1 01:00:01,250 --> 01:00:04,125 Good morning and 2 01:00:04,125 --> 01:00:05,958 welcome to Morning Serial. 3 01:00:08,833 --> 01:00:13,291 Okay, good morning and 4 01:00:13,291 --> 01:00:14,833 welcome to Wednesday everyone. 5 01:00:15,166 --> 01:00:17,416 If you are counting, we are halfway 6 01:00:17,416 --> 01:00:18,625 through the week and 7 01:00:18,625 --> 01:00:21,000 today we celebrate Geographic 8 01:00:21,166 --> 01:00:23,333 Information Systems Day, which is 9 01:00:23,333 --> 01:00:24,791 basically Google Maps 10 01:00:24,791 --> 01:00:27,041 older, nerdier cousin that we 11 01:00:27,041 --> 01:00:28,541 all learn to depend on so much. 12 01:00:29,125 --> 01:00:31,833 It's a reminder that every journey needs 13 01:00:31,833 --> 01:00:33,125 a little bit of a direction, right? 14 01:00:33,375 --> 01:00:35,833 Even if it occasionally recalculates. 15 01:00:36,375 --> 01:00:37,916 Well, our quote today is from an actor 16 01:00:37,916 --> 01:00:39,375 that listens to the 17 01:00:39,375 --> 01:00:40,875 force for his direction. 18 01:00:41,333 --> 01:00:43,791 Adam Driver, he once said, "The only 19 01:00:43,791 --> 01:00:45,000 thing consistent about 20 01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:46,833 life is inconsistency." 21 01:00:47,666 --> 01:00:50,083 Now I know he was on the dark side, he 22 01:00:50,083 --> 01:00:50,916 ended up on the good 23 01:00:50,916 --> 01:00:52,125 side, but that doesn't matter. 24 01:00:52,916 --> 01:00:55,416 Sometimes growth means embracing the 25 01:00:55,416 --> 01:00:57,583 contradictions that life throws at you. 26 01:00:58,250 --> 01:01:00,125 Well, today's news facts and birthdays 27 01:01:00,125 --> 01:01:03,083 are for November 19th. 28 01:01:03,083 --> 01:01:04,916 And we're going to start back in 1863. 29 01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:08,000 Four score and seven years ago, our 30 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:09,291 fathers brought forth on 31 01:01:09,291 --> 01:01:10,750 this continent a new nation 32 01:01:10,958 --> 01:01:13,208 conceived in liberty and dedicated to the 33 01:01:13,208 --> 01:01:14,791 proposition that all 34 01:01:14,791 --> 01:01:16,166 men are created equal. 35 01:01:17,416 --> 01:01:19,375 Yesterday Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg. 36 01:01:19,833 --> 01:01:21,291 Today he delivered the 37 01:01:21,291 --> 01:01:23,416 Gettysburg Address in 1863. 38 01:01:24,500 --> 01:01:26,666 All right, also on this date in 1969, 39 01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:28,291 that's when Apollo 12's 40 01:01:28,291 --> 01:01:29,416 Charles Conrad and Alan 41 01:01:29,416 --> 01:01:31,625 Bean, they became the third and the 42 01:01:31,625 --> 01:01:33,375 fourth humans on the moon. 43 01:01:34,125 --> 01:01:36,125 Then moving up to 1980, this is when CBS 44 01:01:36,125 --> 01:01:38,000 banned a Calvin Klein ad 45 01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:39,791 that was too suggestive. 46 01:01:40,291 --> 01:01:42,375 When 15-year-old Brooke Shields, she 47 01:01:42,375 --> 01:01:43,708 said, "Nothing came 48 01:01:43,708 --> 01:01:45,750 between her and her Calvin Klein 49 01:01:45,750 --> 01:01:46,125 jeans." 