Motivation Is Garbage

About this episode

<p>The biggest secret to getting the life you want is understanding 3 words I hope you never forget:</p><p> </p><p>Motivation. Is. Garbage.</p><p> </p><p>Right now, think about something you want to change or improve.</p><p> </p><p>I bet you know WHAT you want to change – and what you need to do.</p><p> </p><p>But the 100 million dollar question is: HOW?</p><p> </p><p>How do you get started? </p><p> </p><p>And how do you keep going even when you don’t feel like it?</p><p> </p><p>Look, if change was easy, we’d all have six-pack abs, a million dollars in the bank, and healed our trauma.</p><p> </p><p>And that’s where this episode comes in: I teach you the HOW.</p><p> </p><p>I cracked the code on motivation, and in the next hour, I’m sharing everything I know with you. </p><p> </p><p>You’ll learn the secret to breaking old habits, creating new ones, and how to hack what neuroscientists call “activation energy.”</p><p> </p><p>You’ll also learn one simple but incredible tool, that’s grounded in decades of research, and will change your life forever. This tool is a “cheat code” for motivation. It’s worked for millions of people and it will for you, too.</p><p> </p><p>I wish that what I was about to tell you was something I had read in a book, but unfortunately, that's not how I tend to learn things.</p><p> </p><p>I'm the kind of person who either has to fall into a hole that I didn't see to learn a lesson, or more likely, I screw up my life so badly, I dig the hole for myself. </p><p> </p><p>This was me back in 2008. I was digging the biggest life hole ever. And that’s where this episode begins. </p><p> </p><p>I was at the lowest point in my life. My husband’s business was failing, I was unemployed, on the brink of bankruptcy and divorce, I was drinking way too much, and to top it all off, I couldn’t even get up in the morning. Not the Mel Robbins you know today.</p><p> </p><p>This is the exact moment I discovered the secret to hacking motivation – because I had to if I wanted to fix my own life. </p><p> </p><p>And if I can do it, you can too.</p><p> </p><p>If you're a new listener, you'll learn more about how I got to where I am today. </p><p> </p><p>And if you've been a fan for a while, this episode will be a reminder of the power within you to make any change you can imagine.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the episode, I’ll also give you a free 5-day challenge – The Wake Up Challenge – to walk you through getting started with these tools: <a href="http://www.melrobbins.com/wakeup">www.melrobbins.com/wakeup</a></p><p> </p><p>You won’t believe how simple it is to transform your life, your work, and your attitude. I can’t wait to show you how.</p><p> </p><p>Xo Mel</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>