The Mel Robbins Podcast 3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Figure Out What You Really Want
Curious about what might be holding you back? Delve into three transformative questions that can reshape your approach to work, relationships, and life purpose. Discover how visualizing a future without barriers can spark your creativity. Learn to identify your unfinished business and take actionable steps toward change. Small experiments in daily habits can lead to significant life shifts. Embrace this simple yet powerful framework to unlock new possibilities and live a life you truly love!
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See Where Your Current Path Leads
- Visualize where your current path leads to see whether you want that future.
- Rolling your life forward reveals needed changes and motivates action.
Future Visualization Motivates Change
- Vividly picturing future outcomes boosts emotion, goal clarity, and commitment.
- Negative visualizations can motivate change by making potential pain feel real now.
Daydream To Reveal What Truly Matters
- Dream without constraints to surface your intrinsic values and unfinished business.
- Aligning with growth, connection, and contribution yields more satisfaction than chasing status.
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Intro
00:00 • 8min
What happens if you stay on your current path
07:32 • 15min
Ad break
23:01 • 4min
If your current path disappeared, what would you do
26:42 • 14min
Ad break
40:30 • 2min
How would life look if nothing held you back
42:42 • 15min
How to turn insights into small experiments
57:47 • 13min
Repeating the Odyssey Plan and next steps
01:10:43 • 2min
Outro
01:13:09 • 2min
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If you’ve ever had that quiet thought – “There’s more I’m meant to do” – this episode is your sign to pay attention.
What if the life you want isn’t as far away as it feels?
What if you could start seeing new possibilities right now?
In this episode, Mel shares 3 powerful questions you need to ask yourself this week.
Developed by Stanford University professors, these questions have helped millions of people design lives they love.
They’re simple, but they’ll shake up how you think about your work, your relationships, your life purpose, and the direction you’re heading right this second.
By the end, you’ll know exactly where you have “unfinished business” with yourself – and how to finally take action on it.
You’ll learn:
-The 3 questions from Stanford’s “Designing Your Life” course that reveal what you really want next.
-How to identify and create new options for your life, even when you think you have none.
-How to take one small step today that quietly changes everything.
You don’t need to have it all figured out. You don’t need to blow up your life and start from scratch.
You just need to ask yourself these 3 questions, then watch your life change for the better.
For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page.
If you liked the episode, check out this one next: How to Design Your Life (A Full Step-by-Step Process).
Learn more about Stanford professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans and their new book here.
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