03:28,666 --> 01:03:31,791 compromise or competition into creative 91 01:03:31,791 --> 01:03:33,583 resolution. Kobi writes 92 01:03:34,166 --> 01:03:36,375 "when two parties feel blocked between 93 01:03:36,375 --> 01:03:39,250 choice A or B synergy then 94 01:03:39,250 --> 01:03:42,791 invites choice C." Now that C 95 01:03:42,791 --> 01:03:45,541 is not a middle ground concession. The 96 01:03:45,541 --> 01:03:47,791 idea here is for that C to be a fresh 97 01:03:47,791 --> 01:03:49,375 solution born out of 98 01:03:49,375 --> 01:03:51,958 collaboration. Now Kobi illustrates this 99 01:03:51,958 --> 01:03:53,250 with stories where leaders 100 01:03:53,250 --> 01:03:54,875 step into collective dialogue 101 01:03:55,458 --> 01:03:57,541 not to negotiate half-loves but to 102 01:03:57,541 --> 01:03:59,666 uncover entirely new bread 103 01:03:59,666 --> 01:04:01,500 if you will. And Kobi states 104 01:04:01,875 --> 01:04:04,416 "the third alternative is not my way or 105 01:04:04,416 --> 01:04:07,041 your way it's our way." And 106 01:04:07,041 --> 01:04:08,875 that mind shift transforms 107 01:04:09,291 --> 01:04:11,583 conflict into innovation and he 108 01:04:11,583 --> 01:04:13,416 emphasizes that finding this requires 109 01:04:13,416 --> 01:04:14,958 humility and openness. 110 01:04:15,458 --> 01:04:17,416 "To fish for the third alternative you 111 01:04:17,416 --> 01:04:20,083 must enter the situation with curiosity 112 01:04:20,083 --> 01:04:22,750 not your agenda." And 113 01:04:23,041 --> 01:04:25,208 that means listening fully asking 114 01:04:25,208 --> 01:04:26,750 thoughtful questions and 115 01:04:26,750 --> 01:04:28,708 holding off on judgment all things 116 01:04:28,708 --> 01:04:29,958 that we've been learning throughout this 117 01:04:29,958 --> 01:04:31,958 book. Now this what might 118 01:04:31,958 --> 01:04:33,916 seem like a radical approach it 119 01:04:33,916 --> 01:04:36,541 respects differences and it invites 120 01:04:36,541 --> 01:04:38,000 insights that neither party 121 01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:39,541 originally thought possible. 122 01:04:40,041 --> 01:04:42,208 Kobi notes "when people feel safe to be 123 01:04:42,208 --> 01:04:43,416 heard their creativity 124 01:04:43,416 --> 01:04:47,000 emerges" and that safety it builds 125 01:04:47,041 --> 01:04:49,375 trust and paves the way for breakthrough 126 01:04:49,375 --> 01:04:51,625 ideas. All right here's 127 01:04:51,625 --> 01:04:53,958 your takeaway instead of half 128 01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:57,041 solutions or stale compromise fishing for 129 01:04:57,041 --> 01:04:58,000 a third alternative 130 01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:00,500 unlocks creativity and shared 131 01:05:00,500 --> 01:05:02,666 ownership. But this only works if we 132 01:05:02,666 --> 01:05:03,958 enter conversations with 133 01:05:03,958 --> 01:05:06,000 curiosity and leave our egos 134 01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:09,583 at the door. So today live fearless and 135 01:05:09,583 --> 01:05:11,875 rise to the occasion and 136 01:05:11,875 --> 01:05:13,625 even more good news is the fact 137 01:05:13,625 --> 01:05:15,833 that there's only four days left in this 138 01:05:15,833 --> 01:05:17,500 work week. Thank you three 139 01:05:17,500 --> 01:05:19,416 day weekends. 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