1 01:00:01,250 --> 01:00:04,125 Good morning and 2 01:00:04,125 --> 01:00:05,958 welcome to Morning Serial. 3 01:00:08,833 --> 01:00:14,541 Okay, good morning and welcome to Friday 4 01:00:14,541 --> 01:00:17,333 and welcome back to the studio. 5 01:00:17,708 --> 01:00:19,041 I'm sad to say that 6 01:00:19,041 --> 01:00:20,458 we're back in the studio now. 7 01:00:20,833 --> 01:00:22,333 For those of you that were joining us 8 01:00:22,333 --> 01:00:23,375 this last week and a half 9 01:00:23,375 --> 01:00:24,750 or so, we've been coming 10 01:00:24,750 --> 01:00:26,791 to you from on location from 11 01:00:26,791 --> 01:00:27,750 a trip to the Mediterranean. 12 01:00:28,375 --> 01:00:31,291 I got to tell you, it was incredible. 13 01:00:31,875 --> 01:00:34,416 Save your pennies, save your dollars as 14 01:00:34,416 --> 01:00:36,000 much as you can to get 15 01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:37,250 over there, to see that 16 01:00:37,250 --> 01:00:39,375 history, to see the things that we've 17 01:00:39,375 --> 01:00:41,166 learned about with our actual eyes. 18 01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:43,291 Totally worth it. 19 01:00:43,583 --> 01:00:45,333 So hopefully you got to live a little bit 20 01:00:45,333 --> 01:00:46,541 vicariously through me 21 01:00:46,541 --> 01:00:47,458 during that time, but 22 01:00:47,458 --> 01:00:48,666 we're just so thankful that 23 01:00:48,666 --> 01:00:50,500 we had the ability to do that. 24 01:00:51,166 --> 01:00:54,125 And speaking of being thankful, our quote 25 01:00:54,125 --> 01:00:55,333 today is from Matt 26 01:00:55,333 --> 01:00:56,791 LeBlanc, who said, "The 27 01:00:56,833 --> 01:00:58,625 more you're thankful, the more you 28 01:00:58,625 --> 01:01:00,500 attract things to be thankful for." 29 01:01:01,041 --> 01:01:02,333 And it's a solid 30 01:01:02,333 --> 01:01:04,208 reminder to focus on gratitude. 31 01:01:04,708 --> 01:01:06,000 Many of the little things we can be 32 01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:06,708 thankful for are 33 01:01:06,708 --> 01:01:09,291 overshadowed by waiting on those big 34 01:01:09,291 --> 01:01:09,708 ones. 35 01:01:10,250 --> 01:01:12,416 All right, well, today's news, facts, and 36 01:01:12,416 --> 01:01:14,708 birthdays are for July 25th. 37 01:01:14,708 --> 01:01:16,875 And we're going to start back in 1946. 38 01:01:17,208 --> 01:01:19,083 And that's when Dean Martin and Jerry 39 01:01:19,083 --> 01:01:20,458 Lewis, they staged their 40 01:01:20,458 --> 01:01:22,291 first show as a comedy team. 41 01:01:23,041 --> 01:01:26,708 Then in 1965, Bob Dylan went electric at 42 01:01:26,708 --> 01:01:28,708 the Newport Folk Festival. 43 01:01:29,083 --> 01:01:30,916 All right, he shocked the crowd that was 44 01:01:30,916 --> 01:01:34,083 appalled at his use of something as 45 01:01:34,083 --> 01:01:36,000 brazen as an electric 46 01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:36,500 guitar. 47 01:01:37,541 --> 01:01:40,500 Well, moving up to 1984, that's when 48 01:01:40,500 --> 01:01:41,583 Soviet cosmonaut 49 01:01:41,583 --> 01:01:45,000 Svetlana Svetvedskaya, I don't 50 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:46,291 know, became the first 51 01:01:46,291 --> 01:01:47,833 woman to walk in space. 52 01:01:48,500 --> 01:01:50,458 And then lastly, in the year 2000, on 53 01:01:50,458 --> 01:01:52,541 this date, the Concord Jet. 54 01:01:52,583 --> 01:01:55,000 Well, it crashed shortly after takeoff 55 01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,958 from Paris and it grounded 56 01:01:56,958 --> 01:01:59,291 that legendary supersonic 57 01:01:59,291 --> 01:01:59,750 aircraft. 