Good morning.
And welcome to morning cereal
Okay, good morning and welcome to Friday.
Well, it's May 23rd and if you're feeling
that end of the week energy
you're not alone it's probably due to the
fact that we're all
sugared up because today is
National Taffy Day and
it's also World Turtle Day
So eat that taffy nice and slow and
appreciate this journey. We're all on
Of course, unless you're taking World
Turtle Day a little too serious and
you're racing a hair
today for some reason
I don't know again. You do you well
Let's go ahead and move forward and kick
things off with the dose of motivation
from one of my favorite rappers
Eminem and Eminem said quote you can make
something of your life. It just depends
on your drive in quote now
That's a great reminder from Slim Shady
that determination can
turn dreams into reality
Alright, let's take a look at today's
news facts and birthdays and they're from
May 23rd. We're gonna start back in
1934 and that's when the notorious
criminals Bonnie and Clyde they were
ambushed and killed by
police on this date in Louisiana
Then in 1980 on this date the horror film
The Shining it was
released into theaters now
I've read this book and just reading the
book creeped me out. So I haven't
actually seen the movie yet
Then we're gonna move all the way up to
1999 when on this date
Star Wars episode 1 the Phantom Menace it
broke box office records
during its opening weekend
And then lastly on this date in 2000 M&M
He released his third studio album the
Marshall Mathers LP and it was the
fastest selling rap album of all time
And it earned a Grammy for
the best rap album in 2001
Well, happy birthday to
you of today's your birthday
You share a birthday with comedian and
host of the prices,
right? Drew Carey. He's
66 today for some reason it still doesn't
feel right to say that Bob Barker isn't
the host of the prices, right?
moving on
Jewel singer songwriter known for hits
like who will save your soul?
She turns 50 today and then actress best
known for her role in the TV series
dynasty Joan Collins
She's 91 today
Well, the number one song on this date in
1993 was that's the way love goes by
Janet Jackson and this what we'll call
Sultry track it marked a departure from
her previous more upbeat dance type hits
and it showcased a more
mature sound out of Janet
Well, it earned her a Grammy for best R&B
song and it remains one
of her most iconic songs
All right
now while you're just sitting there
sipping your coffee and deciding whether
or not this Friday calls for
Ambition or maybe just survival here are
the top news stories as
of yesterday's recording
First NPR in the Wall Street Journal
reporting that the stock market
volatility continues in early trading
following the house's
approval of the president's
extensive tax and spending plan which is
projected to increase
the federal deficit by
2.7 trillion dollars over the next decade
I know the GOP doesn't like that but this
has led to investor concerns
And now the plan moves ahead to the
Senate where it will likely
gain quite a bit more scrutiny
Secondarily the AP and Barron's they're
reporting that April home numbers are in
and the existing home sales
They decline by half a percentage point.
Now. This is the
slowest April pace since 2009
Just after the housing crisis and this
downturn is attributed to
persistently high mortgage rates
they're averaging about six point eight
one percent right now and
home prices are remaining elevated to the
national median house
price hit a record of
414 thousand dollars this year that's up
1.8 percent year-over-year and
Lastly Reuters is reporting that a
federal judge has blocked the president's
plan to close the Department of Education
ruling the move
unconstitutional shocker and
Probably a bad idea
The court also ordered the immediate
reinstatement of employees laid off
during the March reduction in force
citing violations of due process and
statutory protections
all part of a democracy
Well now let's go ahead and wrap up this
week with our morning serial book segment
and we're still in habit to
Which is begin with the end in mind from
Stephen R. Covey's the seven habits of
highly effective people
Today's focus the foundational idea that
quote all things are created twice
Now we mentioned this just a couple days
ago, but we're gonna jump into it just a
little bit more here
Now according to Covey everything is
created twice first mentally then
physically, right? We
talked about that two days ago
Think about building a house first
There's a blueprint then the actual
construction right that same principle
applies to every part of life
From writing an email to raising a child
to launching a business
The first step is the creation and having
the vision of it, right?
Then the second is the execution and
remember this as well
Covey said quote management is doing
things right while leadership is doing
the right things in quote
Now most of us are good at the managing
part checking off tasks, right responding
to emails showing up on time
But how often do we stop to ask quote is
this ladder that we keep talking about?
Leaning against the right wall in quote.
That's the heart of the first creation
Deciding what matters
before doing what works now?
One of the most powerful ideas in this
section is that if we don't consistently
design our lives our
Careers and our relationships even our
character will end up
living out someone else's script
You've said that a
couple days in a row now
Covey warns us quote if we don't develop
our own self-awareness and proactively
create our own scripts
We empower other people and other
circumstances to shape our
lives by default in quote
Covey challenges us to take control of
that first creation
through personal leadership
Which involves defining our values?
We've been talking about that right to
finding our values and our principles and
then aligning those with
our second creation our
daily behaviors with that vision
Okay, who we even draws a line from this
habit back to remind us
of habit one be proactive
Proactive people recognize
the power of the first creation
They use their imagination and conscience
to visualize what they want and why?
Not just what's urgent? Okay. Here's the
takeaway if you want to change your
results start by changing the design
Visualize what success actually looks
like at work at home
and in your character
And then act in a way that
builds towards that blueprint
Because when you design with intention
the life you build is the one you
actually want to live
All right, that is it for your Friday
edition of morning cereal
So whether you're eating taffy
Celebrating turtles or just trying to
survive one more zoom call
Remember their life gets built twice once
in your head and once in the real world
make both of them count
Hey, thanks for tuning in today. Enjoy
the long holiday weekend and we'll see
you back here next Tuesday morning
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