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Good morning, and welcome to Morning Cereal!
Pull up a stool, grab your favorite cereal, and let’s kick-start your day with a spoonful of inspiration, nostalgia and personal growth. Join your host, Shaen Inglis, as he highlights the music, movies, and moments that made the 80s, 90s, and 2000s unforgettable—kind of like digging for toy at the bottom of the cereal box. Each episode, Shaen also reviews a chapter or so from top wellness books, offering practical insights to help you set a positive tone for your day. Start your mornings right—no cartoons required!
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Good morning.
And welcome to morning cereal
Okay, good morning and welcome to
Wednesday. It's the middle of the week
and today is coming from the cold day
Literally, and that seems like some
pretty good advice given the polar vortex
Most of the country has been
under the last couple of days
Well, it's also a national grandpa day.
So give your grandpa a ring if you can
and tell him how special he is
Lastly, I thought I'd point out it's also
celebration of life day and that day has
come to signify all
that's good about being alive
It's easy to forget sometimes just all
the things that had to come together
Perfectly for you and I to be
alive at this moment in time
So we're super fortunate to be here and
take time to celebrate that the good far
outweighs the bad in this life
And it all starts with
gratitude and appreciation
Where you are right now?
Okay, let's go ahead and jump into
today's episode with today's quotes
One fun nostalgic quote and then a second
quote to tease our book review later in
the episode as always
I hope one of these quotes will speak to
you and kickstart your
day in a positive direction
Okay
Here's the first quote. It's from the
character Peter Banning better known as
Peter Pan and it's from the movie hook
and it's in response
To Wendy asking Peter the question
So your adventures are over and here's
the quote Peter Pan says
Oh, no to live to live would be an
awfully big adventure
So my take away from that is we're all in
the middle of our own adventures
So make the most of it especially on this
celebration of life day
Okay, today's teaser quote from the book
review is these things have literally
revolutionized my life.
I'm a totally different man
happier man a
richer man richer in
friendships and happiness
In quote and as usual we'll unpack that
here in just a few minutes
during the book review segment
But first let's jump into our usual dose
of fun and historic facts
from this day in history
Today's news facts are for January 22nd
We're gonna start in
1943 when on this day
We saw the world record set for the
fastest temperature change
Now the fastest temperature change
recorded in history occurred on this day
in Spearfish, South Dakota
The temperature increased from negative 4
degrees Fahrenheit to positive
45 degrees Fahrenheit and get this it
happened in the span of two minutes just
two minutes set a
world record for that in
1970 as hard as it is
to believe the Boeing
747 took off for the very first scheduled
flight. It was a Pan Am jumbo jet that
flew from New York to London in
1973 in a landmark decision the US
Supreme Court legalized most abortions.
That was Roe v. Wade and
In 1983 and this is one I didn't realize
but after nearly two years
of already being on the air
MTV they began broadcasting
to the west coast of America in
1992 serving as a payload specialist
aboard the Discovery Space Shuttle
Roberta Bond are became the first
Canadian woman and the first neurologist
to travel into space in
1998 one of the most notorious domestic
terrorists in US history
Ted Kaczynski you remember him
He was the so-called unibomber. Well, he
was sentenced to four terms of life in
prison without parole in
2008 and this is a sad one
but this is the day that Heath Ledger
passed away of a drug
overdose at the age of 28 and
Lastly in 2010 struggling
with ratings Conan O'Brien
He left the Tonight Show after hosting
his last episode of the
late-night television program
And if you remember Conan went on to host
his own show Conan on
TBS for the next 11 years
Okay, let's move on to birthdays. Happy
birthday. If today is your birthday you
share a birthday with Bill Bixby
He was born in 1934
Now you might remember him and I
definitely know I remember Bill as he
played dr. David Banner on the Incredible
Hulk television series
That started I think back in the 1970s
Caitlin Clark, she's 23 today and DJ
Jazzy Jeff. He's 60 today
Okay, let's go ahead and turn to the
music in the movies of
the 80s 90s and 2000s
the number one song on this date in
1998 was truly madly deeply by the
Australian band Savage Garden
Now this song was number one for two
weeks and apparently it was the first
song in charts history
To remain in the top 30 for 52 weeks and
it was the most played song in 1997
It also kept the band from becoming the
dreaded one-hit wonder as it was the
follow-up to their previous
number one song to the moon
The band had a total of three number one
hits in the US before breaking up in 2001
And the number one movie on
this date in 1992 was hook
Hook as you might recall was Steven
Spielberg's adaptation of Peter Pan and
it starred Robin Williams Dustin Hoffman
Gwyneth Paltrow Julia Roberts
Interestingly Gwyneth Paltrow and I
didn't remember this but Gwyneth Paltrow
starred as young Wendy in this and it was
only her second movie at
The time apparently Steven
Spielberg is her godfather
Also Julia Roberts role as Tinkerbell it
earned her a razzie nomination for the
worst supporting actress
And it was the first razzie nomination
for a role directed by Spielberg
Hook went on to be nominated for five
Academy Awards, but unfortunately it
wasn't able to take home any wins
Well, let's move on to some personal
growth here in the book review segment of
morning serial as you know
This is where we take a few moments to
reflect on lessons
learned from the current book
