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Podcast Notes: The Daily Motivation - Episode with Mel Robbins
Episode Overview
- Title: Build Unshakable Self-Belief by Mastering Your Morning Moments
- Host: Lewis Howes
- Guest: Mel Robbins
- Purpose: Discuss the importance of self-belief, discipline, and the reality of achieving success through daily actions rather than quick fixes.
Key Themes
- Self-Belief through Daily Actions
- Mel Robbins emphasizes the significance of proving to yourself that you can rely on your own actions.
- Quote: "If you can get out of bed more days than not when you don't feel like it, you're proving to yourself that you can rely on yourself to be bigger than the emotions in the moment."
- The Reality of Success
- Robbins dismantles the myth of overnight success:
- True achievement is a "daily grind" that requires commitment and consistency.
- Success is often not glamorous; it is about discipline and perseverance.
- The Power of Morning Routines
- The importance of mastering morning moments:
- Waking up early, following a routine, and performing necessary tasks despite feeling unmotivated are key to building self-belief.
- Personal Experience: Robbins shares her struggles with resistance every morning despite creating the 5-4-3-2-1 method for motivation.
- Habit Formation Misconceptions
- Robbins challenges the idea that habits can be formed in a specific number of days (e.g., 21 or 63 days).
- Some tasks may always require conscious effort, such as chores that one dislikes (e.g., unloading the dishwasher, folding laundry).
- Advice: "Do it anyway and get over yourself," as overcoming such aversions is essential for progress.
Practical Advice for Building Self-Belief
- Aim for Consistency:
- You don’t need to be perfect; aiming for just over 50% consistency in daily actions can foster self-belief.
- Example: Get out of bed even when you don’t feel like it to build a reliable self-image.
- Overcoming Resistance:
- Accept that resistance is a normal part of achieving goals; everyone feels it.
- Develop tools and practices to combat negative feelings and self-doubt.
- Mindset Shifts:
- When facing challenges or setbacks, remind yourself that both good and bad experiences lead you to your current position, and can lead to future growth.
Conclusion
- The episode underscores that achieving goals is less about fleeting motivation and more about consistent discipline and self-reliance.
- Robbins encourages listeners to take small, actionable steps daily to cultivate self-belief and resilience.
Additional Resources
- Book Promotion: Mel Robbins promotes her new book, "Make Money Easy," which aims to help readers transform their financial mindset.
- Newsletter: Mention of the Greatness newsletter for ongoing motivation and inspiration.
Call to Action
- Listeners are encouraged to:
- Follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
- Leave reviews to support the show.
- Subscribe to the Greatness Plus channel for exclusive content.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00I have a brand new book called Make Money Easy. and if you're looking to create more financial freedom in your life, you want abundance in your life and you want to stop making money hard in your life, but you wanna make it easier, you wanna make it flow, you wanna feel abundant, then make sure to go to makemoneyeasybook.com right now and get yourself a copy. I really think this is gonna help you transform your relationship with money this moment moving forward. We have some big guests and content coming up. Make sure you're following and stay tuned to this episode of The Daily Motivation Show.
0:38Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to The Daily Motivation Show.
0:49So how do you build belief after having big financial failures? How do you continue to show up again and again and not just say, I am a failure, not this was a failure? Right. Everybody hates this answer. Yeah. Because it's not a pill. No, it's serious. And it's not like a quick fix and it's not one thing. Like I literally will tell you what changed my life was getting out of bed when I didn't feel like it. and the reason why that's important, and it's the same thing that you talk about, and nobody wants to hear it. I don't even want to hear this. It's that there is a skill in life that I didn't learn until I was 41 years old, and I was about to lose everything.
1:35And the skill is, can you do the things you need to do when you don't feel like doing it? It's that simple. Everything that you want to create in business and in life is possible through action and patience. That's it. And if you only did the things you don't feel like doing, you would have everything you wanted. It's true. Being a champion is not a sexy life. No. Being a champion, like being an athlete from the sports world, even the greatest athletes in the world, they live a very boring life because they get up and they do Groundhog's Day over and over. They get up at 5 a.m. when they don't want to wake up.
