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The Mindset Mentor

How to Break Free From Your Past with Mel Robbins

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Business

4.914.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I'm thrilled to bring you an incredible conversation with the one and only Mel Robbins. Her life took a complete 180 on a Tuesday morning in February 2008, thanks to a simple yet powerful strategy she calls the "5 Second Rule." Trust me, you don’t want to miss this! Mel opens up about her battle with imposter syndrome, something many of us can relate to. She shares how this feeling, rather than holding her back, pushed her to constantly improve and achieve her goals. Her journey from lawyer and CNN commentator to a personal development powerhouse is beyond inspiring. We dive deep into the "5 Second Rule"—a game-changer for overcoming procrastination and anxiety. Mel’s insights on this technique will leave you ready to tackle any challenge head-on. Plus, we chat about the importance of authenticity. Mel gets real about the power of sharing our struggles and being vulnerable. It’s these honest moments that truly connect us and inspire change. Tune in for an episode packed with wisdom, laughter, and actionable tips to elevate your life. Hit play and let’s get into it!

Transcript

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0:00.0

My whole life changed on a Tuesday morning in February 2008 outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

0:07.5

Mel, tomorrow it's got to be the new you, bitch.

0:10.0

When that alarm rings, you can't lay there in bed and stare at the ceiling and just

0:14.8

marinate in your problems. So that Tuesday morning the alarm goes off and this is

0:20.1

where our work and research intersects yours and mine and so here I am at the top of my game

0:26.2

which I worked my ass off to become how I'll tell you how I started as a beginner

0:32.3

if you want to be successful at something, figure out all the

0:36.3

things that you have to do when no one's watching and doing better than anybody else.

0:41.0

You're one decision away from a different life and you need to push

0:43.9

your ass through all the excuses and all the feelings and start taking action.

0:48.9

I mean there's always going to be excuse not to do something and those excuses will rob you of everything that your life

0:55.2

could be.

0:56.2

Welcome everybody to the Mindset Mentor Podcast. I am so excited to have Mel Robbins

1:08.1

here with me. I was telling you right before we started we have a few mutual

1:11.8

friends that are like yeah you guys are going to vibe

1:13.7

you guys you guys are very authentic you tell everybody your shit you both cuss I know a lot of

1:18.5

people in our industry don't really cuss they kind of hold it back yeah and and at same time, the one thing that I do appreciate about

1:25.1

what you do is you keep things really, really simple and I think a lot of

1:28.7

people overcomplicate a lot of different stuff. But the thing I like most about you and all the

1:34.5

stuff I've listened to is you might be the most authentic person in our space. Like I

1:38.8

thought I was authentic, but I think you're like extremely authentic. Well you'll just pop up a real and you'll just say exactly what's going on through your day and what you've been struggling with and I think that's what really people appreciate because sometimes they look at people in our industry and they're like,

1:53.0

oh I can never get there, they're so perfect.

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