Good morning and
welcome to Morning Cereal.
Okay good morning and
happy Monday everyone.
I hope you had a great weekend.
Maybe you took down those skeleton
decorations and put up some
more pumpkins and some more
turkey decor, right?
Lots of decorating this time of year.
Not to mention putting up
lights if that's your thing.
Well, today is Forget Me Not Day and
National Accounting Day.
Two things that really
couldn't be more different.
Unless you've ever forgotten
to file your taxes, I guess.
Either way, today's about remembering
people who've supported
you and appreciating those
who are legoring with T-accounts.
Now our quote this morning
is like a full cup of coffee.
Comedian Tracy Morgan once said, "The
truth will set you free,
but first it'll piss you
off."
Now that's classic Morgan here, right?
Funny, blunt and surprisingly insightful.
Growth always starts with honesty and
sometimes the truth you
need to face most is your own
reflection.
Alright, well today's news, facts and
birthdays are for November 10th.
We're going to start back 1885.
That's when German engineer Gottlieb
Dahmer unveiled the
world's first motorcycle.
And moving up to 1969, this is when the
very first episode of
Sesame Street premiered on
PBS.
And then lastly on this date in 1989,
that's when Germans began
demolishing the Berlin Wall.
Well, happy birthday to you.
Today is your birthday.
You share it with
country singer Miranda Lambert.
She's just 42 today.
Actress from Grey's
Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo.
She's 56 today.
Comedian Tracy Morgan, 57 today.
And another comedian, Sinbad.
Remember that name?
Well, he's 69 today.
Well, the number one song on this date
back in 2004 was "My Boo"
by Usher and Alicia Keys.
Now this smooth R&B duet, it topped the
charts for six weeks all
about rekindled love and
nostalgic romance.
I mean, pretty much most people's late
teens and early 20s, but
the chemistry between Usher
and Alicia was electric and the track
earned them a Grammy for
the best R&B song in 2005.
Well, it is Monday book review time now.
Well, we do it every day of the week.
It just so happens that today is Monday.
You get it.
Well, we are reading Mel Robbins' "The
Let Them Theory" and
specifically in the sub-chapter,
but what if you're the problem?
Now, Mel Robbins starts this chapter with
a little bit of a gut punch for you.
"The hardest person to
call out is yourself."
And she explains how our ego, the part
that always wants to be
right, it often keeps us
stuck.
It's easier to blame someone else than to
face our own patterns.
But Robbins insists that
freedom begins with ownership.
"You can't change what you won't admit."
So she shares stories of people realizing
that the chaos in
their lives wasn't about
bad luck or toxic coworkers.
It was about unexamined habits of theirs.
Maybe you avoid hard conversations.
Maybe you procrastinate out of fear.
Or you make excuses when things go wrong.
Now, recognizing those
behaviors isn't weakness.
It's the strength here.
Her advice is brutally simple.
Notice your patterns, name them, and take
responsibility for your part.
She calls this the "mere moment."
When you stop defending your behavior,
you start transforming it.
Here's one of her standout lines.
"When you're brave enough to say maybe
it's me, you open the
door to everything you've
been missing."
Now this chapter ties
perfectly into self-leadership.
It's the idea that maturity means doing
the uncomfortable thing
because it's the right
thing.
Okay, so here's your Monday takeaway.
Growth starts the moment you admit your
own role in the story
and decide to re-write.
So as you kick off this
Monday, do your own accounting.
Not of numbers, but of your choices.
Balance your own books.
Be kind to yourself.
And maybe don't forget to call that one
person who's always been
in your corner and had your
back.
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