Good morning and
welcome to Morning Cereal.
Alright everybody, good
morning and happy Friday.
We made it to another
Friday and the Friday before.
What is hopefully some time off for you
next week for Thanksgiving.
And to get you ready for all that eating,
you're going to do next week.
I know you are.
I am too.
Today is National Gingerbread Cookie Day
and National Stuffing Day.
It seems a little early,
but we're going to go with it.
Basically, it's a
warm up for Thanksgiving.
And if you're already
preheating the oven, I salute you.
Well, our quote today is from someone who
played on Thanksgiving multiple times.
Michael Strahan.
He once said, "Being strong isn't about
muscle, it's about mindset."
End quote.
Now, coming from a man who's tackled both
defensive ends and
morning TV, that's probably
pretty solid advice.
The right attitude is half the battle.
The other half is, I don't
know, potentially coffee.
Well, today's news, facts and birthdays
are for November 21st.
Starting back in 1877, that's when
Scientific American, they announced
Thomas Edison's quote,
"wonderful invention, the phonograph."
Now kids, that was the first time humans
recorded sound and
were able to play it back.
Then moving up 100 years, 1976, on this
date, the classic movie
and one of my favorites,
Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone.
It premiered on this date in New York,
and in the following
year, it won the best picture
in 1977.
All right, then moving up to 1980, people
still make jokes
about this because it was
such a huge cultural event.
Now, I know the show was watched in my
house, and on this date,
in 1980, the TV show Dallas
aired the Who Shot JR?
cliffhanger episode that
stopped a nation in its tracks.
And somehow, I still don't
actually know who shot JR.
Did he die?
I'm guessing he died, right?
Well, happy birthday to you.
Today is your birthday.
You share a birthday with, and I don't
know if you ever called
her, maybe, singer Carly
Ray Jepsen.
She's just 40 today.
The most famous tooth gap on TV, former
footballer, Michael Strahan.
He's 54 today.
Baseball legend, King Griffey Jr.
He's 56 today.
And lastly, actress and icon Goldie Hahn.
She's 80 years old today.
Now, the number one song on this date
back in 1983, All Night
Long, All Night by Lionel
Richie.
Now, between Lionel and the Jacksons, I
mean, how great was 80s music?
It was the best.
Well, the song spent four weeks at number
one, and it mixed
Caribbean beats with Richie's
signature smooth style, a
celebration of pure good vibes.
Okay, well, let's go ahead and end our
week with the good vibes
of some self-improvement
with our book review of Mel
Robbins, The Let Them Theory.
Now, today's sub-chapter
is Let's Talk About You.
Here, Robbins shifts the focus inward,
urging readers to take
ownership of their stories.
"If you don't define yourself," she
writes, "the world will do it for you."
Okay, end quote.
This chapter is about self-reflection,
identifying patterns, habits, and
narratives that shape
your identity.
And Robbins compares
personal growth to editing a script.
Keep what works, rewrite what doesn't.
He emphasizes that self-talk is the
foundation of confidence.
What you say about yourself becomes what
you believe about
yourself, and what you believe
becomes your actions.
She challenges readers to listen for the
background noise of their
own thoughts and choose kinder
language for yourself.
The heart of this chapter is compassion.
You can't build strength on
self-criticism, okay?
She reminds us that letting others be
themselves, well, it starts
with granting ourselves that
same permission.
Okay, here is your Friday takeaway.
Before you let them, let yourself grow,
change, and speak
kindly inside your own head.
So today, sprinkle a little kindness into
your stuffing and into your thoughts.
You're doing better than you think.
All right, thanks for
joining Morning Serial today.
Enjoy the weekend.
We will see you back here next week, and
until then, have a fantastic day.
Don't forget to follow and subscribe to
the Morning Serial
podcast on the One Life Live
It channel.
You can find more episodes and videos by
visiting our YouTube
channel and the website at Shawn
Inglis and at ShawnInglis.com, where you
can also follow our
other podcast, the Mr. and
Mrs. Inglis podcast and
the Life Happens podcast.
And these other podcasts will dive deeper
into everyday issues,
self-improvement, and
being, business, and finance.
And we welcome special guests too.
So join us.
It'll be a good time, I promise.
Thanks again for listening.
Have a fantastic day,
and we'll see you tomorrow.