Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Okay, good morning
and welcome to Tuesday.
Today is International Podcast Day.
So if you're like the three million of us
that have your own podcast, it's a day to
celebrate people like you and me.
And because of that, you cannot deny that
podcasts have opened our
minds to new conversations
and new stories and sometimes probably
some questionable sound effects.
I'm not to that level quite yet.
But here's a fun fact, Morning Serial has
listeners in about 27 countries.
So we actually do qualify for that
International Podcast Day.
Pretty cool.
Well, if that's just too much for you
this morning on a
Tuesday, let's keep it simple.
It's also National Chewing Gum Day.
So hopefully you can walk, talk and chew
gum at the same time.
But here's the question.
What's your favorite
choice of bubble gum?
Is it hubba bubba?
Is it big league, juicy fruit, orbits,
extra icebreakers, bazooka, bubble tape?
There's so many to choose from.
Okay, well, if you weren't ready to race
into the day with all
these questions I'm throwing
at you, our quote today is from top
Formula One racer, Max
Verstappen, who said, "Keep
pushing, keep
believing and keep improving.
That's how you get there."
And that's hard to argue with
a guy who's dominating a sport.
Or so my boys tell me.
Bottom line, persistence wins the day.
All right, here's today's news facts and
birthdays, therefore September 30th.
We're going to start back in 1934.
That's when we saw Babe Ruth's final game
as a New York Yankee.
He went 0 for 3,
unfortunately, on that day.
Then in 1955 on this date, singer James
Dean, well, he was
unfortunately killed in a driving
accident driving his
Porsche in California.
Then lastly, moving up to 1982, something
a little bit more
happy, Cheers, the TV show,
well, it premiered on NBC, inviting all
of us to a bar where
everybody knows your name.
Well, it ran for 11
years and 275 episodes.
Well, happy birthday to you.
Today is your birthday.
You share a birthday with Max Verstappen.
He's 28 years old today.
He's the Formula One
racer, sponsored by Red Bull.
Rapper singer, auto-tune innovator,
T-Pain, he's 41 today.
Actress with that unforgettable laugh,
Fran Drescher, she's 68 today.
And actress model icon,
Monica Belucci, she's 60 today.
And now the number one song on this date
back in 1993 was Dream
Lover by Mariah Carey.
Now the song topped the Billboard Hot 100
for eight weeks and it
showcased Carey's really
effortless vocals over a breezy David
Morales remix sample.
Now this track, it helped solidify Mariah
as the queen of the
early 90s pop and R&B,
and it became one of her signature hits.
All right, well, just like Mariah's
lyrics, invite someone to
take me away, Robbins invites
us to let go, let them, and find freedom
from detachment in Mel
Robbins' book, The Let
Them Theory.
In this section, Mel Robbins is
emphasizing the simplicity
and the brilliance of that
phrase, "Let Them."
She admits that when she first leaned
into this idea, she was
stunned at how powerful
it felt.
How could two words so small create such
a massive shift in energy?
Well, Robbins explains that it works
because it interrupts a
destructive pattern, okay?
The constant overthinking and the
over-controlling of
other people's choices.
We waste countless hours of narrating, of
judging, or just replaying other people's
reactions and actions in our own heads,
and we stew over the
text that didn't come in,
all this stuff that probably never even
happened, the plans that
fell apart, or the colleague
who didn't follow through.
So Robbins' amazing idea is that instead
of spiraling, you simply remind yourself,
let them.
By doing this, you immediately shift your
focus from what you can't control to what
you can, your own reaction, your own
choices, your own peace.
Now, she acknowledges that it sounds
almost too easy to be true, right?
But that is the beauty of it.
Our brains, they crave control, and
quote, "Letting them, it
feels counterintuitive at
first, yet the more you practice it, the
more you realize how
much unnecessary baggage
you've been carrying around."
Robbins writes, quote, "Freedom is found
in letting go of what
was never yours to carry
in the first place," end quote.
And she also reframes the fear of loss.
If someone pulls away, let them.
If someone doesn't value the
relationship, well, let them.
This isn't rejection, it's redirection.
Letting them go their way allows you to
keep moving forward on
yours, and it frees you
from clinging to outcomes that were never
meant for you in the first place.
Okay, here's your takeaway.
"Sometimes the most amazing
solutions are the simplest.
Let them is both a
release and a reminder.
You are responsible only for you."
So today, celebrate
podcasters everywhere.
Look to your left, look to your right.
We're all podcasters.
Then maybe choose some gum.
And remember, if someone isn't on your
wavelengths, let them.
Hey, thanks for listening to Morning
Serial this morning.
We'll see you back here tomorrow, and
have a fantastic day.
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Thanks again for listening.
Have a fantastic day,
and we'll see you tomorrow.