Good morning and
welcome to Morning Syria.
All right, good morning
and welcome to Monday.
I hope you had a great weekend.
We are in the midst of
March Madness territory now.
So I hope your team
did well over the weekend
or at least they made it a game, right?
I know I'm cheering on my
team, Rock Talk Jayhawk,
but either way, we are ready to face
another week head on.
All right, today is Commonwealth Day,
which is a day observed
by the 56 member nations
of the British
Commonwealth to celebrate unity,
cooperation and a shared history.
All right, well, the answer
to Friday's trivia question, oysters.
Edible creatures,
Malpeche's, Kumamoto's and Bailon's
are oysters.
All right, and I may have said that wrong
so nobody knew what it was anyways.
Well, now it's time for
the essential vitamins
in your morning cereal.
Today's quote, and it
is from birthday boy
turning just 47 years
old today, Oscar Isaac,
who said, quote, "If you're not nervous,
it means you don't care."
End quote.
Your morning decode, nervousness,
it's a sign of passion, of high stakes
and caring deeply about
the outcome of some event
like a performance, an
interview or a competition.
All right, well, let's go ahead and hear
from the experts now.
And today we are opening
a brand new cereal box.
We're pouring in "Atomic
Habits" by James Clear.
Now James Clear is a
bestselling author, speaker
and a habit expert whose
book, this one right here
has sold over 15 million copies worldwide
and remained on
bestseller lists for years.
It has won multiple
awards, including recognition
from major business and
self-development publications.
Clear's background,
however, isn't flashy,
which is exactly the point here.
After a serious
baseball injury in college,
he became fascinated by
incremental improvement.
He began writing about
small behavioral changes
and those essays, they eventually evolved
into "Atomic Habits."
Well, the premise is deceptively simple.
Tiny habits repeated consistently produce
remarkable results.
Clear writes this quote,
"Habits are the compound
interest of self-improvement."
Meaning small daily gains, 1% better.
Those add up dramatically over time.
So he's challenging the traditional
obsession with goals
saying, "You do not rise
to the level of your goals.
You fall to the level of your systems."
Now that line alone has shifted
how millions approach productivity.
And this book isn't
about motivational spikes.
It's about systems, identity,
environment, behavioral loops.
Now, Clear argues that lasting change
comes from focusing on
who you want to become,
not just what you want to achieve.
Saying, "Every action you take is a vote
for the type of person
that you wish to become."
So instead of the, "I
want to run a marathon,"
you become, "I am a runner."
Instead of, "I want to read more,"
you become, "I am a reader."
See that?
Now, the brilliance of
atomic habits is its practicality.
It's no hype, it's no
shouting, it's just structured.
Research back
strategies for small improvement.
And as we begin this book together,
expect actionable steps.
Expect mindset shifts.
And expect some uncomfortable honesty
about where your systems
may be quietly sabotaging you.
All right, your Monday takeaway is focus
on tiny improvements
and build systems that
make success inevitable.
So today, I know it's Monday, build
something small today.
That compounds tomorrow, all right?
Now get out there and
attack this week with systems,
not just goals, but first, the prize
from the bottom of the cereal box,
the morning cereal
trivia question of the day.
Here it is.
What year did the modern
Olympic Games first take place?
All right, well, thanks for listening
to morning cereal today.
We will see you back here tomorrow
for the answer to the trivia question
and for more sugar for the soul.
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Thanks again for listening.
Have a fantastic day and
we'll see you tomorrow.