Morning Cereal

Episode Description:
Start your day with inspirational quotes, followed by a fun journey through nostalgic facts from this day in history. Then, we dive into Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 
In Part 3, Habit 3, we’ll explore Covey’s timeless advice on building authentic connections, the art of influence, and creating positive interactions in every area of life.
In This Episode:
  • Daily inspirational quotes to spark your motivation
  • Fun historical facts from this day in history
  • A dive into Part 3, Habit 3 of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Whether you're a leader, communicator, or just someone looking to improve your relationships, this episode is packed with actionable insights.
Tune in now and let’s grow together!
Resources:
Covey, S. R. (1989). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change. Free Press. 
 
All photo’s utilized in this video are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported by Wikimedia Commons license and are free to copy, distribute and transmit.  No photos have been altered.

What is Morning Cereal?

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 Serial.

Okay, good morning and welcome to Friday

and welcome back to the studio.

I'm sad to say that

we're back in the studio now.

For those of you that were joining us

this last week and a half

or so, we've been coming

to you from on location from

a trip to the Mediterranean.

I got to tell you, it was incredible.

Save your pennies, save your dollars as

much as you can to get

over there, to see that

history, to see the things that we've

learned about with our actual eyes.

Totally worth it.

So hopefully you got to live a little bit

vicariously through me

during that time, but

we're just so thankful that

we had the ability to do that.

And speaking of being thankful, our quote

today is from Matt

LeBlanc, who said, "The

more you're thankful, the more you

attract things to be thankful for."

And it's a solid

reminder to focus on gratitude.

Many of the little things we can be

thankful for are

overshadowed by waiting on those big

ones.

All right, well, today's news, facts, and

birthdays are for July 25th.

And we're going to start back in 1946.

And that's when Dean Martin and Jerry

Lewis, they staged their

first show as a comedy team.

Then in 1965, Bob Dylan went electric at

the Newport Folk Festival.

All right, he shocked the crowd that was

appalled at his use of something as

brazen as an electric

guitar.

Well, moving up to 1984, that's when

Soviet cosmonaut

Svetlana Svetvedskaya, I don't

know, became the first

woman to walk in space.

And then lastly, in the year 2000, on

this date, the Concord Jet.

Well, it crashed shortly after takeoff

from Paris and it grounded

that legendary supersonic

aircraft.

I actually saw one of those fly by in

Colorado Springs,

lots of air bases there.

So got to see some pretty neat things.

Well, happy birthday to you.

If today is your birthday, you share a

birthday with the man who

provided our quote today

and one of our favorite

friends, Matt LeBlanc.

He's 57 today.

Actress from Golden Girls,

she would have been 101 today.

Estelle Getty and the late Walter Payton.

He was born on this date in 1954.

Well, the number one song on this date

back in 1988 was Hold On

to the Nights by Richard

Marx.

Now this swoonie power ballad, it became

his first chart topping

single in the US and it

sealed his spot as a late

80s and 90s slow dance legend.

Now I know this song was definitely on

the playlist at my high school dances.

Well, let's finish up an incredible week

with a little self growth.

Here during our book segment, we're still

reading Stephen R.

Covey's The Seven Habits

of Highly Effective People.

And today we're diving into the final

part of habit three,

which is entitled The Habits

of Interdependence.

So we start this off by remembering that

Covey explains that

maturity is moving from dependence

to interdependence and then to

interdependence, right?

While personal effectiveness is a great

start, long term success

in life, leadership and

relationships, it's about collaboration

and mutual benefit of everybody.

So Covey challenges the

Lone Ranger mindset, okay?

Saying quote, "Independent people who do

not have the maturity to

think and act interdependently,

they may be good individual producers,

but they won't be good

leaders or team players,"

end quote.

Interdependence doesn't mean

giving up your individuality.

It means leveraging it to connect and

create synergy with others.

And Covey introduces this idea, not just

as a nice to have, but

as the foundation for

habits four, five and six.

Win-win thinking, empathetic listening

and creative cooperation.

So Covey emphasizes that these aren't

just business tools,

they're life principles.

So to move from independence to

interdependence, we must

focus on three core traits, okay?

Those are self-awareness,

imagination and conscience, right?

These give us the power to choose how we

respond to others and how

we build bridges between

personal success and shared achievements.

All right, as Covey puts it, quote, "We

are not our feelings.

We are not our mood.

We are not even our thoughts," end quote.

We are the force that chooses how to act,

especially in relationship to others.

All right, here's your takeaway.

Becoming truly effective means stepping

beyond your own success

and lifting others in the

process.

It's not about being

the smartest in the room.

It's about creating a

room where everyone thrives.

All right, whether you're back to the

grind after a trip of a

lifetime in the Mediterranean

or you're just celebrating that you made

it to another Friday, okay?

Take a minute to reflect on who helped

you get through the week.

Thank them and then thank yourself.

All right, I'll start by thanking you for

joining Morning Serial this week.

While we were shooting on location and we

didn't have the best

video, we didn't have

the best audio, but you still tuned in.

So thank you for that.

I hope you enjoyed the sights and the

sounds of the Mediterranean.

Probably not nearly as much as we did,

but I still hope you

could live a bit vicariously

for the week.

Well, enjoy the weekend.

You've earned it.

And until then, have a fantastic day.

Don't forget to follow and subscribe to

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And these other podcasts will dive deeper

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well-being, business and finance, and we

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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.