Motivation Is Garbage

Published: Oct. 10, 2022, 4 a.m.

b"The biggest secret to getting the life you want is understanding 3 words I hope you never forget:\\n \\nMotivation. Is. Garbage.\\n \\nRight now, think about something you want to change or improve.\\n \\nI bet you know WHAT you want to change \\u2013 and what you need to do.\\n \\nBut the 100 million dollar question is: HOW?\\n \\nHow do you get started? \\n \\nAnd how do you keep going even when you don\\u2019t feel like it?\\n \\nLook, if change was easy, we\\u2019d all have six-pack abs, a million dollars in the bank, and healed our trauma.\\n \\nAnd that\\u2019s where this episode comes in: I teach you the HOW.\\n \\nI cracked the code on motivation, and in the next hour, I\\u2019m sharing everything I know with you. \\n \\nYou\\u2019ll learn the secret to breaking old habits, creating new ones, and how to hack what neuroscientists call \\u201cactivation energy.\\u201d\\n \\nYou\\u2019ll also learn one simple but incredible tool, that\\u2019s grounded in decades of research, and will change your life forever. This tool is a \\u201ccheat code\\u201d for motivation. It\\u2019s worked for millions of people and it will for you, too.\\n \\nI 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.\\n \\nI'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. \\n \\nThis was me back in 2008. I was digging the biggest life hole ever. And that\\u2019s where this episode begins. \\n \\nI was at the lowest point in my life. My husband\\u2019s 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\\u2019t even get up in the morning. Not the Mel Robbins you know today.\\n \\nThis is the exact moment I discovered the secret to hacking motivation \\u2013 because I had to if I wanted to fix my own life. \\n \\nAnd if I can do it, you can too.\\n \\nIf you're a new listener, you'll learn more about how I got to where I am today. \\n \\nAnd 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.\\n \\nAt the end of the episode, I\\u2019ll also give you a free 5-day challenge \\u2013 The Wake Up Challenge \\u2013 to walk you through getting started with these tools: www.melrobbins.com/wakeup\\n \\nYou won\\u2019t believe how simple it is to transform your life, your work, and your attitude. I can\\u2019t wait to show you how.\\n \\nXo Mel"