1 01:00:01,250 --> 01:00:04,125 Good morning and 2 01:00:04,125 --> 01:00:06,375 welcome to Morning Cereal. 3 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:13,166 Okay, good morning and 4 01:00:13,166 --> 01:00:14,125 welcome to Wednesday. 5 01:00:14,625 --> 01:00:16,125 Well, if you've already spilled your 6 01:00:16,125 --> 01:00:18,000 coffee and lost your keys or 7 01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:20,541 argued with Alexa, good news. 8 01:00:20,541 --> 01:00:22,458 It only gets better from here. 9 01:00:22,916 --> 01:00:25,500 So don't sleep on this hump day, right? 10 01:00:25,500 --> 01:00:27,125 Because it's stacked here 11 01:00:27,125 --> 01:00:28,000 with quirky celebrations. 12 01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:29,833 And if you feel like 13 01:00:29,833 --> 01:00:31,458 panicking already, that's okay. 14 01:00:32,166 --> 01:00:34,875 Because today is International Panic Day. 15 01:00:35,250 --> 01:00:36,458 Because who doesn't love a 16 01:00:36,458 --> 01:00:38,291 good scheduled meltdown, right? 17 01:00:38,958 --> 01:00:41,833 Well, it's also Clean Your Aquarium Day, 18 01:00:41,833 --> 01:00:43,000 so even your fish have 19 01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:44,416 something to look forward to today. 20 01:00:44,750 --> 01:00:45,500 High expectations. 21 01:00:46,333 --> 01:00:49,750 And lastly, and most importantly, it's 22 01:00:49,750 --> 01:00:51,125 International Day for 23 01:00:51,125 --> 01:00:53,208 countering hate speech, right? 24 01:00:53,208 --> 01:00:55,041 So maybe a little spa 25 01:00:55,041 --> 01:00:56,000 music on the highway today. 26 01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:58,708 Well, speaking of quirky, 27 01:00:59,208 --> 01:01:00,500 but we love him for it, right? 28 01:01:00,750 --> 01:01:02,625 Our quote today provides perhaps some 29 01:01:02,625 --> 01:01:04,166 surprising wisdom from 30 01:01:04,166 --> 01:01:05,916 Blake Shelton, who said, quote, 31 01:01:05,916 --> 01:01:08,041 "You can't take life too seriously. 32 01:01:08,625 --> 01:01:09,625 You've got to laugh, 33 01:01:10,041 --> 01:01:11,625 even in tough times." 34 01:01:11,625 --> 01:01:11,958 End quote. 35 01:01:12,458 --> 01:01:15,083 And sometimes a deep breath and a little 36 01:01:15,083 --> 01:01:16,583 humor goes a long way. 37 01:01:17,250 --> 01:01:18,500 Well, today's news, facts, 38 01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:20,625 and birthdays are for June 18th. 39 01:01:20,833 --> 01:01:22,291 We're going to start back not too far 40 01:01:22,291 --> 01:01:25,000 back in 1984, when on this date, 41 01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,916 The Karate Kid. It hit theaters and it 42 01:01:27,916 --> 01:01:29,416 gave us the eternal 43 01:01:29,416 --> 01:01:31,583 wisdom of wax on, wax off. 44 01:01:32,166 --> 01:01:34,333 Then moving up to 1996, this was the day 45 01:01:34,333 --> 01:01:37,250 Nintendo 64 was released in Japan. 46 01:01:37,708 --> 01:01:39,000 And it kicked off a new era 47 01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:40,500 of joystick thumb injuries. 48 01:01:41,333 --> 01:01:43,125 Then moving up to 2000 on this date, this 49 01:01:43,125 --> 01:01:45,041 is when Tiger Woods, he won the U.S. Open 50 01:01:45,041 --> 01:01:47,083 by a record 15 strokes. 51 01:01:47,875 --> 01:01:51,000 In 2005, Batman Begins. It was released. 52 01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:53,875 It was the rebooting of the Caped 53 01:01:53,875 --> 01:01:55,416 Crusader with Christian Bale. 54 01:01:55,708 --> 01:01:56,375 Probably my favorite 55 01:01:56,375 --> 01:01:57,500 series of the Batman movies. 