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Good morning and

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welcome to Morning Cereal.

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Okay, good morning and

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welcome to Friday everyone.

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In addition to it being Friday the 14th,

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that was a close one,

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today's a triple play of fun celebration.

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It's National Family

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Day, National Pickle Day

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and National Spicy Guacamole Day.

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That's right, we're celebrating love,

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brine and yumminess,

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which come to think of it,

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sounds like a Thanksgiving

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dinner a little bit, right?

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But we have 13 more

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days for that to happen.

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So have a fun family Friday night.

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Today's about connection, flavor

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and maybe cooling off the spicy guac

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with a little love and laughter.

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And speaking of family and fun,

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here's a thought from someone who built

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both into his life's work.

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Our quote today is from famous

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fixer-upper Chip Gaines,

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who once said, quote,

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"If you can't find

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happiness in the ugliness,

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you're not gonna find

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it in the beauty either."

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End quote.

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Nicely done, Chip.

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This one hit home for

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me a little bit, right?

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You have to find a way

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to find the beauty in life

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amidst the ups and the downs in life.

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All right, well, let's take a look

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at today's news facts and birthdays,

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which are for November 14th.

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Starting back in 1851,

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that's when Herman

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Melville publishes "Moby Dick"

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in the US.

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Good book to read, I

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had to push through it.

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My wife took two times to get through it,

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but it's a classic, you

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should try to push through it.

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All right, moving up to 1960,

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that's when Ray Charles'

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single, "Georgia On My Mind,"

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it reached number one on this date.

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Then in 1991, Michael

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Jackson's "Black or White" video,

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it debuted on MTV and it broke barriers

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in television records around the globe.

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And then finally in 1994, on this date,

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the first public trains,

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they ran through the channel Tunnel,

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linking England and France

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under the English Channel.

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Well, happy birthday to you,

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today is your birthday.

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You share it with

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actor and Fergie's husband,

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just doing all his 53 today.

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Drummer Travis Barker, 49 today,

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actor and Elaine's

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boyfriend Patrick Warburton,

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he's 61 today.

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And finally, the former

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US Secretary of State,

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Condoleezza Rice, she turns 70 today.

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Well, the number one song on

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this date back in 1984 was,

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"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" by WAM.

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Now this bright pop anthem,

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it topped the Billboard charts

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and it made me on shorts

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a global fashion moment.

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Luckily, one that I

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never participated in.

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Well, George Michael

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wrote the song as a reminder

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to enjoy life and

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upbeat antidote to gloom.

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It's impossible not to feel lighter

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after hearing those first few chords,

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but don't sleep on the

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serious message of the song.

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Please don't go without waking me up.

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Well, from pop beats to personal growth,

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let's get into our book review.

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We are reading Mel

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Robbins, "The Let Them Theory."

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And today we are in a new chapter,

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chapter nine entitled,

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"Yes, Life Isn't Fair."

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And we begin chapter nine

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with a little bit of honesty.

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Life isn't fair, it's not supposed to be.

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And Mel challenges the belief that

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fairness equals happiness.

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Robbins argues that clinging to fairness,

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that scoreboard in our minds,

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it's one of the biggest

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barriers that we have to peace.

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Instead of just chasing bounds,

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she says focus on acceptance.

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When we stop expecting fairness,

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we start finding gratitude.

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Robbins explains that life's uneven deals

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often shape our resilience, right?

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Compassion and creativity.

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She calls it, quote, "The tuition we pay

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for growth," end quote.

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And she also discusses

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how comparison amplifies

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the unfair narrative we tell ourselves.

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Watching others succeed

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can feel personal to us,

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but Robbins says we should reframe it.

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Someone else's success doesn't mean

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your story's behind schedule.

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Ultimately, she says the power lies

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in letting go of scorekeeping.

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Fairness is a moving target.

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Purpose is not by saying, quote,

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"Let them have their moment," end quote.

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You reclaim your own.

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All right, here is your Friday takeaway.

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Life's not always fair,

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but it's always

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teaching you something valuable

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if you're paying attention.

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So as I send you off now into the weekend

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with a little guac, a little gratitude,

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and maybe a pickle on the side,

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but only if they're dill pickles,

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celebrate your people,

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even the ones who double dip.

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But tell them not to.

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Hey, thanks for

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joining Morning Serial today.

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Have a great weekend.

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We will see you back here on Monday.

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And until then, have a fantastic day.

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It will be a good time, I promise.

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Thanks again for listening.

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Have a fantastic day,

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and we'll see you tomorrow.