Good morning.
And welcome to morning cereal
Okay, good morning and welcome to Tuesday
and the new month of April.
Well, today is a big deal because today
we finish our first
book review and if you've
been with us since the beginning, we will
finish up Dale
Carnegie's classic bestseller,
How to Win Friends and Influence People.
And that, friends, is
no April Fool's joke.
Well, today is April Fool's Day though
and you may be asking
yourself, "Why do we do
this and where did it start?"
Well surprisingly, there isn't a concrete
conclusion by
historians on what started April
Fool's Day and its practical jokes.
Some people think that it may have grown
out of the medieval feast of fools.
Either way, there's been some funny April
Fool's jokes over the years.
And they're funnier the farther you look
back because if you
remember, there was a time
when the television stations and the
radio stations would kind
of try to outdo each other
by pulling a big April
Fool's joke on the crowd.
But too many people
took them too serious.
So many of those large media
April Fool's jokes have stopped.
But as I was kind of looking through the
list, one caught my eye
recently and that was Burger
King launching their
hamburger toothpaste.
Now that's nasty and I'm glad
that's an April Fool's joke.
Well, in honor of finishing up Dale
Carnegie's book today, I
chose a quote from Dale that
isn't in his book to jumpstart our day in
a positive direction.
Dale Carnegie said this quote, "Most of
the important things in the
world have been accomplished
by people who have kept on trying when
there seemed to be no hope at all."
End quote.
So keep pushing through, people.
You can get there.
Just keep swimming.
Well, today's news fact and
birthday are for April 1st.
Well, let's jump back and start in 1976.
And on this date, April Fool's of all
days, that's when Steve
Wozniak and Steve Jobs,
that's when they founded Apple Computer
in the garage of
Steve Jobs' parents' house
in California.
Then on this date in 1992, NHL players
began the first strike
in the 75-year history of
the NHL.
And then lastly, on this date in 2004,
Google launched Gmail.
And five years later, the number of
people using the email
service surpassed one billion.
By raise of hands, who here still has
their Yahoo account?
I know at least one of
you do, maybe even two.
How about your AOL mail or Hotmail even?
If so, stay strong, people.
Change is way overrated.
Well, happy birthday to you.
If today is your birthday, you've
probably taken a lot of
slack for that over the years.
But you're not alone.
There's at least one other person that
has her birthday on this date as well.
And that's Scottish Singer, who was
popular from American Idol.
If you remember a few years back, Susan
Boyle, she turned 64 today.
And the number one song on this date back
in 1989 was "Eternal
Flame" by The Bangles.
This second number one song for The
Bangles was a follow-up
to their first number one
hit, "Walk Like an Egyptian," making them
at the time only the
third all-female band
to have two number one hits.
Some in the business didn't think that
the song could be a hit
because the song "Eternal
Flame" didn't feature any drums.
Well, I guess they were wrong.
Great song about eternal love.
And for those of you wondering, another
manic Monday, that only
hit number two on the charts.
Well, we're not just
a bunch of fools here.
We definitely support
some self-improvement.
So let's get into it here.
These are my takeaways from the final
chapter of part four of
Dale Carnegie's "How to
Win Friends and Influence People."
And in this chapter entitled "Making
People Glad to Do What
You Want," Carnegie's final
words of wisdom for us involve many of
the principles he's previously taught us.
Carnegie says to be an effective leader
and one that can change
the attitudes or behaviors
of others, whether at work, at home, or
socially, we should keep
these guidelines top of mind.
Number one, sincerity.
We must be sincere
when dealing with others.
We should not promise
something we cannot deliver.
Personal and professional credibility is
hard to build, but it's easily lost.
Number two, be clear.
Know exactly what it is you are asking
the other person to do.
Number three, be empathetic.
Find out and understand what
it is the other person wants.
What motivates them?
And number four, perspective.
How does the other
person see this situation?
You must identify the benefits for the
other person, not the
benefits for ourselves.
Remember, people are principally
concerned with
themselves and their world.
And then finally,
number five, words matter.
Take your time to say it right.
When you make your ask, form the ask in a
way that communicates
your idea and how that
will benefit the other person.
Carnegie remains grounded here, saying
that it is naive to think
that this technique will
work on all people.
But assuming someone takes pride in what
they do and is
interested in contributing, then
you are much more likely to change an
attitude or behavior.
Okay, here it is.
Carnegie's final principle of the book,
How to Win Friends and Influence People.
In this final part, four of the book,
which is entitled Be a
Leader, and this final chapter,
which is entitled Making People Glad to
Do What You Want,
Carnegie's final principle
number nine is, make the other person
happy about doing the thing you suggest.
Hey, congratulations on
finishing this book with us.
As you know, it's a timeless book that is
consistently on all
the must read lists and
it's packed with rock solid advice and
actions for all of us to use and build
healthy foundational
concepts to live by.
And I hope that's what you found.
I hope that Carnegie's advice and actions
have benefited you in your everyday life.
Tomorrow, I'll introduce you to the next
book that we'll be reviewing
and I'll also be introducing
our new co-host.
So be sure to come back for that.
Also, don't forget, don't fall for
anything that sounds crazy today.
It's April Fool's Day after all.
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