2:11They eat whatever, the same food every morning. They go to the gym the same way, and they just do the same repetition, win or lose, until they get to what they want. It's not sexy. It's boring. Actually, it's grueling. It's boring. It's the reason why it's a game of not quitting. Because you got to be willing to do all of the things you don't want to do. You got to be willing to do all of the stuff that's boring and grueling on the days no one's watching, nobody cares, nobody's there to help you. It's just you against you. and that's why I'm going to go back and say if you can't haul your ass out of bed on those mornings on time when you don't feel like it you're not going to achieve your goals because you're not going to make the cold call that you need to because you're not going to feel like it you're not going to say no to a deal that's a bad deal for you because you feel like you need it like you're going to get your emotions all jacked up and they're going to run you over and so when I say how did I build belief in myself I did it the only way I know how.
3:15It's in proving that I believed in myself and that I could keep my word to myself no matter how I felt. And that begins every morning when the alarm rings. It's a daily battle. Even though I invented this thing, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, to get you out of bed, I still have to use it. I think it's a mistake. Every time you and I interview an expert that studies habits and they say, well, it's 21 days or it's 63 days, I'm like baloney. That's only if you like it like because there are things that have never become a habit for me Lewis Like I hate unloading the dishwasher. I have to force myself to do it. I hate folding laundry I have to force myself to do it.
3:53There are gonna be things in your life that you always hate doing Do it anyway and Get over yourself Because that's actually what's standing in the way of what you want You know, it's easy to look at Lewis or me and be like, oh, it's so easy. It's boring. You get up at 5.30 in the morning. You go to the gym. I got her to the studio. We had our first meeting at 7.40. Where's Cameron? Is Cameron still here? Cameron. There she is, one of our senior producers right there for the Mel Robbins podcast. Cameron was there. 7.45. She'll tell you I'm just as cranky at that point. You're like running this thing.
4:34I was there until 8.30 tonight. We'll be back up tomorrow at 540 in the morning. Like, this is what it looks like. And so for me, how you believe in yourself is that if you can get out of bed enough days in a row, and all you need, in my opinion, is 70%. I'll even give you 60%. If you can get 51%, like, let's shoot low, everybody. If you can get out of bed more days than not, when you don't feel like it, you're proving to yourself that you can rely on yourself to be bigger than the emotions in the moment. And that's what you need in life to keep going. And so it didn't come overnight. It came over time.
5:19And there are plenty of times where you're not going to believe in yourself. And that's when I use those tools that I shared, which are saying like, I refuse to believe that things end here. And then that's when I remind myself everything that has been really awful or good or anything has led me here, which means this awful thing is actually going to leave me there.
5:52Thank you so much for listening to today's episode of The Daily Motivation, and I hope you have an amazing rest of your day. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to click the link in the description that will take you to the full episode of our main podcast on the School of Greatness. And if you are loving the daily motivation, please follow us over on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts right now. And if you want more exclusive content and ad-free listening experience, make sure to subscribe to our Greatness Plus channel on Apple Podcast right now. And if you want to get even more inspiration from our world-class guests and learn how to improve your life and take it to the next level, then make sure to sign up for the Greatness newsletter and get it delivered right to your inbox over at greatness.com slash newsletter.
6:42Again, have an amazing day and I'll see you tomorrow with another episode of the Daily Motivation Show.
6:54Thank you.
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"If you can get out of bed more days than not when you don't feel like it, you're proving to yourself that you can rely on yourself to be bigger than the emotions in the moment." - Mel Robbins
At 41, Mel Robbins was about to lose everything when she discovered the life-changing skill that transformed her future: doing what needs to be done regardless of how she felt. With refreshing honesty, Mel dismantles the myth of overnight success, revealing that championship-level achievement isn't glamorous—it's a daily grind that few are willing to embrace. She challenges listeners to recognize that the path to accomplishing goals isn't found in motivational quick fixes but in the mundane moments of discipline when no one is watching.
Despite creating the famous 5-4-3-2-1 method, Mel confesses she still battles her own resistance every morning. She offers a realistic perspective on habit formation, arguing against the standard "21 days to form a habit" concept, instead suggesting that some tasks will always require conscious effort. Mel shares her practical approach to building self-belief through consistent action, giving listeners permission to aim for just 51% consistency while emphasizing that true transformation happens through proving to yourself—day after day—that you can be bigger than momentary emotions.
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