Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Okay, good morning
and happy Friday to you.
You know, sometimes on Mondays, Fridays
seem so far away, but
good on you, we made it yet
again to another Friday.
And to celebrate, today is Global
Champagne Day and United
Nations Day, celebrating the
adoption of the charter.
And it's proof that sometimes peace and
celebration can share the same bottle.
Whether you're toasting a success or just
surviving another week,
here's your permission
from me to sparkle
responsibly or just enjoy a root beer.
Well, our quote today is from
singer-songwriter Drake, who said, "Smile
and let everyone know
that today you're a lot
stronger than you were yesterday."
Now, I like it.
It's simple, it's powerful, and it's
perfectly Friday, right?
Strength doesn't always
roar, sometimes it just smiles.
Well, today's news facts and birthdays
are for October 24th,
starting back in 1901 today.
That's when the first bill right down
Niagara Falls
happened, Annie Edson Taylor.
She was the first person to actually
survive the bill right over the falls.
Then just moving up a few decades in 1929
on this day, this was the Black Thursday.
It was the start of the
stock market crash of 1929.
That's when the Dow Jones Industrial
Average, well, it dropped 12.8%.
Okay, better times moving up to 1995 this
week, the album, "Jagged Little Pill" by
Alanis Morissette.
Well, it was the number
one album on Billboard.
Then on this date in 1997, remember this,
Marv Albert, he faced
sentencing in his sexual
assault case.
I had forgotten all about that.
Then finally on this date in 2008, and
incredibly on the same
date, again, in 2008, on this
day, it's what became to
be known as Bloody Friday.
Many of the world's stock exchanges
experienced the worst decline
in their history, with drops
of around 10% in most indices.
Well, happy birthday to you
if today is your birthday.
You share it with rapper and
entrepreneur, Drake.
He's 39 today.
Oscar-winning actor, Kevin Kline.
He's 78 today.
The bassist for the Rolling Stones, Bill
Wyman, he's 89 today.
The number one song on this date back in
1979 was "Don't Stop To
Get Enough" by Michael
Jackson.
Now, this disco funk hit is special in
the fact that it was
MJ's first solo number one
since the Jackson Five, launching his
off-the-wall LP and
redefining pop for a generation.
The rhythm, infectious.
The message, keep going.
Well, Michael did.
He had a total of 13 solo
number one hits in his career.
Well, let's not stop
and keep going as well.
I'm of course referring to our book
review of Mel Robbins'
"The Let Them Theory."
In today's sub-chapter, welcome to your
biggest roadblock in
life, Robin pulls no punches
in this section.
"Your biggest obstacle," she says, "isn't
fear, failure, or even other people.
It's your need for control."
Now, Robbins explores how our obsession
with managing outcomes,
how things should go, how
others should act, well, it
traps us in our own anxiety.
The Let Them Theory, it
dismantles that, right?
When you stop trying to choreograph life,
you start living it.
Robin uses examples from parenting,
careers, and relationships.
The relief that comes when you stop
oversteering, she writes, "Freedom
doesn't come from fixing
people, it comes from releasing them."
And by acknowledging the illusion of
control that we try to have
on other people, we reclaim
focus on what can change ourselves.
Robin says, "When you let go, you create
space for what's meant to happen."
Okay, here is your Friday takeaway.
Life moves best when
you loosen the reins.
When you control less, you live more.
So today, raise a glass to patience, to
peace, and progress, and to
the fact that it's Friday.
You've earned it.
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