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 01:00:11,875 --> 01:00:12,708 Okay, good morning 4 01:00:12,708 --> 01:00:13,875 and welcome to Tuesday. 5 01:00:14,583 --> 01:00:15,375 Well, I hope you made it 6 01:00:15,375 --> 01:00:16,291 through April Fool's Day 7 01:00:16,291 --> 01:00:17,291 without any major 8 01:00:17,291 --> 01:00:19,541 stresses over any practical jokes 9 01:00:19,541 --> 01:00:20,458 that were played on you. 10 01:00:21,166 --> 01:00:22,583 You know, sometimes when 11 01:00:22,583 --> 01:00:23,958 I'm preparing for this show, 12 01:00:23,958 --> 01:00:24,916 I feel like someone's 13 01:00:24,916 --> 01:00:26,666 playing a practical joke on me 14 01:00:27,083 --> 01:00:28,750 with all of these national 15 01:00:28,750 --> 01:00:30,708 days of this or that, right? 16 01:00:31,250 --> 01:00:33,666 And April is chock full of them 17 01:00:33,916 --> 01:00:35,375 and they have something for everyone. 18 01:00:35,958 --> 01:00:37,666 Here's just a few of them for 19 01:00:37,666 --> 01:00:40,291 this day of April 2nd, okay? 20 01:00:40,333 --> 01:00:42,125 The first one, the day of hope. 21 01:00:42,833 --> 01:00:43,208 Hope is good. 22 01:00:43,583 --> 01:00:45,708 It's not a plan or a strategy, but in 23 01:00:45,708 --> 01:00:46,833 general, hope is good. 24 01:00:48,083 --> 01:00:49,708 International fact-checking day. 25 01:00:50,291 --> 01:00:51,291 Does anyone even really 26 01:00:51,291 --> 01:00:52,416 care about facts anymore? 27 01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:53,500 Come on, people. 28 01:00:54,333 --> 01:00:55,833 National PB&J day, 29 01:00:56,208 --> 01:00:57,583 everybody can get behind that one. 30 01:00:58,333 --> 01:00:59,916 National walking day. 31 01:01:00,208 --> 01:01:01,416 Well, you know, not to 32 01:01:01,416 --> 01:01:03,583 brag, but I walk every day 33 01:01:03,875 --> 01:01:05,708 to my desk, to the bathroom, 34 01:01:06,041 --> 01:01:08,208 to the refrigerator multiple times. 35 01:01:08,875 --> 01:01:09,583 You get the picture. 36 01:01:10,583 --> 01:01:13,125 And lastly, national ride 37 01:01:13,125 --> 01:01:15,000 your horse to a bar day. 38 01:01:15,541 --> 01:01:16,916 Now I'm down with this one. 39 01:01:17,250 --> 01:01:18,708 I just need to borrow somebody's horse. 40 01:01:19,875 --> 01:01:21,416 Well, today's quote is from 41 01:01:21,416 --> 01:01:23,333 the character Obern Martel 42 01:01:23,333 --> 01:01:24,958 and he said, quote, 43 01:01:25,125 --> 01:01:26,791 "It's a big, beautiful world. 44 01:01:27,416 --> 01:01:28,541 Most of us live and 45 01:01:28,541 --> 01:01:29,875 die in the same corner 46 01:01:29,875 --> 01:01:31,083 where we were born and 47 01:01:31,083 --> 01:01:32,541 never get to see any of it. 48 01:01:33,166 --> 01:01:34,416 I don't want to be 49 01:01:34,416 --> 01:01:35,875 most of us," end quote. 50 01:01:36,541 --> 01:01:37,791 Do you recognize that quote? 51 01:01:38,416 --> 01:01:39,791 It's from Game of Thrones, 52 01:01:40,416 --> 01:01:42,208 but I still think it applies to all of us 53 01:01:42,208 --> 01:01:43,708 living in true Westeros. 54 01:01:44,750 --> 01:01:45,833 Today's news facts and 55 01:01:45,833 --> 01:01:48,041 birthdays are for April 2nd. 56 01:01:48,041 --> 01:01:49,875 And we're gonna start back in 1939. 57 01:01:50,458 --> 01:01:51,333 And that's when singer 58 01:01:51,333 --> 01:01:52,791 Marvin Gaye, he was born. 59 01:01:53,583 --> 01:01:56,416 Then jumping up to 1978 on this date, 60 01:01:56,875 --> 01:01:59,375 the soap opera Dallas debuted as a 61 01:01:59,375 --> 01:02:01,166 five-part mini series 62 01:02:01,666 --> 01:02:02,750 on American television. 63 01:02:03,166 --> 01:02:06,375 This TV show became a huge hit and I 64 01:02:06,375 --> 01:02:07,666 never really watched it, 65 01:02:08,041 --> 01:02:09,291 but I definitely do 66 01:02:09,291 --> 01:02:11,375 remember my parents' generation 67 01:02:11,833 --> 01:02:13,000 making sure we were 68 01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:14,416 home in time for Dallas. 