Boost Your Success in 2024: My Best Advice on Business, Time Management, and Reinvention

(ticking clock) (upbeat music) I need you to hear me loud and clear. I personally think being a female entrepreneur is one of the most amazing things you could do for your kids. To every mom and dad out there, don't you want your kids to live a life where they pursue something meaningful to them? There's a huge difference between taking a leap of faith and making a decision to step into business.

If you were to summarize all of these, you know, possible thousands of questions out there, what would you say?

The secret is... (upbeat music) Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. Ah, I am so overwhelmed with emotion and gratitude today, and I want to start by saying thank you. They always say that you should pay very close attention to the people that you feel like you can share good news with. Like, just stop and think about that. When you have good news, who do you go to? There are those people you can turn to, you know they're going to celebrate you, you know there's going to be no weirdness, you don't feel weird sharing it 'cause you know, like, people are rooting for you, and then you've got those people in your life that when good things happen, "Hmm, interesting," you don't share it with them. Well, when I think about good news, I think about you. And so, I wanted to start the episode today by sharing some extraordinary news with you. You ready? I found out about an hour ago that the Mel Robbins Podcast is the fifth most followed podcast of 2023 on Apple globally. Number five! (laughs) I- I- I have literally... I mean, first of all, that's my number, the five-second rule, the high-five habit, but number freaking five in the world? And you know what? That's not all. One of our episodes was named the number six most shared episode in the world of all of 2023 on both Spotify and Apple, and I could not wait to tell you. And I want to put this in perspective, both for me and for you, because this is insane. First of all, when you think about podcast episodes, I looked this up, there's 182 million individual podcast episodes that you could listen to, and one of ours was the number sixth most shared episode in the world. It was the one on The Let Them Theory. I'm sure you're not surprised because you're the one that made it one of the most shared episodes in the world, so thank you, thank you, thank you. And I looked up the number of podcasts that there are, and there are at least 3.2 million podcasts that are published every single year according to Statistica. I can't even say that word, but what I can say is thank you. You made this small little show a big freaking deal because we are now top 10 in the entire world. And one other thing I want to say to you is that I think it's really important for you to hear something from me. Not a single one of the women on our all-female team that creates, produces, publishes, edits, markets the Mel Robbins Podcast, not a single one of us has ever worked on a show like this ever. In fact, some of us have never done the jobs that we're doing right now before. And yet, you know what? We're doing it. And we're not only doing it, we're killing it, and that means something important. It means so can you. So please, I know that you tune into the Mel Robbins Podcast because you are spending time listening to something that can help you improve your life, and I freaking love that. Please remind yourself that the Mel Robbins Podcast is not only here to inspire and empower you to change your life for the better, but we are also an example that you can do the things that you dream about. You can figure it out. You can make a difference in the world. It is worth working on. And so thank you for your support. Thank you for sharing the show. If you don't follow the show already, please, please, please subscribe and follow. Thank you for watching the podcast on YouTube. And now let's just get to the episode. All right? So thank you for letting me share that with you. Today's episode is dedicated to you, and I love how the world works. You know I always say the portal is open, there is synchronicity everywhere if you're willing to look for it, and so we had already decided that today we were going to record an episode about supporting you in launching whatever you want to launch. And so today's episode is dedicated to you, to your dreams, to your goals, to the side hustle that you want to create, to the books that you want to write, to the podcasts that you want to record, the YouTube videos that you want to post, the songs that you want to sing, and the nonprofits that you dream of launching that will change this world. Your friend Mel Robbins is here to tell you that whatever it is that you dream about, I not only know that you can create it and make it true, I believe that you will. That's why I keep showing up to keep you going forward. And so today I have something super cool to share with you. I'm going to share a conversation with you that I had a few weeks ago. I was in Oklahoma City, and I sat down with a guy by the name of Chris Allen at The Entrepreneur Studio, and I answered all kinds of questions from their audience about the secrets to success, and before we jump in and share that conversation with you, I want to say get a pen because I was on fire that day. I have so many tactics, so many hacks, so many secrets to share with you, and I also want to give a huge shout-out to Chris, their team, and my awesome friends at Heartland for allowing us to share this insanely motivational coaching session with you. The first question that you're going to hear is a question I get a lot: "Mel, how did you get where you are right now? What is the secret to your success?" And the answer...... is I pick one thing every year that I wanna focus on mastering, and then I have a particular mindset hack that makes me succeed. Let's go. Oh, and by the way, speaking of watching on YouTube, the majority of people that watch our YouTube channel are not subscribers. My goal is to get to at least 50% of the people that watch our channel are subscribers. It is free. You will be supporting me and this remarkable show and supporting my ability to show up and pour into you. So take a second, subscribe, okay? Awesome. Thanks.