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The “Let Them Theory”: A Life Changing Mindset Hack That 15 Million People Can’t Stop Talking About

The Mel Robbins Podcast

CHAPTER

The Power of Control

There are three reasons why you and I need to let them theory. The first reason is because controlling and ruminating about something, it's a form of anxiety. You trick yourself into thinking that you're going to be in control if you can control other people. It doesn't work that way; the person that you can control is yourself. And finally, the third reasonWhy you and I in this controlling behavior is because it distracts us from what we don't want to deal with. But when I really am honest with myself, my controlling was triggered by something much more emotional beneath the surface.

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