Mel Robbins Quotes

“If you get anything less than six hours of sleep a night on a consistent basis you are basically going through your day with the exact same physiological symptoms as if you were drunk. You have a foggy brain, you're forgetful, you're moody, you might even notice that your balance is a little bit off, you feel kind of heavy in terms of the emotional weight in your body, so you've got to get onto a great sleep schedule.”

“Just imagine being as excited to work on your goals as you are about watching Netflix tonight. Your entire life would change.”

“Facebook is nothing but heavily packaged 'Kodak moments' that bear no relation to how people really live.”

“Faking your confidence is powerful. That kind of investment in yourself that’s made when you take action (even though you are quaking inside) will boost your confidence and your attractiveness in ways that no cropped-just-right Match.com photo, spray tan, or teeth whitener ever could.”

“Getting what you want never feels quite like you think it will.”

“If you only ever did the things you don’t want to do, you’d have everything you’ve ever wanted.”

“In all of modern history, no single invention has so perfectly captured the perverse power of the mind to defeat its own best intentions as the snooze button.”

“Marriages suffer from this same cycle. You start dating someone with wonder and anticipation, drunk on love. You romanticize everything about your partner, and even mundane activities like going to the grocery store together can seem like a fantastic date. But then you fall into a routine, and years later, you’ve become roommates, circling the same safe topics while packing lunches, the monotony broken only by occasional date nights. Deep down, you know why these parts of your life have gone stale. It’s because nothing new is happening. You may say you fear change, but the lack of change in your life is why you feel so blah. Monotony will drive any human relationship or endeavour into a ditch.”

“Resistance loves surfing the Web, vegging out in front of the TV, sticking to routine, not picking up the phone, hitting snooze, avoiding confrontation, making excuses, rumination, and isolation.”

“When you’re stuck, the major task is deciding if you’re going to change at all. The challenge is finding the ability, in the face of an overwhelming amount of resistance, to create a small change in your life and build on it.”

“Anytime there’s something you know you should do, but you feel uncertain, afraid, or overwhelmed… just take control by counting backwards 5- 4- 3- 2- 1. That’ll quiet your mind. Then, move when you get to 1.”

“As Damasio puts it, human beings are 'feeling machines that think' not 'thinking machines that feel'.”

“Change is hard. Logically, we know what we should do, but our feelings about doing it make our decision for us. How you feel in the moment is almost never aligned with your goals and dreams. If you only act when you feel like it, you will never get what you want. You must learn how to separate what you feel from the actions that you take. You can't control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.”

“Change your decisions and you’ll change your life. And what will change your decisions more than anything? Courage.”

“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”

“Everything that you think might be set in stone, including your habits, mindset, and personality are flexible. The implications of this for your life are absolutely thrilling. You can change your 'default' mental settings and your habits one five-second decision at a time. Those small decisions add up to major changes in who you are, what you feel, and how you live.”

“Exercise and health comes down to one simple rule — you don’t have to feel like it. You just have to do it.”

“Forget motivation; it’s a myth. I don’t know when we all bought into the idea that in order to change you must 'feel' eager or 'feel' motivated to act. It’s complete garbage. The moment it’s time to assert yourself, you will not feel motivated. In fact, you won’t feel like doing anything at all.”

“Hesitation is the kiss of death. You might hesitate for a just nanosecond, but that’s all it takes. That one small hesitation triggers a mental system that’s designed to stop you. And it happens in less than — you guessed it — five seconds.”

“I have a hard time finding the balance between not beating myself up when it doesn’t happen as fast as I’d like it to, and not wasting time while I wait for it to happen.”

“I may not be perfect, but I am worthy.”

“If you can get up on time, start your day powerfully, plan ahead, think about your goals, and focus on yourself, all before you get bogged down in your daily routine, then you will simply accomplish more. This is the first step to taking control of your life.”

“If you can’t get yourself out of bed, then you’ll never be able to pursue all of the other changes that you want to make in your life. And if you take that simple step of taking control of your mornings, you’ll catalyze a chain of events that leads to change everywhere.”

“If you don’t learn how to untangle your feelings from your actions, you’ll never unlock your true potential.”

“If you have one of those impulses that are pulling you, if you don’t marry it with an action within 5 seconds, you pull the emergency break and kill the idea.”

“If you have the courage to start, you have the courage to succeed.”

“If you want to improve your life, you’ll need to get off your rear end and kick your own butt.”

“If you want to make your dreams come true, get ready for the long game.”

“If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so hard to make yourself do the things that you know will solve your problems and improve your life, the answer is simple. It’s your feelings.”

“It’s called 'locus of control'. The more that you believe that you are in control of your life, your actions and your future, the happier and more successful you’ll be.”