Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Good morning TGIF and a
special one we have as well.
Welcome to National Mulligan Day.
It's a day dedicated to second chances,
whether it's a do over at
work, a replay on the golf
course or a clean slate
for your morning attitude.
This one is for you,
so take advantage of it.
Today's quote is from Slim Shady,
Marshall Mathers, you may
even know him as Eminem,
who said quote, "You can
make something of your life.
It just depends on
your drive," end quote.
And it's not about where you start, it's
about how determined
you are to get to your
finish line.
All right, well today's news facts and
birthdays are for October 17th.
Moving only back in 1989 today, you might
remember this, a
magnitude 6.9 earthquake.
Well, it struck California.
And if you were live then when you were
watching TV, perhaps the
World Series, you'll remember
that the TV stations,
they captured it live.
The World Series was halted right then
and there on live TV
and we saw some of these
terrible pictures of
the collapse of bridges.
Then moving up to 1990, the number one
movie was Ghost, reminding
us that love, it literally
never dies.
And it also taught us just
how steamy pottery can be.
Well, if you know, you know.
Well, happy birthday if
today is your birthday.
You share a birthday with actress from
Star Wars, Rogue One,
Felicity Jones, she's 42
today.
Rapper and producer
Eminem, he's just 53 today.
Country singer Alan
Jackson, he's 66 today.
The first black woman in space, Mae
Jemison, she's 68 today.
And Hollywood legend born in 1918 on this
date, the late Rita Hayworth.
All right, well, the number one song on
this date back in 1989
was Miss You Much by Janet
Jackson.
Now, this is a dance pop powerhouse that
topped the Billboard
Hot 100 for four weeks.
And the song's rhythm, its choreography
and its message of love
and motion, well, it defined
her Rhythm Nation album that had four,
count them, four number
one hits on it, including
Escapade, Black Cat and
Love Will Never Do Without You.
Man, just hearing those
take me back to the 90s.
All right, well, for our Friday book
review, we are diving
into the sub chapter Hacking
Your Stress Response in Mel
Robbins, The Let Them Theory.
Now, in this section, Robbins treats
stress like software,
something that you can debug.
She says, quote, you can't remove stress
from your life, but you
can reprogram how you run
it, end quote.
So her approach, it's surprisingly
scientific, yet it's simple.
Stresses your body's accelerator, but you
can control the steering wheel.
When that adrenaline hits, instead of
panicking, she suggests
reframing it as excitement.
Now, this mental shift, it rewires your
nervous system towards
courage rather than collapse.
And Robbins explains that our automatic
fight or flight mode was
never designed for modern
pressures of emails, deadlines, or
difficult conversations.
And using mindfulness, breathing, and
reframing techniques, she
helps us, quote, hack that
instinct and choose
curiosity instead of fear.
So her message here is empowering, okay?
When you stop resisting stress, it
transforms from enemy to ally.
Quote, energy used wisely creates motion
instead of a meltdown, end quote.
Okay, here is your Friday takeaway.
You can't delete stress, but you can
redesign your response to it.
So go ahead, take your mulligan wherever
it makes the most
sense today, start fresh.
And thanks for joining me
on Morning Serial today.
Have a great weekend and we'll see you
back here on Monday.
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