1 01:00:01,250 --> 01:00:02,000 Good morning. 2 01:00:03,958 --> 01:00:06,041 And welcome to morning cereal 3 01:00:12,041 --> 01:00:13,208 Okay, good morning 4 01:00:13,208 --> 01:00:14,833 and welcome to Thursday, 5 01:00:15,458 --> 01:00:16,583 affectionately known as 6 01:00:16,583 --> 01:00:18,416 Friday Eve as we all know. 7 01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:20,250 And if you're feeling a 8 01:00:20,250 --> 01:00:21,708 little bit frisky today, 9 01:00:22,416 --> 01:00:25,083 today is National Fashion Revolution Day. 10 01:00:25,541 --> 01:00:27,833 So go crazy with that wardrobe today. 11 01:00:28,458 --> 01:00:31,250 Today is also Love Your Thighs Day. 12 01:00:31,625 --> 01:00:32,958 You know, I guess they just 13 01:00:32,958 --> 01:00:34,333 kind of picked a body part, 14 01:00:34,333 --> 01:00:35,291 but today is just about 15 01:00:35,291 --> 01:00:37,375 promoting body positivity. 16 01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:39,833 So we'll go with thighs, I guess. 17 01:00:40,375 --> 01:00:42,083 And lastly, it's appropriate 18 01:00:42,083 --> 01:00:44,375 that today is also Scream Day 19 01:00:44,458 --> 01:00:46,875 because get ready, all you Gen X ladies. 20 01:00:47,541 --> 01:00:49,500 Today is National New 21 01:00:49,500 --> 01:00:50,958 Kids on the Block Day. 22 01:00:51,500 --> 01:00:53,958 Now, I'll admit they had some great songs 23 01:00:54,416 --> 01:00:56,125 and the old men on the block, 24 01:00:56,125 --> 01:00:58,250 they have a Vegas residency this summer. 25 01:00:58,458 --> 01:00:59,583 So if you'd like to see 26 01:00:59,583 --> 01:01:00,833 them do their dance moves 27 01:01:00,833 --> 01:01:03,083 in a slightly slower motion 28 01:01:03,416 --> 01:01:06,416 while singing your favorite NKOTB songs, 29 01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:07,875 head on out to Vegas. 30 01:01:09,041 --> 01:01:11,208 Well, our quote today comes from someone 31 01:01:11,208 --> 01:01:13,166 who also has had some great songs. 32 01:01:13,500 --> 01:01:14,916 It's from Kelly Clarkson 33 01:01:15,458 --> 01:01:16,500 and she's talking 34 01:01:16,500 --> 01:01:18,125 about perseverance here. 35 01:01:18,791 --> 01:01:19,958 Kelly Clarkson said, 36 01:01:20,166 --> 01:01:22,208 "My experiences remind me 37 01:01:22,208 --> 01:01:23,875 that it's those black clouds 38 01:01:23,875 --> 01:01:24,916 that make the blue 39 01:01:24,916 --> 01:01:26,583 skies even more beautiful." 40 01:01:26,916 --> 01:01:27,291 End quote. 41 01:01:28,083 --> 01:01:29,375 So keep your chin up people, 42 01:01:29,750 --> 01:01:31,958 the sun will come out again, eventually. 43 01:01:33,375 --> 01:01:34,500 Well, today's news, facts and 44 01:01:34,500 --> 01:01:36,625 birthdays are for April 24th. 45 01:01:36,958 --> 01:01:37,833 And we're gonna start 46 01:01:37,833 --> 01:01:41,708 way back today in 1184 BC. 47 01:01:42,500 --> 01:01:44,208 Now we've all heard this story 48 01:01:44,208 --> 01:01:46,000 and we've watched movies about it. 49 01:01:46,541 --> 01:01:47,500 This is the date that the 50 01:01:47,500 --> 01:01:49,458 Greeks entered the city of Troy 51 01:01:49,666 --> 01:01:50,291 hiding in the 52 01:01:50,291 --> 01:01:52,500 infamous wooden Trojan horse. 53 01:01:53,583 --> 01:01:54,666 Then we're gonna skip up a 54 01:01:54,666 --> 01:01:57,291 few thousand years to 2007, 55 01:01:57,791 --> 01:01:59,083 when on this date, 56 01:01:59,333 --> 01:02:01,083 the most awarded female 57 01:02:01,083 --> 01:02:02,708 recording artist of all time, 58 01:02:02,708 --> 01:02:05,583 Whitney Houston, she divorced R&B singer 59 01:02:05,791 --> 01:02:07,125 and songwriter Bobby Brown. 