Good morning and welcome
to your morning cereal.
All right, good morning
and welcome to Thursday.
Hang in there, you are almost there.
Now, stay focused today
because today is equal payday,
which highlights that ongoing
conversation about pay equity
and it reminds us just
how far that we've come
and really how far we still have to go.
All right, pay those
women what they deserve.
Well, now the answer to
yesterday's trivia question,
1,083 feet or 330 meters.
That's the height of the Eiffel Tower,
1,083 feet or 330 meters.
Were you close?
At least within 100 feet.
If so, I'll give it to you.
Well, now it is time
for the essential vitamins
in your morning cereal today's quote.
And it's from birthday
girl, Kira Knightley,
turning just 41 today.
She said this, quote,
"You can't be afraid of
what people are going to say."
Now, your morning decode, let them.
Remember that?
Embrace your true self
and follow your own path
as you cannot control
other people's opinions.
All right, well, let's go ahead and hear
from the experts now.
It is time to pour in some
atomic habits from James Clear.
And today's focus is the
science of how habits work.
And Clear brings everything together here
by explaining that habits are deeply tied
to neurology and repetition, okay?
Each time you perform a behavior,
your brain strengthens neural pathways
associated with that action.
Think of it like carving
a path through a field.
The first time, it's difficult.
But the more you walk that path,
the clearer and easier the path becomes.
Clear writes this, quote,
"Habits form as the
brain continuously looks
"for ways to save effort," end quote.
So this explains why
repetition is so critical.
It's not about perfection,
it's about the consistency of it.
And he also highlights
the role of dopamine.
Remember that
chemical we've talked about?
Well, that's the
chemical that's associated
with motivation and reward.
Dopamine doesn't just spike when you
experience pleasure,
it also spikes in the anticipation of it.
This means that your
brain begins to associate cues
with rewards,
creating that powerful cycle
of expectation and action.
Clear writes this, quote,
"It is the anticipation of a reward,
"not the fulfillment that gets
us to take action," end quote.
So this insight here explains
why habits can be so compelling.
Once your brain expects that reward,
it pushes you towards the behavior,
even before the reward arrives.
So the key takeaway here is that habits
are not about
willpower, they're about wiring.
By repeating behaviors,
you're literally reshaping your brain.
But this also means
that breaking bad habits
isn't about eliminating them entirely,
it's about replacing them
with better patterns, right?
And over time, the new
habit becomes stronger
than the old one.
Clear's message is
encouraging here, right?
Change is possible because
your brain is always adapting.
All right, thanks for
sticking with us here today.
Your Friday Eve takeaway is this,
repetition rewires your brain.
So choose habits that
are worth repeating.
All right, friends, stay consistent today
because every small action
is reshaping your future self.
All right, now the prize from
the bottom of the cereal box,
the morning cereal
trivia question of the day,
what is the smallest
planet in our solar system?
Now, depending on
when you went to school,
you might have a
different answer for this.
All right, hey, thanks for listening to
morning cereal today.
We will see you back
here tomorrow on a Friday
for the answer to the trivia question
and more sugar for your soul.
And until then, have a fantastic day.
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Have a fantastic day and
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