56 01:01:58,375 --> 01:02:02,291 And finally, in 2010 on this date, Spain 57 01:02:02,291 --> 01:02:04,041 beat Switzerland, 1-0 58 01:02:04,041 --> 01:02:05,333 in the World Cup Finals. 59 01:02:06,208 --> 01:02:08,250 All right. Well, happy birthday to you. 60 01:02:08,250 --> 01:02:10,125 If today is your birthday, you share a 61 01:02:10,125 --> 01:02:11,750 birthday with Richard Madden. 62 01:02:12,041 --> 01:02:14,500 He's an actor from Game of Thrones. Big 63 01:02:14,500 --> 01:02:15,708 Bang Theory, you might remember him. 64 01:02:15,708 --> 01:02:18,000 Breaking Bad, okay. He's 39 today. 65 01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:21,125 Country singer and TV personality that we 66 01:02:21,125 --> 01:02:22,958 all love to hate. Just kidding. We love 67 01:02:22,958 --> 01:02:25,375 you, Blake. Blake Shelton. He's 48 today. 68 01:02:26,083 --> 01:02:28,625 And lastly, music legend from The 69 01:02:28,625 --> 01:02:30,166 Beatles. If you didn't know that, 70 01:02:30,166 --> 01:02:30,916 wherever you've been. 71 01:02:31,500 --> 01:02:33,500 Paul McCartney. He's 82 today. 72 01:02:34,333 --> 01:02:35,875 Well, the number one song on this date 73 01:02:35,875 --> 01:02:39,416 back in 1983 was Flashdance. What a 74 01:02:39,416 --> 01:02:41,000 feeling by Irene Cara. 75 01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:44,625 Now, this song has one of the most iconic 76 01:02:44,625 --> 01:02:48,000 and recognizable synthesizer intros of 77 01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:49,125 all time, dare I say. 78 01:02:49,666 --> 01:02:52,208 A synth pop powerhouse from a movie that 79 01:02:52,208 --> 01:02:54,708 made leg warmers cool for the ladies. I 80 01:02:54,708 --> 01:02:55,833 don't think for the guys ever. 81 01:02:56,250 --> 01:02:58,041 And it taught us that welding and dancing 82 01:02:58,041 --> 01:02:59,916 go surprisingly well together. 83 01:03:00,583 --> 01:03:03,041 Well, the song won an Academy Award and a 84 01:03:03,041 --> 01:03:05,666 Grammy. And from what I hear, it still 85 01:03:05,666 --> 01:03:07,166 makes people want to leap 86 01:03:07,166 --> 01:03:08,750 dramatically in their kitchen. 87 01:03:09,666 --> 01:03:12,000 Well, now flipping to our book segment, 88 01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:13,708 we're going to dive into habit three of 89 01:03:13,708 --> 01:03:15,583 Stephen R. Covey's The Seven Habits of 90 01:03:15,583 --> 01:03:16,750 Highly Effective People. 91 01:03:17,375 --> 01:03:19,750 And we're looking closer at the sub 92 01:03:19,750 --> 01:03:23,791 chapter Quadrant Two. And here Covey 93 01:03:23,791 --> 01:03:25,333 introduces his powerful 94 01:03:25,333 --> 01:03:27,416 time management matrix. 95 01:03:27,916 --> 01:03:31,208 Dividing tasks into four quadrants based 96 01:03:31,208 --> 01:03:34,000 on urgency and importance. Okay. 97 01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:37,000 So starting with Quadrant Two, this is 98 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,750 where the magic happens, right? It holds 99 01:03:39,750 --> 01:03:41,541 the quote important but 100 01:03:41,541 --> 01:03:43,416 not urgent activities. 101 01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:45,583 Things like relationship building, 102 01:03:45,583 --> 01:03:48,500 planning, prevention and personal growth. 103 01:03:48,500 --> 01:03:49,791 Covey says, quote, effective 104 01:03:49,791 --> 01:03:52,000 people are not problem minded. 