This is Jane Pauley. She's a popular author, podcast host, and CEO. Mel Robbins shares the secrets

behind her success with Nora O'Donnell. So, you know, 2026, the beginning of a year, people are all looking about how to improve their lives.

Do you have some early, simple advice in early 2026?

I have so much that I could say about this because I have been doing a year-end planning exercise since

2004.

My husband and I take the time around this time of year.

You can do it at the end of the year.

You can do it at the beginning of the year to really think about what is it that you want.

See, I think one of the reasons why so many of us get stuck in our lives is we don't actually understand what we want and

So my advice for how to make 2026 one of the best years of your life is to stop and really ask yourself who am I right now?

Because you're not the same person you were a year ago. There are things that have happened in the last year that have impacted you in positive and negative ways.

There are experiences that you've lived through. There are lessons that you've learned.

And you have values based on the things that you now know about who you are,

the things that you've experienced and the things that have changed in your life.

And so before you kind of set resolutions or goals, I want you to stop and really ask yourself,

well, who am I right now and what is it that would make my life personally a little bit better

in the coming year?

And it may be that this is the year that you put your

health first. It may be that you realize that you didn't see your friends a lot. Maybe that you

want to spend more time with family. But if you can define what it is that you want and you can

define for yourself based on your values and where you are right now, what would make your life better?

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