Don’t Quit: The Reminder You Need to Hear When You Feel Unmotivated

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Do you feel like quitting on your goals? Do you want to give up on your resolutions? Are you just plain unmotivated? Mel delivers her most powerful pep talk, designed to light the fire inside you so you can break through any setback. She’ll give you the tools you need to power through resistance and shut down any negative thoughts holding you back. You will want to listen to this over and over again. You will learn the secret to gaining unstoppable confidence. You’ll get incredible insights on how to reinvent yourself if you feel like giving up and reclaiming the dream you gave up on. In this episode, you will learn: The research that reveals what day of the month most people quit on goals and resolutions. Two truths about life that help you tap into your power. What you need to REALLY do the next time you miss a day of the new challenge, diet, or workout plan, so you stay on track. The advice you need if you’re struggling with your new goals. One thing to remember when your motivation plummets. What to do when you’re not seeing results. Why the resolutions you make on vacation are impossible to sustain. Why your dreams are an important part of achieving your goals. The one essential question that will change your life. What to do when your life feels “blah” and uninspiring. How to build unshakeable self-confidence. What you MUST watch at least once in your life. The truth about waiting for the “right time” to change. This episode comes with a 29-page companion workbook. This workbook is designed using the latest research to help you get clear about what you want and empower you to take the next step forward in your life. And the cool part? It takes less than a minute for you to get your hands on it. Just sign up at melrobbins.com/bestyear Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr Check out Mel’s book, The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt Follow Mel: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QfG8bb The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram: https://bit.ly/49bg4GP LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/46Mh0QB TikTok: https://bit.ly/46Kpw2v Sign up for my newsletter: https://bit.ly/46PVnPs Want more resources? Go to the podcast page here. Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:04.3	Today I am truly, deeply excited because I am going to share a concept with you that I learned two years ago that has
0:19.2	fundamentally changed the way that I think about discipline, willpower, consistency, you're going to
0:25.7	freaking love this. And when I realized, holy cow, I haven't talked to you about this
0:32.3	thing called Quitter's Day. Have you heard anybody talk about the phenomenon called Quitters Day?
0:38.0	Anywhere. Television, Podcast, anywhere. I mean if you've taken a course with me, then you've heard me talk about it. But have you heard anyone else talk about the fact that there is something called Quitter's Day? It is a legit phenomenon and when I learned about what Quitter's Day was and I learned about the research
0:55.6	around it, holy smokes. It has helped me be so much more consistent when I'm trying to do anything
1:02.0	new. You're going to freaking love this.
1:04.5	So here's the deal.
1:07.2	Researchers have found, get this, that based on data, there is a particular day of the month that most people quit when they have new health goals.
1:19.0	Mm-hmm. And there's two reasons why I freaking love this topic of Quitter's Day.
1:30.0	First of all, nobody talks about. I mean just stop and think, if there's actually a day where most people quit, I'd like to know that day. Wouldn't you like to know that day?
1:40.0	Of course you would. And that brings me to the second reason why I'm so excited about this topic.
1:45.4	If you know the day that people are most likely to quit, you can take the steps to avoid it.
1:51.4	It's kind of like a pothole in the road, right? You can just steer right
1:55.2	around it if you see it, and if you expect it, you can navigate around it. So let's talk
2:00.4	about Quitter's Day, shall we, so that you don't quit?
2:03.5	And neither do I.
2:04.8	When is Quitter's Day?
2:06.9	Day 19.
2:09.0	It is day 19 into any new routine,
2:12.4	and this research comes from a company called Strava.
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