69 01:02:15,083 --> 01:02:17,000 But I still don't know who shot JR. 70 01:02:18,166 --> 01:02:20,666 And then moving all the way up to 1995, 71 01:02:21,500 --> 01:02:22,375 that's when on this 72 01:02:22,375 --> 01:02:23,708 date, the longest strike 73 01:02:23,916 --> 01:02:26,208 in American Major League sports history, 74 01:02:26,208 --> 01:02:28,375 which is 232 days long, 75 01:02:28,375 --> 01:02:31,000 ended as the MLB owners 76 01:02:31,125 --> 01:02:32,125 accepted the players 77 01:02:32,125 --> 01:02:33,625 offer to return to work 78 01:02:33,958 --> 01:02:34,666 without a contract. 79 01:02:35,333 --> 01:02:36,833 The MLB was the first 80 01:02:36,833 --> 01:02:38,291 major pro sports league 81 01:02:38,291 --> 01:02:39,625 to lose an entire 82 01:02:39,625 --> 01:02:42,000 post-season due to a labor dispute. 83 01:02:43,125 --> 01:02:44,416 Well, happy birthday to you. 84 01:02:44,416 --> 01:02:44,958 If today is your 85 01:02:44,958 --> 01:02:46,333 birthday, you share a birthday 86 01:02:46,333 --> 01:02:47,916 with actor Pedro Pascal, 87 01:02:48,375 --> 01:02:50,208 who played Oberyn Martel 88 01:02:50,208 --> 01:02:52,416 in Game of Thrones and he stars in the 89 01:02:52,416 --> 01:02:53,666 Mandalorian as well. 90 01:02:53,958 --> 01:02:55,416 He turns 50 today. 91 01:02:56,250 --> 01:02:56,958 This is the way. 92 01:02:57,791 --> 01:02:59,041 And the number one song 93 01:02:59,041 --> 01:03:00,916 on this date back in 1987 94 01:03:01,291 --> 01:03:03,666 was "Lean on Me" by Club N'Voe. 95 01:03:04,333 --> 01:03:05,916 And this song won a 96 01:03:05,916 --> 01:03:07,791 Grammy for the best R&B song, 97 01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:09,708 and it probably has one 98 01:03:09,708 --> 01:03:11,375 of the most recognizable 99 01:03:11,708 --> 01:03:13,833 six beat intro of any song. 100 01:03:14,291 --> 01:03:15,583 But this was a remake of 101 01:03:15,583 --> 01:03:17,166 Bill Withers' original song 102 01:03:17,166 --> 01:03:20,708 from 1972 with that same timeless beat 103 01:03:21,125 --> 01:03:22,250 and with the lyrics that 104 01:03:22,250 --> 01:03:23,583 we all need at times, right? 105 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:25,125 When we need a friend 106 01:03:25,125 --> 01:03:26,791 to lean on, great songs. 107 01:03:27,833 --> 01:03:29,541 Well, it's time for some personal growth 108 01:03:29,541 --> 01:03:30,625 in our book review segment. 109 01:03:31,250 --> 01:03:34,083 And today we're starting a new book. 110 01:03:34,416 --> 01:03:35,208 We finished "How to Win 111 01:03:35,208 --> 01:03:36,416 Friends and Influence People" 112 01:03:36,833 --> 01:03:38,416 yesterday, and we've been on that book 113 01:03:38,416 --> 01:03:39,833 for over three months now. 114 01:03:39,833 --> 01:03:41,333 So I'm excited to start 115 01:03:41,333 --> 01:03:42,375 a new book with you guys. 116 01:03:43,041 --> 01:03:44,208 Here is the new book 117 01:03:44,208 --> 01:03:45,666 that we are reviewing. 118 01:03:45,666 --> 01:03:47,250 It's Stephen R. Covey's, 119 01:03:47,541 --> 01:03:48,458 "The Seven Habits of 120 01:03:48,458 --> 01:03:49,750 Highly Effective People." 121 01:03:50,500 --> 01:03:52,083 So to give you a bit of a roadmap, 122 01:03:52,333 --> 01:03:54,458 this book, similar to our last book, 123 01:03:54,458 --> 01:03:56,250 is set up in four different parts 124 01:03:56,375 --> 01:03:57,875 with part one entitled 125 01:03:57,875 --> 01:03:59,125 "Paradigms and Principles." 126 01:04:00,125 --> 01:04:02,083 And the final three parts each 127 01:04:02,208 --> 01:04:03,500 have specific habits 128 01:04:03,500 --> 01:04:04,791 associated with them, 129 01:04:05,083 --> 01:04:07,333 each of those being Covey's seven habits 130 01:04:07,333 --> 01:04:08,666 of highly effective people. 131 01:04:09,583 --> 01:04:11,291 Now, just before we begin, 132 01:04:11,500 --> 01:04:13,000 I read through the quotes and 133 01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:14,541 the blurbs on the back cover 134 01:04:14,750 --> 01:04:16,375 and inside the book from the leaders 135 01:04:16,375 --> 01:04:17,625 that have read this book. 136 01:04:18,166 --> 01:04:19,333 And they are all very 137 01:04:19,333 --> 01:04:20,791 similar to this quote 138 01:04:21,041 --> 01:04:23,291 by Anthony Robbins, who is 139 01:04:23,291 --> 01:04:25,625 the author of "Unlimited Power." 