105 01:03:52,625 --> 01:03:55,000 They're opportunity minded. They feed 106 01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:57,083 opportunities and starve 107 01:03:57,083 --> 01:03:58,708 the problems, end quote. 108 01:03:59,291 --> 01:04:01,000 And that's what Quadrant Two is all 109 01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:03,708 about. Carving out time for the big 110 01:04:03,708 --> 01:04:06,333 picture stuff that builds character and 111 01:04:06,333 --> 01:04:07,750 effectiveness over time. 112 01:04:08,250 --> 01:04:10,625 It's the quadrant of deep work, strategy 113 01:04:10,625 --> 01:04:13,083 and vision. It's the antidote to being 114 01:04:13,083 --> 01:04:14,375 reactive all day long. 115 01:04:14,833 --> 01:04:17,458 So most people, Covey notes, live in 116 01:04:17,458 --> 01:04:19,083 Quadrant One, which is 117 01:04:19,083 --> 01:04:20,750 urgent and important. 118 01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:22,791 That means they're chasing crises and 119 01:04:22,791 --> 01:04:24,958 deadlines all day long. While others, 120 01:04:25,166 --> 01:04:27,791 especially time wasters, they float 121 01:04:27,791 --> 01:04:29,791 around there in Quadrant Number Three, 122 01:04:29,791 --> 01:04:32,291 which is urgent but not important at all. 123 01:04:32,291 --> 01:04:34,916 Or Quadrant Four, which is neither urgent 124 01:04:34,916 --> 01:04:36,333 nor important. Don't 125 01:04:36,333 --> 01:04:37,583 get stuck there, right? 126 01:04:37,916 --> 01:04:40,791 The goal is spend as much time in 127 01:04:40,791 --> 01:04:43,583 Quadrant Two as possible. So this 128 01:04:43,583 --> 01:04:45,791 requires that independent will and 129 01:04:45,791 --> 01:04:47,000 discipline that we've been talking about. 130 01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:50,125 And it's not about rigid scheduling, if 131 01:04:50,125 --> 01:04:52,083 you recall, it's about aligning your 132 01:04:52,083 --> 01:04:54,666 daily actions with your deepest values 133 01:04:54,666 --> 01:04:57,000 and long term priorities, right? 134 01:04:57,333 --> 01:04:59,458 It also ties directly into Habit Two, 135 01:04:59,791 --> 01:05:01,083 which helps you define 136 01:05:01,083 --> 01:05:02,375 what matters in your life. 137 01:05:02,833 --> 01:05:04,708 Without that personal mission statement, 138 01:05:04,958 --> 01:05:07,250 right? Your Quadrant Two choices, they 139 01:05:07,250 --> 01:05:08,625 really don't have any anchor. 140 01:05:09,166 --> 01:05:12,083 Okay, so here's your takeaway. Schedule 141 01:05:12,083 --> 01:05:14,875 the important things before it becomes 142 01:05:14,875 --> 01:05:18,083 urgent and make time for thinking, for 143 01:05:18,083 --> 01:05:19,541 connecting, for growing. 144 01:05:20,041 --> 01:05:22,375 Because in Covey's words, quote, "The key 145 01:05:22,375 --> 01:05:23,916 is not to prioritize what's on your 146 01:05:23,916 --> 01:05:25,833 schedule, but to schedule your 147 01:05:25,833 --> 01:05:27,125 priorities," end quote. 148 01:05:27,916 --> 01:05:29,583 Okay, well, whether you're panicking 149 01:05:29,583 --> 01:05:31,291 because you've got your arm stuck in that 150 01:05:31,291 --> 01:05:33,708 little fish tank or not, just remember, 151 01:05:33,708 --> 01:05:36,666 today is a great day to shift gears into 152 01:05:36,666 --> 01:05:38,000 your own Quadrant Two. 153 01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,333 Alright? Hey, thanks for starting your 154 01:05:40,333 --> 01:05:42,041 morning with us. We'll see you back here 155 01:05:42,041 --> 01:05:43,125 tomorrow. And as 156 01:05:43,125 --> 01:05:45,458 always, have a fantastic day. 157 01:06:19,250 --> 01:06:20,625 And we'll see you tomorrow.