Good morning and
welcome to Morning Cereal.
Okay good morning and
welcome back to another Monday.
Well I hope you had some R&R this last
weekend and that you're
heading into this week starting
off feeling fresh and energized.
Well some of us can still taste a little
bit of summer even
though it's in the rear view
mirror but only for a moment more because
today is the first day of autumn.
We have arrived at the autumnal equinox
officially ushering in
my favorite season, fall.
So prepare yourself for more football,
pumpkin spice, leaves falling to the
ground and dwindling
daylight hours as the sun
begins to cross the equator.
Alright well the quote to jumpstart your
week and your fall this
morning comes from our
friend Courtney Cox who said quote, "What
makes things exciting
in life is to overcome
your challenges."
End quote.
And if you're like any one of the other 8
billion of us on this
planet, we're constantly
reminded that life
isn't meant to be easy.
It's about facing and conquering
obstacles that give us
meaning, purpose and thrill.
Meet it head on.
Alright well today's news facts and
birthdays are for September 22nd.
Going back to 1985 that's when the first
farm made concert was
held in Champaign, Illinois
raising awareness and funds for the
dwindling number of
family farms in the US.
Then moving up to 1994, this is a big
one, everybody remembers
it, Friends, the TV sitcom
created by David
Crane and Martin Kaufman.
Well it debuted on
this date in 1994 on NBC.
Obviously making stars out of Jennifer
Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa
Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew
Perry and David Schwimmer.
Well happy birthday to you.
Today is your birthday, you share a
birthday with She Still
Loves Rock N' Roll, singer
Joan Jett, she's 67 today.
And Italian tenor, he is
also 67 today, Andrea Bocelli.
Now the number one song on this date back
in 2010 was "Teenage
Dream" by Katy Perry.
Now another defining pop
anthem from Katy from the 2010s.
This bubbly song was Katy's third number
one hit following California girls.
Alright well from dreaming to building
dreams into reality,
let's dive into Stephen R.
Covey's "The 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People."
And today, more specifically the
sub-chapter "Upward Spiral."
That's the opposite of downward spiral
for anybody keeping track.
Which is the idea that your growth
doesn't plateau, it rises with intention.
So Covey begins by stating quote,
"Renewal is the principle
and process that empowers
us to move on an upward spiral of growth
and change of continuous improvement."
End quote.
Now this charting of personal renewal, it
isn't passive, it's proactive.
He outlines that to climb the spiral, you
must learn, you must commit, and you must
do.
In that order, right?
Learn commit, do.
And then loop again.
Learn means exposing yourself to new
ideas, books, mentors,
reflection, broadening your
map.
And it's very cautious that learning
alone can stagnate if
you're not pairing it with
internalizing those learnings, okay?
The second one, commit.
Commit is the decision to integrate a
principle, to shift a
mindset, to make a pledge to align
action with values.
Without commitment, change is tolerated,
it's not transforming.
So the final stage is do.
Do is the action stage.
Applying the learning.
Testing your commitment.
Living the principle.
And Covey emphasizes that, quote, "We
deceive ourselves if we
think that any one of these
is sufficient," end quote.
And he also ties this concept with
conscience, our internal guide that
senses when our actions
align with correct principles.
The upward spiral is not just working
harder, it's living truer.
Each loop of learn, commit, do, it lifts
us higher, but it
demands sincerity, reflection,
and perseverance.
All right.
Here is your Monday takeaway.
Growth isn't linear, it's spiral.
Commit to learning, commit to integrity,
and commit to action.
And every loop lifts you upwards.
All right.
Well, enjoy this first day of fall and
all this fantastic
season has in store for us.
And by the way, only
94 days until Christmas.
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