Good morning and
welcome to Morning Cereal.
Okay, good morning and welcome to
Wednesday, the chewy
middle of the week, right?
Since it's Nobel Prize Day, let's toast
to achievements big
and small, including the
fact that you managed to
get out of bed this morning.
Now, if you need a little spark to get
your day going, how
about a quote from the man
who invented dynamite?
Our quote today is from Alfred Nobel, who
once said, "If I have
a thousand ideas and
only one turns out to
be good, I'm satisfied."
Now, this is just another reminder that
life and progress, it
isn't about being perfect.
It's about being persistent.
Okay, here are your four moments that
matter for December 10th.
This day in history, back in 1901, that's
when the very first
Nobel Prizes were awarded.
Now, they were created from Alfred
Nobel's own estate after
he felt the moral weight
of his inventions being used for harm.
And that kind of takes us
into today's special day.
It's Nobel Prize Day.
So celebrate brilliance and the courage
to find brilliance in
science, humanism, and
peace.
All right, the number one song on this
date back in 2000 was
"Praise You" by Fatboy Slim.
Now, you might remember this grainy music
video of people doing
all these funny dances
and in a mall.
I don't know.
I had to look it up, but it did bring
back some nostalgia for me.
Lastly, happy birthday.
Today is your birthday.
You share it with Cincinnati Bengals
quarterback, Joe Burrow.
He's 29 today.
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay.
He's 61 today.
And lastly, actress from the
Parcher's family, Susan Day.
She is 72 today.
All right.
Book review time of Mel
Robbins, "The Let Them Theory."
Now, in this raw and kind of revealing
sub-chapter, Mel Robbins
pulls the curtain back on her
own behavior.
And in her style, it is not sugar-coated.
It's not softened at all.
It's just honest, right?
Mel writes, "I was horrible," admitting
she had grown up in
friendships in a way she
wasn't proud of.
And in doing so, she gives us all
permission to acknowledge
the moments we weren't maybe
our best selves.
Now, Mel describes how stress and
insecurity and all the
emotional patterns and baggage
can hijack how we show up.
Sometimes we withdraw.
Sometimes we lash out.
Sometimes we become inconsistent or we're
jealous or defensive or avoidant.
Not because we're bad people, but because
we're just overwhelmed people.
Okay?
She writes, "I expect others to
understand me when I
barely understand myself."
Now, this section is powerful
because of its vulnerability.
Robbins doesn't frame
her mistakes as failures.
She frames them as
evidence of emotional growth.
Recognizing you weren't who you wanted to
be is actually a sign
that you are becoming
who you want to be.
Now, Mel explains that many adults carry
unresolved childhood stress
patterns into their friendships.
When life gets chaotic, those patterns,
they trigger behavior
that doesn't really reflect
our values.
Mel says, "It's not that I don't care.
I cared too much and I
didn't know how to show it."
Now, most importantly, she reassures
readers that
self-awareness is the turning point.
"You can't change what
you won't acknowledge."
And by admitting that she had been
horrible, she stopped pretending.
She stopped defending.
And she started rebuilding these
friendships with her honesty.
And she started rebuilding these
friendships with honesty,
with clarity, and better energy.
And this is an invitation for all of us
to do the same, to reflect without shame.
We all have chapters where maybe we
didn't show up well, right?
The good news is that those chapters,
they don't define the whole book.
All right, here is
your hump day takeaway.
Growth begins the moment you're honest
with yourself about how you've shown up.
This is what allows you
to do better next time.
All right, well, today, own your growth,
celebrate your effort,
and I don't know, heck, give
yourself a Nobel Prize for trying today.
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