50 01:01:47,041 --> 01:01:48,958 And then finally on this date in 1990, 51 01:01:49,208 --> 01:01:50,000 this is when Millie 52 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:51,333 Vanilli, they returned their 53 01:01:51,333 --> 01:01:53,500 Grammy after the lip sync scandal. 54 01:01:54,125 --> 01:01:55,125 It was a harsh reminder 55 01:01:55,125 --> 01:01:57,291 that authenticity always wins. 56 01:01:57,916 --> 01:01:59,250 All right, well, happy birthday to you. 57 01:01:59,375 --> 01:02:00,291 Today's your birthday. 58 01:02:00,666 --> 01:02:02,708 You share a birthday with forever a 59 01:02:02,708 --> 01:02:04,500 Chicago Black Hawk, Patrick Kane. 60 01:02:04,833 --> 01:02:06,458 He's only 37 today. 61 01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:09,375 Kylo Ren himself, actor Adam 62 01:02:09,375 --> 01:02:11,708 Driver, he's 42 today, only 42. 63 01:02:12,500 --> 01:02:14,791 Actress also known as Clarisse, Jodie 64 01:02:14,791 --> 01:02:16,500 Foster, she's 63 today. 65 01:02:16,875 --> 01:02:19,833 Rom-Com royalty meg Ryan, 64 today. 66 01:02:20,375 --> 01:02:21,625 And fashion designer 67 01:02:21,625 --> 01:02:24,041 Calvin Klein, 83 today. 68 01:02:24,583 --> 01:02:26,083 Now, the number one song on this date 69 01:02:26,083 --> 01:02:29,500 back in 1984 was "Caribbean Queen." 70 01:02:29,500 --> 01:02:31,458 No More Love on the Run by Billy Ocean. 71 01:02:32,125 --> 01:02:34,416 Now, this song, it won a Grammy and it 72 01:02:34,416 --> 01:02:35,291 brought smooth island 73 01:02:35,291 --> 01:02:36,500 rhythms to the pop charts. 74 01:02:36,791 --> 01:02:38,916 Now, Ocean's soulful voice and the 75 01:02:38,916 --> 01:02:40,125 track's killer sax 76 01:02:40,125 --> 01:02:42,041 solo made it a global hit. 77 01:02:42,083 --> 01:02:43,875 And it's just more proof that love and 78 01:02:43,875 --> 01:02:45,833 saxophones are just a 79 01:02:45,833 --> 01:02:47,833 surefire recipe for a Killer's 80 01:02:47,833 --> 01:02:48,375 80 hit. 81 01:02:49,166 --> 01:02:51,708 Well, a hit in 2025, Mill 82 01:02:51,708 --> 01:02:52,833 Robbins, The Let Them Theory. 83 01:02:53,583 --> 01:02:56,208 Today we are in the sub-chapter, "They've 84 01:02:56,208 --> 01:02:57,541 always been your teacher." 85 01:02:58,291 --> 01:03:00,500 Here, Robbins reminds us that the 86 01:03:00,500 --> 01:03:01,625 toughest people in our 87 01:03:01,625 --> 01:03:03,625 lives are also our greatest 88 01:03:03,791 --> 01:03:04,166 instructors. 89 01:03:04,791 --> 01:03:06,958 "The people who frustrate you the most," 90 01:03:06,958 --> 01:03:07,750 she writes, "are 91 01:03:07,750 --> 01:03:09,250 showing you what still needs 92 01:03:09,291 --> 01:03:10,208 healing in you." 93 01:03:10,750 --> 01:03:13,333 Now, she argues that each difficult 94 01:03:13,333 --> 01:03:15,375 personality, the coworker 95 01:03:15,375 --> 01:03:16,833 who tests your patients, the 96 01:03:16,833 --> 01:03:18,416 friend who ghosts you, 97 01:03:18,666 --> 01:03:20,708 mirrors something within us, okay? 98 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:23,291 The lesson isn't about fixing them. 99 01:03:23,500 --> 01:03:25,083 It's about discovering ourselves. 