60 01:02:07,791 --> 01:02:08,458 Apparently they had some 61 01:02:08,458 --> 01:02:10,083 irreconcilable differences 62 01:02:10,333 --> 01:02:11,708 after 14 years of marriage. 63 01:02:12,708 --> 01:02:15,166 And then lastly, in 2023, 64 01:02:15,166 --> 01:02:16,083 just a couple of years ago, 65 01:02:16,833 --> 01:02:19,416 India surpassed China as the 66 01:02:19,416 --> 01:02:21,541 world's most populous country. 67 01:02:21,916 --> 01:02:23,000 According to UN estimates, 68 01:02:23,416 --> 01:02:25,916 they now have over 1.425 69 01:02:25,916 --> 01:02:27,958 billion people in India. 70 01:02:28,583 --> 01:02:30,791 China has 1.41 billion people. 71 01:02:30,791 --> 01:02:31,541 That's a difference of 72 01:02:31,541 --> 01:02:33,291 just over 14 million people. 73 01:02:33,875 --> 01:02:35,416 So just to compare, 74 01:02:35,916 --> 01:02:36,833 the United States only 75 01:02:36,833 --> 01:02:38,875 has 340 million people. 76 01:02:39,125 --> 01:02:41,375 We're over a billion behind both of them. 77 01:02:42,125 --> 01:02:43,583 Well, happy birthday to you 78 01:02:43,583 --> 01:02:45,083 if your birthday is today. 79 01:02:45,083 --> 01:02:46,083 You share a birthday with 80 01:02:46,083 --> 01:02:47,875 singer actress Barbara Streisand, 81 01:02:48,208 --> 01:02:49,958 she's 83 today, and 82 01:02:49,958 --> 01:02:51,291 entertainer Kelly Clarkson, 83 01:02:51,625 --> 01:02:53,041 she's 43 today. 84 01:02:53,958 --> 01:02:55,208 And the number one song 85 01:02:55,208 --> 01:02:57,291 on this date back in 1991 86 01:02:58,083 --> 01:03:00,708 was "You're In Love" by Wilson Phillips. 87 01:03:01,333 --> 01:03:02,250 Now, if you don't remember 88 01:03:02,250 --> 01:03:03,625 the band Wilson Phillips, 89 01:03:04,166 --> 01:03:05,250 it was made up of three women, 90 01:03:05,666 --> 01:03:06,958 and they sang just the 91 01:03:06,958 --> 01:03:08,333 most wholesome love songs 92 01:03:08,333 --> 01:03:09,250 you can imagine, right? 93 01:03:09,750 --> 01:03:11,541 "You're In Love" was no different. 94 01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:13,458 It was their third and 95 01:03:13,458 --> 01:03:14,625 their final number one hit, 96 01:03:14,875 --> 01:03:16,208 and it earned a Grammy nomination 97 01:03:16,541 --> 01:03:19,000 for best pop vocal by duo or a group. 98 01:03:20,125 --> 01:03:21,708 Well, let's jump into some 99 01:03:21,708 --> 01:03:23,458 wholesome self-improvement 100 01:03:23,458 --> 01:03:24,583 with our book review segment. 101 01:03:25,125 --> 01:03:26,083 And as you know, we are 102 01:03:26,083 --> 01:03:27,458 reading Stephen R. Covey's 103 01:03:27,458 --> 01:03:28,500 "The Seven Habits of 104 01:03:28,500 --> 01:03:29,708 Highly Effective People." 105 01:03:30,333 --> 01:03:31,583 And yesterday we began 106 01:03:31,583 --> 01:03:32,708 Covey's second chapter, 107 01:03:33,083 --> 01:03:34,500 "The Seven Habits," an overview. 108 01:03:35,291 --> 01:03:36,750 And this is where Covey 109 01:03:36,750 --> 01:03:38,166 discussed how important 110 01:03:38,166 --> 01:03:40,250 and influential habits are in our lives. 111 01:03:40,750 --> 01:03:41,916 They essentially make up 112 01:03:41,916 --> 01:03:43,250 what makes us either effective 113 01:03:43,541 --> 01:03:44,166 or ineffective. 114 01:03:44,833 --> 01:03:46,291 And Covey defined habits 115 01:03:46,291 --> 01:03:47,791 yesterday for us as, quote, 116 01:03:47,958 --> 01:03:50,083 "The intersection of knowledge, skill, 117 01:03:50,083 --> 01:03:51,458 and desire," end quote. 118 01:03:52,250 --> 01:03:53,125 Covey says that we 119 01:03:53,125 --> 01:03:54,625 have to have all three, 120 01:03:55,125 --> 01:03:56,708 knowledge, skill, and desire 121 01:03:57,208 --> 01:03:59,250 to make something a habit in our lives. 