We're reading and currently we're reading
through Dale Carnegie's how to win
friends and influence people
It's a timeless book that is consistently
in all the must-read lists and it's
packed with rock solid advice and
Actions for us all to use and build
healthy foundational concepts to live by
We are still in chapter 2 of part 2 and
it's entitled a simple way to
make a good first impression
and it's as simple and as we're learning
as powerful as
starting off with a smile as
Carnegie reminds us throughout the book
when dealing with people
We must be authentic and it's the same
with a smile give a real smile a
heartwarming smile that comes from within
Yesterday we discussed how the smile can
affect other people's decisions
Even when it's not seen as your
enthusiasm and positivity
come through in your voice
Carnegie also reminds us to have a good
time when meeting with people if we want
them to have a good time meeting with us
Now if you'll recall yesterday Carnegie
told us a story about the stockbroker who
decided to implement a
smile in the morning to his wife
After years of just being a morning
grouch and the effect of a consistent
morning smile and greeting
Was bringing more happiness into their
home than they had had in years
Well Carnegie continues his story with
the same stockbroker who implemented this
smile and greeting
outside of his house as well
He'd greet the elevator operator with a
good morning and a smile
He'd greet the doorman with a smile and
he smiled at the cashier in
the subway booth and at work
He'd smile at people on the floor of the
stock exchange that until recently had
never even seen him smile and
The stockbroker said quote I soon found
that everybody was
smiling back at me in quote
People began to come to him with
complaints or grievances
And he found that working with others was
easier when he just
listened and smiled more
This new philosophy was winning him new
friends and changing
attitudes towards him
The stockbroker says he also stopped
criticizing people and instead gave
appreciation and praise
He tried to see the world from others
perspectives and not just
his wants which as you know
And they should sound familiar to you
They are basically the concepts in part
one of this book and Carnegie's principle
number one and number two
Don't criticize condemn or complain and
give honest and sincere appreciation
Now although these changes sound simple
to hear they are indeed
powerful and can change lives
I can see how if someone I knew that was
usually quiet and kind of standoffish if
they implemented these changes
I can definitely see how they could
completely change the
way I view that person and
The stockbroker said this about his life
after making the
consistent and genuine changes
He said quote these things have literally
revolutionized my life
I'm a totally different man happier man a
richer man richer in
friendships and happiness
The only things that
matter much after all in quote
One thing I don't want this book segment
and personal review to
become is to become too
Philosophic or theoretical where we just
talk about things that sound
nice and look good on paper
My hope in Carnegie's hope is that we
really implement tools
that can be life-changing
And although Carnegie is talking about
some fairly simple things here
I would say that in today's world
these principles are needed more than
ever because these principles are not
readily practiced by
the average person in
Carnegie's story of how this stockbroker
found more happiness is
not just fluff and rainbows
It's in line with some of the
best minds of our time as well
Before his death Steve Jobs was said to
have pinned a profound essay on the
lessons he learned from life
And at one point in the
essay Jobs wrote this quote
Don't educate your children to be rich
educate them to be
happy so when they grow up
They will know the value
of things not the price
Also treasure love for your family love
for your spouse love for your friends
Treat yourself well and
cherish others in quote
Sounds similar to what
Carnegie is telling us
My point here is that I don't want to get
lost in this personal growth section with
surface level changes
Carnegie is teaching us how to find more
happiness in life how to make life
altering positive changes and
Along with that will come more success in
our everyday lives and this is in line
with what job said as well
By the way jobs essay is definitely worth
looking up for a quick read
Okay, I'll close today with Carnegie
asking the question. What if you don't
feel like smiling then what?
He says quote two things first force
yourself to smile if you're alone
Force yourself to
whistle or hum a tune or sing
Act as if you were already happy and that
will tend to make you happy in quote
Psychologist William James said quote
action seems to follow feeling but really
action and feelings go together and
By regulating the action which is under
the more direct
control of the will we can
Indirectly regulate the
feeling which is not in quote
They are essentially saying if you need
to jumpstart fake it
until you make it now
You know, I can't leave you with fake it
until you make it. So I'll
quote Carnegie one last time here
He says quote everybody in the world is
seeking happiness and there
is one sure way to find it
That is by controlling your thoughts
Happiness doesn't depend on outward
conditions. It
depends on inner conditions
Quote and that's what we're working on
here real change real
Life-changing change in ourselves and how
we think and in how we act
Well, that seemed pretty heavy for us.
Just talking about some smiling now get
out there kick some butt today
Conquer that big project or personal goal
and meet this day with
energy and determination
Tomorrow we finish chapter 2 of part 2
and we learn Carnegie's second principle
Have a fantastic day and
we'll see you back here tomorrow
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Have a fantastic day and
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