How to Motivate Yourself: Leverage Dopamine & Overcome Your Excuses

Ready to make 2024 your best year ever? 🔥 https://bit.ly/melrobbins_bestyear 👈 Download my FREE, 29-page workbook 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 🌟 — Do you want to know the surprising truth about #motivation? Right now, think about something you want to change or improve. How do you make lasting and powerful changes and life improvements? And how do you keep going even when you don’t have the motivation to do it? If change was easy, we’d all have six-pack abs and a million dollars in the bank. And that’s where this episode comes in: Mel is here to teach you the HOW. In this episode, you’ll learn: - How to self-motivate so you can take action - What dopamine is and how it’s linked to motivation - The simple steps you can take today to tap back into your internal drive - The 2 truths about motivation that you are forgetting - The research-backed reason you continue, initiate, or quit something - What to do when someone you love is losing motivation - The real reason you cannot #motivate others - How to cope with not getting something you have been working towards - How to navigate feeling “behind” or in a “comparison game” - How to pick yourself back up when you feel like life’s punched you in the face - The first (and most important) step in understanding what drives your motivation - One powerful question to ask yourself when you feel “stuck” - What role #dreams and #goals play (and it’s not always to achieve them) - How to hack the moment of hesitation we all feel - The most powerful reframe you need about failing - How to get clear about the direction you are going in without wandering aimlessly - Mel’s 5-second rule that will move you towards action (even when you are not motivated) 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 https://wwww.melrobbins.com/bestyear. Follow The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themelrobbinspodcast/ I’m just your friend. I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Got it? Good. I’ll see you in the next episode. In this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:11: That painful moment of rejection that bursts your motivation. 07:22: What NOT to do when someone you love gets rejected. 08:34: What to do after life punches you in the face. 16:52: What is motivation, anyway? 18:24: The chemical that motivation relies on and why you need to know. 24:41: One of the most important hacks to help you stir up motivation again. 35:21: Three powerful words from advertising history that will change you. 40:02: A powerful mantra Mel wants you to repeat when you don’t feel like it. — Follow Mel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melrobbins/ TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@UCk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melrobbins LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins Website: http://melrobbins.com — Sign up for Mel’s newsletter: https://melrob.co/sign-up-newsletter A note from Mel to you, twice a week, sharing simple, practical ways to build the life you want. — Subscribe to Mel’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/melrobbins?sub_confirmation=1 — Listen to The Mel Robbins Podcast 🎧 New episodes drop every Monday & Thursday! https://melrob.co/spotify https://melrob.co/applepodcasts https://melrob.co/amazonmusic — Looking for Mel’s books on Amazon? Find them here: The Let Them Theory: https://amzn.to/3IQ21Oe The Let Them Theory Audiobook: https://amzn.to/413SObp The High 5 Habit: https://amzn.to/3fMvfPQ The 5 Second Rule: https://amzn.to/4l54fah