122 01:03:59,833 --> 01:04:01,541 Now Covey acknowledges it's 123 01:04:01,541 --> 01:04:02,791 gonna take a tremendous effort 124 01:04:02,791 --> 01:04:04,500 to change these deeply 125 01:04:04,500 --> 01:04:06,333 embedded habitual tendencies, 126 01:04:06,541 --> 01:04:07,958 just like procrastination, 127 01:04:08,458 --> 01:04:09,750 impatience, criticalness, 128 01:04:10,166 --> 01:04:11,208 or selfishness. 129 01:04:11,500 --> 01:04:12,416 These are all habits 130 01:04:12,416 --> 01:04:14,375 that are hard to change, 131 01:04:14,375 --> 01:04:15,833 but in doing so, they will 132 01:04:15,833 --> 01:04:17,583 reap real change and freedom. 133 01:04:18,708 --> 01:04:20,750 So today we begin our next sub-chapter, 134 01:04:20,750 --> 01:04:22,708 which is called "The Maturity Continuum." 135 01:04:23,250 --> 01:04:24,791 And Covey is telling us that the seven 136 01:04:24,791 --> 01:04:25,708 habits in this book, 137 01:04:26,125 --> 01:04:28,041 they are not, quote, "Separate or 138 01:04:28,041 --> 01:04:30,000 piecemeal psych-up formulas," 139 01:04:30,333 --> 01:04:30,625 end quote. 140 01:04:31,125 --> 01:04:33,416 Instead, these habits were, quote, 141 01:04:33,416 --> 01:04:34,375 "In harmony with the 142 01:04:34,375 --> 01:04:35,625 natural laws of growth, 143 01:04:36,166 --> 01:04:37,916 providing incremental sequential 144 01:04:38,166 --> 01:04:40,083 and a highly integrated approach 145 01:04:40,625 --> 01:04:42,208 to the development of personal 146 01:04:42,208 --> 01:04:43,166 and interpersonal 147 01:04:43,166 --> 01:04:44,666 effectiveness," end quote. 148 01:04:45,666 --> 01:04:47,583 As such, Covey says the 149 01:04:47,583 --> 01:04:49,750 habits move and grow progressively 150 01:04:50,291 --> 01:04:52,125 on a maturity continuum, quote, 151 01:04:52,416 --> 01:04:55,416 "From dependence to independence to 152 01:04:55,416 --> 01:04:57,041 interdependence," end quote. 153 01:04:57,708 --> 01:04:59,375 So our natural growth 154 01:04:59,375 --> 01:05:00,666 and maturing takes us 155 01:05:00,666 --> 01:05:02,083 from the dependence to 156 01:05:02,083 --> 01:05:04,166 independence to interdependence. 157 01:05:04,708 --> 01:05:05,625 And we start as 158 01:05:05,625 --> 01:05:07,625 babies dependent on others 159 01:05:07,625 --> 01:05:09,291 for nearly everything we do. 160 01:05:09,916 --> 01:05:11,458 Then as we grow older, we 161 01:05:11,458 --> 01:05:13,333 learn to become more independent, 162 01:05:13,541 --> 01:05:16,166 quote, physically, mentally, emotionally, 163 01:05:16,166 --> 01:05:17,458 and financially, end quote. 164 01:05:18,125 --> 01:05:19,666 And this growth and 165 01:05:19,666 --> 01:05:21,166 newfound independence, 166 01:05:21,708 --> 01:05:23,375 it should lead toward each 167 01:05:23,375 --> 01:05:25,125 of us to become more, quote, 168 01:05:25,666 --> 01:05:26,750 "Interdirected and 169 01:05:26,750 --> 01:05:28,166 self-reliant," end quote. 170 01:05:29,083 --> 01:05:30,375 Then Covey says if we 171 01:05:30,375 --> 01:05:32,458 continue to grow and mature, quote, 172 01:05:32,583 --> 01:05:34,833 "We become increasingly aware 173 01:05:35,333 --> 01:05:36,791 that all of nature is 174 01:05:36,791 --> 01:05:38,250 interdependent," end quote. 175 01:05:38,833 --> 01:05:40,083 And that like nature's 176 01:05:40,083 --> 01:05:41,875 natural system of interdependence, 177 01:05:42,291 --> 01:05:45,375 this also applies to society and, quote, 178 01:05:45,500 --> 01:05:47,375 "That human life also is 179 01:05:47,375 --> 01:05:48,958 interdependent," end quote. 180 01:05:49,500 --> 01:05:51,791 So back to the maturity continuum, 181 01:05:52,458 --> 01:05:52,666 dependence, 182 01:05:53,208 --> 01:05:54,958 independence, and interdependence. 