2 Ways to Believe in Yourself & Achieve Cool Things

I want you to imagine Mel Robbins is giving you a lifetime achievement award. What do you wanna thank yourself for? What have you pushed through? Thank yourself for that. What are the things you're chipping away at? Don't you dare forget the one person that knows exactly how hard it was for you to keep showing up, and that's what I want you to learn how to do today with me. You are the only one who knows what it's like to go through what you had to go through, and thanking yourself for everything that you do. That is an example of speaking your truth. You have power. (clock ticking) Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I have been dying to talk to you. So let me back up and tell you what happened. A couple days ago, I saw something, and ever since, I have been bursting at the seams to tell you about it. I have been holding this in until I could get up here above the garage in Vermont, get on this microphone, get in front of the camera, and share this with you, because today, what I wanna talk about, it's gonna unlock this power that is lying dormant inside you. And yes, you heard me right, you do have power. Even if you're sitting there right now eating cheese curls on the couch, or you're feeling too lazy to get up and do anything today, or you're out there walking the dog, or maybe you're driving home from a job you hate, I don't care where you're listening to this, you have power. And I am so excited because I saw something that motivated me, that lit a fire inside me, and it's gonna help me show you how to tap into that power, and yes, unlock it today, and you need to. But before we jump in, I just wanna say thank you. Thank you for being here with me, and thank you for spending your time listening, uh, or maybe you're watching this on YouTube, but thank you for spending your time listening or watching something that can change your life. Oh, but before we get into this crazy motivational message, I have to ask you something. I love being here with you. Please subscribe. Please subscribe. My goal is to get 50% of the people that watch this channel to subscribe. Why? It really helps our channel and it helps me, and it allows me to bring you these incredible videos at zero cost. So hit subscribe. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right, you ready? I cannot wait to tell you this. Let's go to the episode. All right. Are you ready? Okay, good, because you and I are cooking up something pretty hot today, and the topic is something that I knew the second I saw this thing go viral this weekend. So you and I, we're in the middle of award seasons, right, for movies and for films, and I saw the most incredible acceptance speech. It went crazy viral. You maybe saw it too. It was this acceptance speech that was delivered by actor Niecy Nash-Betts. Now, if you don't know Niecy, don't worry, I'm gonna tell you a little bit about her. She is an amazing actor. She's 53 years old, so just two years younger than me, and she's been in the acting game for decades. And I wanna put this acceptance speech in context, because Niecy has been nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy, and she's never won, which means she has lost four times. And if you're hearing my voice right now, I guarantee you, at some point in your life, you have experienced a string of losses. Maybe you've gone through four relationships in a row that all ended up in a breakup, or maybe you've had four different career changes, or you've tried four different medications, or you've been passed over at work for at least four different types of jobs or promotions, or maybe you've been searching for a house and you have been turned down four different times. And I say that because I wanna put what you're about to hear in context. I want you to think about what it must feel like to be Niecy. Here you are, you're an actor, this is your dream, you're 53 years old, you have been working at your craft day in and day out, and you get nominated for awards. In fact, you get nominated for the Primetime Emmys four times, and four times you show up, you sit on national television, they got a camera pointed right at your face, you're all dressed up, you're sitting there in the audience, there's all these other actors around, and four times in a row, they announce someone else's name as the winner. Whoa. Now, look, I know you're supposed to be grateful that you're even nominated, right? But can we just be honest among friends here? It freaking sucks to lose. That is not an easy position to be in, right? Because here you are, you're now at the fifth award ceremony, and if I'm Niecy and I'm sitting there dressed up to the nines, I will be thinking, 'cause I wanna manage my disappointment, I'm sitting in the audience and I'm thinking, "Don't get your hopes up. Just put that expression on your face, lock in the smile, 'cause you know that this is not gonna happen. You've experienced this four times where someone else's name is called, and in today's world, I do not want my facial reaction to become some kind of a meme when I'm all, like, disappointed." And then all of a sudden, boom, they announce her name. She wins the Primetime Emmy for outstanding supporting actress for the series Dahmer. And here's why I wanted to talk about this, because when Niecy stepped up to that mic, she was like a heat-seeking missile of motivation, and I want you to hear it. I am going to take you through parts of her acceptance speech step-by-step, because there is something here for you and me to learn as we listen.