Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Okay, good morning and
welcome to Wednesday everyone.
If you are counting, we are halfway
through the week and
today we celebrate Geographic
Information Systems Day, which is
basically Google Maps
older, nerdier cousin that we
all learn to depend on so much.
It's a reminder that every journey needs
a little bit of a direction, right?
Even if it occasionally recalculates.
Well, our quote today is from an actor
that listens to the
force for his direction.
Adam Driver, he once said, "The only
thing consistent about
life is inconsistency."
Now I know he was on the dark side, he
ended up on the good
side, but that doesn't matter.
Sometimes growth means embracing the
contradictions that life throws at you.
Well, today's news facts and birthdays
are for November 19th.
And we're going to start back in 1863.
Four score and seven years ago, our
fathers brought forth on
this continent a new nation
conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all
men are created equal.
Yesterday Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg.
Today he delivered the
Gettysburg Address in 1863.
All right, also on this date in 1969,
that's when Apollo 12's
Charles Conrad and Alan
Bean, they became the third and the
fourth humans on the moon.
Then moving up to 1980, this is when CBS
banned a Calvin Klein ad
that was too suggestive.
When 15-year-old Brooke Shields, she
said, "Nothing came
between her and her Calvin Klein
jeans."
And then finally on this date in 1990,
this is when Millie
Vanilli, they returned their
Grammy after the lip sync scandal.
It was a harsh reminder
that authenticity always wins.
All right, well, happy birthday to you.
Today's your birthday.
You share a birthday with forever a
Chicago Black Hawk, Patrick Kane.
He's only 37 today.
Kylo Ren himself, actor Adam
Driver, he's 42 today, only 42.
Actress also known as Clarisse, Jodie
Foster, she's 63 today.
Rom-Com royalty meg Ryan, 64 today.
And fashion designer
Calvin Klein, 83 today.
Now, the number one song on this date
back in 1984 was "Caribbean Queen."
No More Love on the Run by Billy Ocean.
Now, this song, it won a Grammy and it
brought smooth island
rhythms to the pop charts.
Now, Ocean's soulful voice and the
track's killer sax
solo made it a global hit.
And it's just more proof that love and
saxophones are just a
surefire recipe for a Killer's
80 hit.
Well, a hit in 2025, Mill
Robbins, The Let Them Theory.
Today we are in the sub-chapter, "They've
always been your teacher."
Here, Robbins reminds us that the
toughest people in our
lives are also our greatest
instructors.
"The people who frustrate you the most,"
she writes, "are
showing you what still needs
healing in you."
Now, she argues that each difficult
personality, the coworker
who tests your patients, the
friend who ghosts you,
mirrors something within us, okay?
The lesson isn't about fixing them.
It's about discovering ourselves.
Robbins encourages a mental reframe here.
Instead of, "Why do they do this to me?"
Ask, "What are they teaching me?"
She explains that
resentment is recycled pain.
When we react
defensively, we give our power away.
For curiosity, we claims it, okay?
By viewing interactions as lessons,
instead of battles, you
learn faster and you forgive
sooner.
So, her advice here is, "Stay
observational, not emotional," okay?
Everyone is your teacher.
Some show you love, others show you
limits, but both are necessary.
Okay, here is your hump day takeaway.
The hardest people are the best
professors in the classroom of life.
All right, so on this GIS day, remember,
even your emotional map
needs rerouting sometimes.
Stay curious about where people lead you
and you'll always find your way.
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