183 01:05:55,666 --> 01:05:57,666 Covey says that dependence is, quote, 184 01:05:57,666 --> 01:05:58,875 "The paradigm of you. 185 01:05:59,458 --> 01:06:00,833 You take care of me. 186 01:06:01,333 --> 01:06:03,416 You come through for me. 187 01:06:03,708 --> 01:06:05,000 You didn't come through for me. 188 01:06:05,333 --> 01:06:07,541 I blame you for the results," end quote. 189 01:06:08,166 --> 01:06:10,083 While independence is the 190 01:06:10,083 --> 01:06:13,208 paradigm of I, I can do it. 191 01:06:13,750 --> 01:06:14,708 I am responsible. 192 01:06:15,333 --> 01:06:16,625 I am self-reliant. 193 01:06:17,083 --> 01:06:18,750 I can choose, end quote. 194 01:06:19,375 --> 01:06:20,666 And finally today, 195 01:06:21,041 --> 01:06:22,750 interdependence is the, quote, 196 01:06:23,041 --> 01:06:23,958 "Paradigm of we." 197 01:06:24,583 --> 01:06:25,416 We can do it. 198 01:06:25,875 --> 01:06:26,916 We can cooperate. 199 01:06:27,625 --> 01:06:30,083 We can combine our talents and abilities 200 01:06:30,500 --> 01:06:31,375 and create something 201 01:06:31,375 --> 01:06:33,083 greater together, end quote. 202 01:06:33,875 --> 01:06:35,416 Well, nice work hanging in there. 203 01:06:35,416 --> 01:06:36,875 A lot of definitions today, 204 01:06:36,875 --> 01:06:38,083 but tomorrow we're gonna 205 01:06:38,083 --> 01:06:39,458 dig in a little bit deeper 206 01:06:39,458 --> 01:06:41,541 into these dependencies with Covey. 207 01:06:41,541 --> 01:06:43,041 And we're still gonna be in the maturity 208 01:06:43,041 --> 01:06:44,541 continuum subchapter, 209 01:06:44,541 --> 01:06:45,833 so come back for that. 210 01:06:46,250 --> 01:06:48,166 Hey, thanks so much for joining us today. 211 01:06:48,333 --> 01:06:48,875 We'll see you back 212 01:06:48,875 --> 01:06:49,958 here tomorrow on a Friday, 213 01:06:50,500 --> 01:06:52,375 and have a fantastic day. 214 01:06:54,375 --> 01:06:56,125 Don't forget to follow and subscribe to 215 01:06:56,125 --> 01:06:56,750 the Morning Serial 216 01:06:56,750 --> 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It'll be a good time, I promise. 233 01:07:24,625 --> 01:07:25,500 Thanks again for listening. 234 01:07:25,708 --> 01:07:27,250 Have a fantastic day and 235 01:07:27,250 --> 01:07:27,875 we'll see you tomorrow. 236 01:41:32,750 --> 01:41:35,125 Okay, good morning and welcome to 237 01:41:35,125 --> 01:41:37,458 Thursday if you're feeling a little bit 238 01:41:37,458 --> 01:41:40,083 frisky today, so we'll go with thighs 239 01:41:40,083 --> 01:41:43,500 I guess are you Gen X ladies the old men 240 01:41:43,500 --> 01:41:46,291 on the block that Kelly Clarkson said my 241 01:41:46,750 --> 01:41:48,583 Experiences remind me that it's those 242 01:41:48,583 --> 01:41:51,000 black clouds that make the blue skies 243 01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:53,208 even more beautiful the infamous 244 01:41:53,500 --> 01:41:54,958 wooden Trojan horse 245 01:41:54,958 --> 01:41:57,375 We're over a billion behind both of them 246 01:41:57,375 --> 01:41:59,500 the number one song in this date back in 247 01:42:00,291 --> 01:42:02,333 1991 was you're in 248 01:42:02,333 --> 01:42:04,041 love by Wilson Phillips 249 01:42:04,291 --> 01:42:06,333 Our Cove is the seven habits of highly 250 01:42:06,333 --> 01:42:09,166 effective people the habits move and grow 251 01:42:09,416 --> 01:42:11,833 Progressively on a maturity continuum 252 01:42:11,833 --> 01:42:14,416 that all of nature is interdependent 253 01:42:14,625 --> 01:42:16,500 dependence independence and 254 01:42:16,916 --> 01:42:18,416 Interdependence we'll see you back here 255 01:42:18,416 --> 01:42:19,500 tomorrow on a Friday. 256 01:42:19,500 --> 01:42:20,916 Have a fantastic day