Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) of *Legally Blonde* teaches us that small changes can have a big impact. When her boyfriend, Warner, dumps Elle because he thinks she's not serious, Elle makes a small change to her story: she takes herself seriously. Do you remember her LSAT score?
Elle's parents don't take her seriously. To them, she's not ugly, boring, or serious. One thing growing up means is rewriting the parts of our stories that were initially written by our parents that no longer work for us now.
However, all this requires faith in change — no matter how small. We take a look at Mel Robbins's latest book, *The Let Them Theory* and discover a fatal flaw in it: there is no WE in her book. Why? Robbins lacks faith in US, *our* capacity to change.
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*Watch *Legally Blonde* here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2ODDaGuZc
Find the 36 Questions to Love here: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/style/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html
** Find Robbins's book, *The Let Them Theory,* here: https://www.melrobbins.com//the-let-them-theory/
*** Check out the *If Books Could Kill* podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-books-could-kill/id1651876897?i=1000704577681
