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A Bit of Optimism

Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Education, Business, Careers

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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0:00.0

If your friends don't invite you out this weekend, let them.

0:03.0

If the person you're dating doesn't want a commitment, let them.

0:06.0

If your kids don't want to go to the flea market with you this weekend, let them.

0:10.0

Stop worrying about managing and stressing about other people.

0:14.0

Stop forcing them to change.

0:16.0

Let people be who they are because they are revealing themselves to you and they're revealing

0:22.2

their priorities and what matters to you. And then you get to choose. You get to choose

0:27.6

how to respond. And that's where your power is.

0:30.1

I love the way you speak. I've been captivated this entire time, taking in every word,

0:36.5

not agreeing with all of them, but taking them in.

0:39.3

Let them.

0:40.3

Let them.

0:41.3

I don't care.

0:43.3

Control Freaks? Breathe easy.

0:45.3

Mel Robbins is here.

0:47.3

And she's clearing a space to help us let go of our anxiety and help all of us live our best lives.

0:55.0

Mel has one of the most popular podcasts in the world, and she has a new book called The Let Them

1:00.8

Theory, which is profound in the impact it's having in people's lives.

1:06.0

Mel is a force of nature and one of my favorite guests that I've ever had on the podcast. This is a bit of

1:13.5

optimism.

1:19.6

So one of the things that you and I have in common is that it's amazing that we're still around.

1:29.6

Who the hell are you calling old son?

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