1 01:00:00,500 --> 01:00:02,750 Good morning and 2 01:00:02,750 --> 01:00:04,666 welcome to your morning Syria. 3 01:00:08,958 --> 01:00:10,375 Okay, good morning and 4 01:00:10,375 --> 01:00:12,625 welcome to the first hump day, 5 01:00:12,666 --> 01:00:15,000 Wednesday of 2026. 6 01:00:15,333 --> 01:00:17,958 The year is already a week old. 7 01:00:18,541 --> 01:00:21,000 And if you're tiring already, perfect. 8 01:00:21,666 --> 01:00:23,291 Today is I'm not going 9 01:00:23,291 --> 01:00:24,875 to take it any more day. 10 01:00:25,333 --> 01:00:27,333 It's a midweek permission slip 11 01:00:27,458 --> 01:00:29,166 to just take those next 12 01:00:29,166 --> 01:00:30,875 positive steps in your life. 13 01:00:31,458 --> 01:00:34,375 Okay, yesterday's trivia answer, Venus. 14 01:00:34,958 --> 01:00:35,541 It's the hottest 15 01:00:35,541 --> 01:00:37,041 planet in our solar system. 16 01:00:37,500 --> 01:00:38,916 Turns out pressure really 17 01:00:38,916 --> 01:00:40,583 does turn the heat up on things. 18 01:00:41,291 --> 01:00:42,625 Well, now the essential 19 01:00:42,625 --> 01:00:44,416 vitamins in your morning cereal. 20 01:00:44,833 --> 01:00:46,000 Today's quote, and 21 01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:47,541 it's from F1 birthday boy, 22 01:00:47,541 --> 01:00:49,666 Lewis Hamilton, he's turning 40 today. 23 01:00:50,250 --> 01:00:52,958 He said, quote, "Don't be afraid to fail. 24 01:00:53,416 --> 01:00:55,208 "Be afraid not to try." 25 01:00:55,375 --> 01:00:55,791 End quote. 26 01:00:56,625 --> 01:00:57,958 Now that is locked 27 01:00:57,958 --> 01:00:59,750 into the same idea of life 28 01:00:59,750 --> 01:01:00,833 that's on my t-shirt. 29 01:01:01,291 --> 01:01:02,583 We have one life. 30 01:01:02,583 --> 01:01:03,791 We need to take the steps. 31 01:01:03,791 --> 01:01:05,000 We need to take the chances. 32 01:01:05,541 --> 01:01:07,125 Be brave and live 33 01:01:07,125 --> 01:01:08,708 this life to its fullest. 34 01:01:09,250 --> 01:01:10,125 I wish you good luck. 35 01:01:10,708 --> 01:01:11,125 All right, well, 36 01:01:11,125 --> 01:01:12,083 you've heard enough from me. 37 01:01:12,333 --> 01:01:13,583 Let's pour in the Let 38 01:01:13,583 --> 01:01:15,000 Them Theory by Mel Robbins. 39 01:01:15,541 --> 01:01:17,541 In today's book review and today's truth 40 01:01:17,708 --> 01:01:20,125 is why change is so hard. 41 01:01:20,125 --> 01:01:20,833 This is truth number 42 01:01:20,833 --> 01:01:22,291 three, if you're keeping track. 43 01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:24,541 Every single person thinks 44 01:01:24,541 --> 01:01:26,166 that they are the exception. 45 01:01:27,041 --> 01:01:28,666 Robbins says this one hits 46 01:01:28,666 --> 01:01:30,000 hard because it's universal. 47 01:01:30,625 --> 01:01:31,625 Quote, "Everyone believes 48 01:01:31,625 --> 01:01:33,250 the rules don't apply to them 49 01:01:33,666 --> 01:01:34,916 "until they do." 50 01:01:34,916 --> 01:01:35,375 End quote. 51 01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:38,208 We think we'll magically change tomorrow. 52 01:01:38,208 --> 01:01:39,958 That consequences won't catch us 53 01:01:39,958 --> 01:01:42,166 or that somehow we'll be different 54 01:01:42,291 --> 01:01:43,791 without doing anything different. 55 01:01:44,166 --> 01:01:46,791 Now, this belief keeps people stuck 56 01:01:46,916 --> 01:01:48,000 longer than they need to be. 57 01:01:48,291 --> 01:01:49,791 It delays action. 58 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:51,500 It softens urgency. 59 01:01:52,166 --> 01:01:53,875 And it feeds denial. 60 01:01:54,541 --> 01:01:55,666 The Let Them approach 61 01:01:55,666 --> 01:01:57,708 here is a radical honesty. 62 01:01:58,208 --> 01:01:58,666 Letting people 63 01:01:58,666 --> 01:02:00,208 experience their own outcomes 64 01:02:00,208 --> 01:02:01,458 without rescuing them 65 01:02:01,833 --> 01:02:03,500 and letting yourself face 66 01:02:03,500 --> 01:02:05,416 reality without excuses. 67 01:02:06,083 --> 01:02:07,000 Robbins writes, quote, 68 01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:08,291 "The moment you stop 69 01:02:08,291 --> 01:02:09,958 believing you're the exception 70 01:02:10,083 --> 01:02:11,250 "is the moment real 71 01:02:11,250 --> 01:02:13,208 change becomes possible." 72 01:02:13,500 --> 01:02:13,916 End quote. 73 01:02:14,375 --> 01:02:16,125 It's not the shame, it's clarity. 74 01:02:16,625 --> 01:02:17,833 Once you accept that 75 01:02:17,833 --> 01:02:19,916 change requires effort from you, 76 01:02:20,166 --> 01:02:23,250 not circumstances, power returns. 77 01:02:23,833 --> 01:02:26,291 Okay, here is your hump day takeaway. 78 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:27,875 You're not the exception. 79 01:02:28,333 --> 01:02:30,125 And that's actually great news. 80 01:02:30,916 --> 01:02:34,166 So today, draw a line, claim your energy 81 01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:36,708 and take one honest step forward. 82 01:02:37,416 --> 01:02:38,750 Lastly, the prize from the 83 01:02:38,750 --> 01:02:39,958 bottom of the cereal box. 84 01:02:40,500 --> 01:02:41,833 Today's morning cereal 85 01:02:41,833 --> 01:02:43,250 trivia question is this. 86 01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,791 How many zeros are in a trillion? 87 01:02:47,500 --> 01:02:48,750 That might be a tough one, 88 01:02:49,041 --> 01:02:50,125 but we will see you back 89 01:02:50,125 --> 01:02:51,833 here tomorrow for that answer 90 01:02:52,166 --> 01:02:53,791 and more sugar for your soul. 91 01:02:54,041 --> 01:02:55,458 Hey, thanks for listening this morning. 92 01:02:55,666 --> 01:02:58,875 And until then, have a fantastic day. 93 01:03:00,291 --> 01:03:01,875 Don't forget to follow and subscribe 94 01:03:01,875 --> 01:03:03,208 to the Morning Cereal podcast 95 01:03:03,583 --> 01:03:05,333 on the One Life Live It channel. 96 01:03:05,875 --> 01:03:07,541 You can find more episodes and videos 97 01:03:07,541 --> 01:03:08,541 by visiting our YouTube 98 01:03:08,541 --> 01:03:09,833 channel and the website 99 01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:12,875 at seaningless and at seaningless.com, 100 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