Matthew’s Reviews > The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About > Status Update

• Stoicism & Control (Epictetus: Enchiridion) – Suffering comes from trying to control the uncontrollable.
• Daoism & Wu Wei (Laozi: Dao De Jing) – Effortless action, letting things flow instead of forcing them.
• Existentialism & Responsibility (Sartre: Being and Nothingness) – If we can’t control others, what does full ownership of our own existence mean?

the way she frames it feels like she found her own version of wu wei through language and conceptual framing. It’s the moment when someone stops trying to control others and instead surrenders to what they can and can’t influence. Maybe this is a common spark between people—the point where they realize their agency is only over themselves, and they stop wasting energy on what’s outside their control.

Alright- I’m 27 minutes in…. Mel seems to be promising a lot here. Let them be as a conceptual/framework for reducing your expectations of others by realigning focus to what you can do?