Good morning and
welcome to Morning Cereal.
Alright, good morning
and welcome to a Tuesday.
You did it, you made it through Monday.
We're into the week now and it's Tuesday.
And you're getting bold, right?
You're feeling good
about it, which is good.
Stay bold because today is
National Get Gnarly Day, right?
Celebrating courage,
creativity and taking chances.
And if you're just kind of slowly getting
your day started and
you're not quite ready
for that gnarly side of the day to get
going, it's also National Lasagna Day.
Spaghetti lasagna pasta.
Why does pasta always sound
good at any time of the day?
Even in the morning like this.
Well, let's go ahead and move on from
mozzarella to motivation, right?
See what I did there?
With our quote of the day and it's from
one of my favorite comedians.
He's big right now.
Love his podcast, obviously.
Will Arnett who once said, quote, "Even
if you make a mistake,
you can go back and do
the right thing."
End quote.
And it's a grounded reminder from Will
that mistakes aren't final.
They're just little pit stops on the road
to doing better, to being better, right?
And I'm sure Will would also tell you to
lighten up a little bit, right?
That no matter where you're starting from
today, it's never too
late to pivot in the
right direction.
All right.
Well, let's go ahead and pivot to today's
news facts and
birthdays, which are for July
29th.
And we're going to start back in 1958.
That's when US President Dwight D.
Eisenhower, he signed the National
Aeronautics and Space
Act, right?
You might know it better as NASA.
Then in 1981 on this date, Prince Charles
married Lady Diana Spencer, right?
In one of the most watched televised
events of the 20th century
and one of the most watched
couples of the 20th century, no doubt.
Then moving up to 2005, astronomers
announced that they discovered Eris.
It's a dwarf planet larger than Pluto,
triggering planetary identity crisis.
There was a lot of back and forth of
Pluto during that time.
I think it might still be going.
I think it's back in that
we're back, still a planet.
2016, I had to tie this back in this way.
Comedian and actors, Amy Poehler and Will
Arnett, they
finalized their mother divorce
after 12 years of marriage.
Love both of them.
They're still very close.
I've heard them on their podcasts.
Unfortunately, their
marriage did not survive.
Well, let's move to
something happier, like birthdays.
Happy birthday to you if
today is your birthday.
Do share a birthday with country music
powerhouse, Martina McBride.
She's 58 today.
Stand by me, Star
Trek actor, Will Wheaton.
He's 52 today.
You remember this guy, the documentary
filmmaker and voice of
PBS, Ken Burns, 71 today, and
the late Peter Jennings.
He was the legendary news
anchor who was born in 1938.
He would have been 86 today.
Well, the number one song on this date
back in 1985 was "Every
Time You Go Away" by Paul
Young.
Now, this song, awesome song by the way,
was originally
written by Dear Hall of Hall
of Notes, right?
But this soulful bow that became a
surprise hit when Young gave
it more of a tender makeover
and it captured the heartbreak of summer
goodbyes and became the
anthem of long distance love.
And it remains one of the
most iconic covers of the 80s.
Again, another fantastic song.
Well, we're not ready
to go away just yet.
We're going to move into
our book segment, right?
And we're still working through Steve and
our CoV's, "The Seven
Habits of Highly Effective
People."
And today we continue with habit four,
okay, which is the think win-win, okay?
And we're diving into the sub chapter,
"Six Paradigms of Human Interaction."
Now, there's a lot in this chapter and
I'm condensing it quite
a bit for you in here,
right?
Six paradigms.
So, CoV explores all six approaches to
how we interact with others, okay?
Each with its own outlook on
relationships and success.
So maybe I'll come back another time and
do each one of these individually.
But here's kind of a
summary of them for you.
Here's number one, win-win.
This is the golden standard, right?
Mutual benefit and respect.
Both parties feel good about the decision
and they're committed to the action plan,
okay?
Number two, win-loops, okay?
One person gets what they want at the
expense of the other, right?
This is often rooted in
power, control, or ego.
It's a common, but
it's an unhealthy model.
Number three, lose-win, okay?
Now, you're sacrificing your needs or
your values to avoid conflict.
So you're losing while they win, while it
might seem generous of you.
It often builds resentment
and it erodes trust over time.
Okay, here's number four, lose-lose.
No one likes this one.
This one's pure sabotage, right?
If I can't win, no one can win.
It's the nuclear
option of human interaction.
It's often rooted in
vengeance or despair, okay?
Number five, win.
Just focusing on your own success without
even caring how it affects others.
Now, this may look efficient, but it
often leaves a ton of
damage to relationships and
others in its wake, okay?
Here's the final one, number six, thanks
for sticking in there.
Win-win or no deal, okay?
This is the ultimate
expression of integrity.
If a mutually beneficial agreement can't
be reached, both
parties walk away with their
respect intact, okay?
Kove emphasizes that a
win-win is not a technique.
It's a total philosophy of human
interaction, end quote.
And it requires character, okay?
Relationships and systems
built on trust and abundance.
You can't fake it.
It's not about surface level compromise,
but deep, genuine collaboration.
Okay, here's the takeaway.
In work, life, and yes, even in choosing
a restaurant with your
partner, aim for win-win.
If both people feel good, you're not just
winning, you're leading.
All right, you gnarly, gnarly go-getters
who are probably
planning to have lasagna for
dinner tonight or maybe breakfast.
That is a wrap on today's morning cereal.
Take Will Arnett's advice and lighten up
a little bit, right?
Seriously, the world could use more
smiles and fewer spreadsheets.
Well, I love
spreadsheets, so maybe not that one.
But hey, let me just say thanks for
hanging out with us today.
Come back here tomorrow for more news,
nostalgia, and some
nuggets of wisdom, I hope.
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Have a fantastic day,
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