58 01:02:00,250 --> 01:02:02,208 I actually saw one of those fly by in 59 01:02:02,208 --> 01:02:02,875 Colorado Springs, 60 01:02:03,166 --> 01:02:04,208 lots of air bases there. 61 01:02:04,500 --> 01:02:06,208 So got to see some pretty neat things. 62 01:02:06,833 --> 01:02:08,333 Well, happy birthday to you. 63 01:02:08,333 --> 01:02:10,250 If today is your birthday, you share a 64 01:02:10,250 --> 01:02:11,500 birthday with the man who 65 01:02:11,500 --> 01:02:12,583 provided our quote today 66 01:02:12,583 --> 01:02:13,416 and one of our favorite 67 01:02:13,416 --> 01:02:15,083 friends, Matt LeBlanc. 68 01:02:15,291 --> 01:02:16,541 He's 57 today. 69 01:02:17,375 --> 01:02:18,208 Actress from Golden Girls, 70 01:02:18,541 --> 01:02:20,166 she would have been 101 today. 71 01:02:20,833 --> 01:02:23,666 Estelle Getty and the late Walter Payton. 72 01:02:23,666 --> 01:02:26,125 He was born on this date in 1954. 73 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:28,458 Well, the number one song on this date 74 01:02:28,458 --> 01:02:31,291 back in 1988 was Hold On 75 01:02:31,291 --> 01:02:32,625 to the Nights by Richard 76 01:02:32,833 --> 01:02:32,958 Marx. 77 01:02:33,583 --> 01:02:36,333 Now this swoonie power ballad, it became 78 01:02:36,333 --> 01:02:37,916 his first chart topping 79 01:02:37,916 --> 01:02:39,625 single in the US and it 80 01:02:39,625 --> 01:02:41,500 sealed his spot as a late 81 01:02:41,500 --> 01:02:44,166 80s and 90s slow dance legend. 82 01:02:44,375 --> 01:02:46,208 Now I know this song was definitely on 83 01:02:46,208 --> 01:02:47,750 the playlist at my high school dances. 84 01:02:48,791 --> 01:02:51,458 Well, let's finish up an incredible week 85 01:02:51,458 --> 01:02:53,166 with a little self growth. 86 01:02:53,458 --> 01:02:55,708 Here during our book segment, we're still 87 01:02:55,708 --> 01:02:56,625 reading Stephen R. 88 01:02:56,625 --> 01:02:57,750 Covey's The Seven Habits 89 01:02:57,750 --> 01:02:59,000 of Highly Effective People. 90 01:02:59,541 --> 01:03:01,208 And today we're diving into the final 91 01:03:01,208 --> 01:03:02,500 part of habit three, 92 01:03:02,791 --> 01:03:04,333 which is entitled The Habits 93 01:03:04,583 --> 01:03:05,583 of Interdependence. 94 01:03:06,208 --> 01:03:08,125 So we start this off by remembering that 95 01:03:08,125 --> 01:03:09,458 Covey explains that 96 01:03:09,458 --> 01:03:11,250 maturity is moving from dependence 97 01:03:11,708 --> 01:03:13,666 to interdependence and then to 98 01:03:13,666 --> 01:03:14,958 interdependence, right? 99 01:03:15,458 --> 01:03:17,083 While personal effectiveness is a great 100 01:03:17,083 --> 01:03:19,250 start, long term success 101 01:03:19,250 --> 01:03:21,041 in life, leadership and 102 01:03:21,041 --> 01:03:23,541 relationships, it's about collaboration 103 01:03:23,541 --> 01:03:26,000 and mutual benefit of everybody. 104 01:03:26,666 --> 01:03:27,791 So Covey challenges the 105 01:03:27,791 --> 01:03:29,541 Lone Ranger mindset, okay? 106 01:03:29,708 --> 01:03:31,500 Saying quote, "Independent people who do 107 01:03:31,500 --> 01:03:32,875 not have the maturity to 108 01:03:32,875 --> 01:03:34,666 think and act interdependently, 109 01:03:35,166 --> 01:03:37,250 they may be good individual producers, 110 01:03:37,541 --> 01:03:38,916 but they won't be good 111 01:03:38,916 --> 01:03:40,666 leaders or team players," 112 01:03:40,666 --> 01:03:41,000 end quote. 113 01:03:41,958 --> 01:03:43,583 Interdependence doesn't mean 114 01:03:43,583 --> 01:03:44,916 giving up your individuality. 115 01:03:45,583 --> 01:03:47,375 It means leveraging it to connect and 116 01:03:47,375 --> 01:03:49,083 create synergy with others. 