How to Build a Life That Matters & Get What You Want Starting Today

There's a project or a goal, or there's something important to you that you just can't seem to find the time to get to. There's always an excuse why you can't get it done. Well, that's gonna change right now. You're about to meet one of my mentors, the one and only Seth Godin. He's written more than twenty best-selling books. He's considered the godfather of modern marketing. But to me, his work has been pivotal in teaching me how to stop hiding and how to start leading, creating, and living a bigger, bolder life.

The only place to begin is where you are. If you're waiting to get to somewhere else before you begin, you're never gonna get there. If we're going to do something important, there's going to be resistance. If you don't feel resistance, it might not be important enough. Okay, two words. You ready?

Yes.

Pick yourself. The dominant system wants you to wait to be invited to go on a reality show, to be invited to apply for a job. They want you to go to the placement office and wait for the company to come interview you. The idea that someone else will pick you and authorize you, they will call you up and they say, "Mel, we know you have a novel in you. Would you please write the novel, and we will publish it?" The end. It's really awkward to say, "Yeah, I picked myself. I wrote this. Here. I made this." No one's forcing you to not wait. You're choosing to wait. What a safe, lovely place to hang out. Congratulations, you've built a perfect place to hide. Go Make a Ruckus is simple. It's work that matters for people who care.

Hey, it's Mel, and I am so excited to learn from Seth Godin, to be inspired. You are not gonna be the same person after watching this today. But here's the thing. My team just told me that fifty-seven percent of you that watch The Mel Robbins Podcast here on YouTube are not subscribers. So here's how you know you're not a subscriber. The button is lighting up right now. It is free to hit Subscribe. I know you're the kind of person that loves supporting people who support you, so I wanna thank you in advance. Thank you for hitting Subscribe. It's the best way to show our team that you love what we're doing. It also supports us in helping you bring world-class, world-renowned experts like Seth Godin, twenty best-selling consecutive books in a row. He's about to pour into you like you've never felt before. I don't want you to miss a thing. That's why hitting Subscribe matters. Thanks for doing that. All right. Let's get into the show. Seth Godin, welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast.

Dream come true. Thank you for having me, Mel.

It's a dream come true because more than anyone else... I, I'm, I'm gonna start crying and we're talking. [laughing] Like, more than anyone else, you have really taught me, um, how to overcome fear and resistance and put art out into the world. You have, um, taught me everything I know about how I think about making an impact with people and communicating and marketing and having courage. And, um, I'm really proud that you're here because our company, 143 Studios, and this podcast is run by people who are students of yours. I can't wait to see the impact that this conversation has on absolutely anyone and everyone that listens to it, that watches it. It is my mission that together we ignite a bonfire inside someone's soul, and they not just listen, but they do something with it.