“Let Them” Round II / Mel Robbins

In this episode, we close out our guru series by circling back to the origin story: Mel Robbins and the “Let Them” phenomenon; specifically, we get into domain “leakage” and the uncomfortable truth about expertise that travels well.

We also recap patterns we’ve charted over the course of these episodes, a few things became hard to ignore:

The reality is, that we help construct gurus as much as we consume them.

Stay in Touch During Summer Break

We’re heading into a summer break to step back and resist the urge to immediately turn every insight into content. If you miss us in the meantime, we’re still having these conversations, just in slightly different corners of the internet:

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Other items we mentioned during this episode

Blanding, M. (2025, February 20). Women are avoiding AI. Will their careers suffer?: Working Knowledge. Harvard Business School. https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/women-are-avoiding-using-artificial-intelligence-can-that-hurt-their-careers