117 01:03:49,833 --> 01:03:51,958 And Covey introduces this idea, not just 118 01:03:51,958 --> 01:03:53,875 as a nice to have, but 119 01:03:53,875 --> 01:03:55,208 as the foundation for 120 01:03:55,208 --> 01:03:57,208 habits four, five and six. 121 01:03:58,083 --> 01:04:00,541 Win-win thinking, empathetic listening 122 01:04:00,541 --> 01:04:02,708 and creative cooperation. 123 01:04:03,416 --> 01:04:05,166 So Covey emphasizes that these aren't 124 01:04:05,166 --> 01:04:06,333 just business tools, 125 01:04:06,875 --> 01:04:08,041 they're life principles. 126 01:04:08,833 --> 01:04:10,958 So to move from independence to 127 01:04:10,958 --> 01:04:12,625 interdependence, we must 128 01:04:12,625 --> 01:04:15,333 focus on three core traits, okay? 129 01:04:15,333 --> 01:04:16,708 Those are self-awareness, 130 01:04:17,208 --> 01:04:19,708 imagination and conscience, right? 131 01:04:20,458 --> 01:04:22,541 These give us the power to choose how we 132 01:04:22,541 --> 01:04:24,666 respond to others and how 133 01:04:24,666 --> 01:04:25,833 we build bridges between 134 01:04:25,833 --> 01:04:28,458 personal success and shared achievements. 135 01:04:29,041 --> 01:04:30,875 All right, as Covey puts it, quote, "We 136 01:04:30,875 --> 01:04:31,916 are not our feelings. 137 01:04:32,416 --> 01:04:33,791 We are not our mood. 138 01:04:33,791 --> 01:04:35,583 We are not even our thoughts," end quote. 139 01:04:36,291 --> 01:04:38,958 We are the force that chooses how to act, 140 01:04:39,458 --> 01:04:41,541 especially in relationship to others. 141 01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:43,208 All right, here's your takeaway. 142 01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:46,541 Becoming truly effective means stepping 143 01:04:46,541 --> 01:04:48,083 beyond your own success 144 01:04:48,083 --> 01:04:50,083 and lifting others in the 145 01:04:50,166 --> 01:04:50,541 process. 146 01:04:51,041 --> 01:04:51,625 It's not about being 147 01:04:51,625 --> 01:04:52,750 the smartest in the room. 148 01:04:52,750 --> 01:04:53,708 It's about creating a 149 01:04:53,708 --> 01:04:55,791 room where everyone thrives. 150 01:04:56,250 --> 01:04:58,416 All right, whether you're back to the 151 01:04:58,416 --> 01:04:59,916 grind after a trip of a 152 01:04:59,916 --> 01:05:01,041 lifetime in the Mediterranean 153 01:05:01,416 --> 01:05:03,208 or you're just celebrating that you made 154 01:05:03,208 --> 01:05:04,750 it to another Friday, okay? 155 01:05:05,333 --> 01:05:07,250 Take a minute to reflect on who helped 156 01:05:07,250 --> 01:05:08,166 you get through the week. 157 01:05:08,750 --> 01:05:10,500 Thank them and then thank yourself. 158 01:05:11,041 --> 01:05:13,166 All right, I'll start by thanking you for 159 01:05:13,166 --> 01:05:14,833 joining Morning Serial this week. 160 01:05:15,250 --> 01:05:17,250 While we were shooting on location and we 161 01:05:17,250 --> 01:05:17,875 didn't have the best 162 01:05:17,875 --> 01:05:18,583 video, we didn't have 163 01:05:18,583 --> 01:05:20,666 the best audio, but you still tuned in. 164 01:05:20,666 --> 01:05:21,333 So thank you for that. 165 01:05:21,500 --> 01:05:23,083 I hope you enjoyed the sights and the 166 01:05:23,083 --> 01:05:24,000 sounds of the Mediterranean. 167 01:05:24,541 --> 01:05:26,166 Probably not nearly as much as we did, 168 01:05:26,166 --> 01:05:27,416 but I still hope you 169 01:05:27,416 --> 01:05:28,708 could live a bit vicariously 170 01:05:28,708 --> 01:05:29,291 for the week. 171 01:05:29,916 --> 01:05:30,791 Well, enjoy the weekend. 172 01:05:31,041 --> 01:05:31,708 You've earned it. 173 01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,708 And until then, have a fantastic day. 174 01:05:35,916 --> 01:05:37,750 Don't forget to follow and subscribe to 175 01:05:37,750 --> 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