100 01:03:25,750 --> 01:03:28,708 Robbins encourages a mental reframe here. 101 01:03:28,958 --> 01:03:31,083 Instead of, "Why do they do this to me?" 102 01:03:31,083 --> 01:03:33,333 Ask, "What are they teaching me?" 103 01:03:34,041 --> 01:03:34,666 She explains that 104 01:03:34,666 --> 01:03:37,166 resentment is recycled pain. 105 01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:38,666 When we react 106 01:03:38,666 --> 01:03:41,833 defensively, we give our power away. 107 01:03:42,500 --> 01:03:45,125 For curiosity, we claims it, okay? 108 01:03:45,541 --> 01:03:48,000 By viewing interactions as lessons, 109 01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:49,333 instead of battles, you 110 01:03:49,333 --> 01:03:51,583 learn faster and you forgive 111 01:03:51,583 --> 01:03:52,166 sooner. 112 01:03:52,625 --> 01:03:54,500 So, her advice here is, "Stay 113 01:03:54,500 --> 01:03:58,416 observational, not emotional," okay? 114 01:03:58,666 --> 01:03:59,666 Everyone is your teacher. 115 01:04:00,125 --> 01:04:01,916 Some show you love, others show you 116 01:04:01,916 --> 01:04:03,875 limits, but both are necessary. 117 01:04:04,375 --> 01:04:06,708 Okay, here is your hump day takeaway. 118 01:04:07,416 --> 01:04:09,000 The hardest people are the best 119 01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:11,541 professors in the classroom of life. 120 01:04:12,291 --> 01:04:15,083 All right, so on this GIS day, remember, 121 01:04:15,666 --> 01:04:17,208 even your emotional map 122 01:04:17,208 --> 01:04:18,791 needs rerouting sometimes. 123 01:04:19,333 --> 01:04:21,166 Stay curious about where people lead you 124 01:04:21,166 --> 01:04:22,541 and you'll always find your way. 125 01:04:22,833 --> 01:04:23,833 All right, thanks for 126 01:04:23,833 --> 01:04:25,000 joining Morning Serial today. 127 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:26,583 We will see you back here tomorrow. 128 01:04:27,083 --> 01:04:29,833 Until then, have a fantastic day. 129 01:04:30,875 --> 01:04:33,125 Don't forget to follow and subscribe to 130 01:04:33,125 --> 01:04:33,750 the Morning Serial 131 01:04:33,750 --> 01:04:35,875 podcast on the One Life Live 132 01:04:35,875 --> 01:04:36,333 It channel. 133 01:04:36,916 --> 01:04:38,791 You can find more episodes and videos by 134 01:04:38,791 --> 01:04:40,500 visiting our YouTube channel and the 135 01:04:40,500 --> 01:04:42,125 website at seaningless 136 01:04:42,333 --> 01:04:44,666 and at seaningless.com, where you can 137 01:04:44,666 --> 01:04:45,958 also follow our other 138 01:04:45,958 --> 01:04:47,333 podcast, the Mr. and Mrs. 139 01:04:47,583 --> 01:04:48,583 English podcast and 140 01:04:48,583 --> 01:04:49,666 the Life Happens podcast. 141 01:04:50,500 --> 01:04:52,166 In these other podcasts, we'll dive 142 01:04:52,166 --> 01:04:53,541 deeper into everyday issues, 143 01:04:53,791 --> 01:04:54,583 self-improvement and 144 01:04:54,791 --> 01:04:57,083 living, business and finance, and we 145 01:04:57,083 --> 01:04:58,375 welcome special guests too. 146 01:04:58,875 --> 01:04:59,583 So join us. 147 01:04:59,583 --> 01:05:00,916 It'll be a good time, I promise. 148 01:05:01,583 --> 01:05:02,500 Thanks again for listening. 149 01:05:02,708 --> 01:05:04,291 Have a fantastic day and 150 01:05:04,291 --> 01:05:04,791 we'll see you tomorrow.