140 01:04:26,250 --> 01:04:26,708 And he said, 141 01:04:27,083 --> 01:04:29,916 "Fundamentals are the key to success. 142 01:04:30,583 --> 01:04:31,750 Stephen Covey is a 143 01:04:31,750 --> 01:04:34,041 master of them by his book, 144 01:04:34,291 --> 01:04:36,500 but most importantly, use it." 145 01:04:37,958 --> 01:04:38,791 He says to use it, 146 01:04:39,041 --> 01:04:40,166 implement these habits 147 01:04:40,166 --> 01:04:41,666 into your everyday life. 148 01:04:42,291 --> 01:04:43,416 And that is also what 149 01:04:43,416 --> 01:04:44,583 Carnegie's philosophy 150 01:04:44,875 --> 01:04:46,083 is required of us as well, 151 01:04:46,666 --> 01:04:48,000 to use them to transform 152 01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:49,625 how we live and interact. 153 01:04:50,375 --> 01:04:52,041 Lastly, today, I wanted to 154 01:04:52,041 --> 01:04:53,125 know just a little bit more 155 01:04:53,125 --> 01:04:55,166 about the author of Stephen Covey, 156 01:04:55,500 --> 01:04:56,500 and I'll share that 157 01:04:56,500 --> 01:04:57,833 with you here just briefly, 158 01:04:58,291 --> 01:04:59,416 so that we know who 159 01:04:59,416 --> 01:05:00,375 we're learning from here. 160 01:05:01,250 --> 01:05:03,291 Covey, he graduated with a degree in 161 01:05:03,291 --> 01:05:04,291 business administration 162 01:05:04,583 --> 01:05:06,000 from the University of Utah. 163 01:05:06,375 --> 01:05:07,458 We won't hold that against him. 164 01:05:07,916 --> 01:05:10,041 Then he earned his PhD in 165 01:05:10,041 --> 01:05:11,708 religious education from BYU. 166 01:05:12,166 --> 01:05:13,291 We won't hold that against him either. 167 01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:15,208 And throughout his life, 168 01:05:15,208 --> 01:05:17,958 he received 10 other honorary doctorates. 169 01:05:18,291 --> 01:05:20,458 And he wrote many books on leadership. 170 01:05:20,708 --> 01:05:22,791 And in 1996, Time 171 01:05:22,791 --> 01:05:24,250 Magazine actually named him 172 01:05:24,333 --> 01:05:26,958 one of the 25 most influential people. 173 01:05:27,916 --> 01:05:28,958 Now, the book we are 174 01:05:28,958 --> 01:05:31,333 set to read is number five 175 01:05:31,500 --> 01:05:34,291 on the all-time most books sold list 176 01:05:34,583 --> 01:05:35,791 for self-improvement books, 177 01:05:36,083 --> 01:05:38,291 and over 25 million copies sold. 178 01:05:39,583 --> 01:05:41,166 Well, tomorrow we're 179 01:05:41,166 --> 01:05:42,666 gonna get into chapter one, 180 01:05:43,083 --> 01:05:44,375 but I'll send you on 181 01:05:44,375 --> 01:05:45,750 your way with this quote 182 01:05:45,958 --> 01:05:47,541 that hovers just above the first 183 01:05:47,541 --> 01:05:48,666 paragraph of the book 184 01:05:48,666 --> 01:05:50,666 where Covey quotes David 185 01:05:50,666 --> 01:05:52,000 Starr Jordan, who said, 186 01:05:52,708 --> 01:05:54,208 "There is no real 187 01:05:54,208 --> 01:05:56,500 excellence in all this world 188 01:05:56,500 --> 01:05:57,291 which can be 189 01:05:57,291 --> 01:05:59,458 separated from right living." 190 01:06:00,083 --> 01:06:00,500 End quote. 191 01:06:01,375 --> 01:06:03,000 Sometimes all we can hope for 192 01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:04,625 is to live right in the end. 193 01:06:05,125 --> 01:06:07,083 Well, live right today, people. 194 01:06:07,541 --> 01:06:08,750 Thanks for joining us today. 195 01:06:08,750 --> 01:06:10,000 Come back tomorrow and 196 01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:11,500 have a fantastic day. 197 01:06:13,458 --> 01:06:15,000 Don't forget to follow and subscribe 198 01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:16,541 to the Morning Serial podcast 199 01:06:16,541 --> 01:06:18,500 on the One Life Live It channel. 200 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