Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Okay good morning and welcome to Friday
on a four-day work week nonetheless.
Does it get better than that?
Yeah probably if we were heading into
another three-day weekend
but I still feel like we
earned this weekend.
But before we get to this weekend today
is Bring Your Manners
to Work Day officially
reminding us to pause before sending that
email or maybe just
hold the door for someone
and likely just bite your tongue and
smile when it comes to
you know who's incompetence.
Well it's also International Charity Day
so helping others it's
not only about these big
huge gestures sometimes even small
gestures have big results.
And now speaking of doing something for
others Freddie Mercury
said quote "I love the fact
that I can make people happy in any form
even if it's just for
an hour of their lives
to bring a smile to a sour face that to
me is worthwhile" end quote.
Now who are we to argue with science
right being kind and
compassionate to others it's
proven to bring you
more peace and well-being.
It's the definition of win-win.
Well today's news facts and
birthdays are for September 5th.
And to start back in 1975 some of you
might remember this
that's when the first episode
of the Muppet Show premiered.
It gave us Kermit, Miss Piggy, the Cookie
Monster and probably
some issues that we've
had to work through with our therapists.
Well moving on to 1980 that's when the
Goddard Road Tunnel in
Switzerland it opened and at
over 10 miles long it became the world's
longest highway tunnel at the time.
Now today Norway now has the
longest at 15.2 miles long.
Well lastly in 2017 Hurricane Irma on
this day became one of
the most powerful hurricanes
ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin
region with winds of 185 miles an hour.
Well happy birthday to you.
Today's your birthday.
You share a birthday with movie chameleon
from slapstick to
superhero Michael Keaton.
He's 74 today and the late Freddie
Mercury he was born on
this day in 1946 as was the
late Bob Newhart born in 1929.
Now the number one song on this date back
in 1988 was Don't
Worry, Be Happy by Bobby
McFerrin.
Now I defy anyone to listen to this song
and not have your heart
grow a couple sizes and
have a little of that weight just float
away from your shoulders.
I mean the world's a better
place because of this song.
The acapella charm with reggae vibes well
it provided us with a little optimism and
a break from our daily troubles like the
song says Don't Worry, Be Happy.
Well I'm happy that we are nearly to
Kofi's seventh habit in
Kofi's The Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People but first the sub
chapter force field analysis.
Now this is an insightful
tool for moving things forward.
But in this sub chapter Kofi introduces
the concept of force field analysis.
If you like Star Wars it
sounds very interesting.
Now this is a way to evaluate change by
examining driving and restraining forces.
Kofi says quote every situation is a
balance of forces to affect
change you need to strengthen
the drive or weaken
the resistance end quote.
And he illustrates this with an example
imagine launching a new project right
we've got enthusiasm
resources and leadership are those
driving forces whereas
fear inertia and uncertainty
those are the restraining forces.
Now understanding both helps you plan it
reduces your doubt it starts adding
clarity and building
support now Kofi will underscore that
energy spent complaining
is wasted energy instead
he encourages proactive engagement saying
quote unfreezing old
mindsets requires both
dismantling the barriers and
building new bridges end quote.
It's about creating momentum through
clarity and he also
emphasizes participation when
people contribute to the solution
building where am I going
to say they feel ownership
Kofi says quote when a group identifies
its own restraining forces
they're halfway to reducing
them the approach is both strategic and
psychological it respects that change
often rattles comfort
zones by acknowledging resistance you
show empathy not
disempowerment and you make change
a collaborative journey in real world
terms heading into a
meeting map motivations ask
what's holding us back what's backing us
up then adjust the
scale the shift happens
not by force but by
thoughtful rebalancing.
Okay here is your takeaway to create
effective change both
strengthen what helps enlighten
what hinders and invite
others into that balancing act.
Okay well mind your manners today don't
worry be happy and see
where small acts start big
change.
Hey thanks for ending your week with
morning cereal have a
great weekend enjoy the opening
Sunday at NFL football go Broncos and we
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