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How to Get Motivated Even When You Don’t Feel Like It

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Know Thyself for Lasting Change

People often focus too much on fixing their problems rather than understanding the underlying causes of these issues. Mastering one's life requires exploring all facets of oneself, acknowledging internal conflicts, and questioning the societal pressures that influence one's desires for change. By taking the time to understand personal motivations and experiences, individuals can better navigate their emotional landscape and make meaningful progress. This self-awareness acts as the key to gaining control and direction in life, ultimately paving the way for positive transformations without the chaos of blindly following external expectations.

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what I'd say. We are way too obsessed with fixing things. You want your life to be different, right? You're saying this needs to change, this needs to change, this needs to change. But that's only one part of you. There's another part of you that doesn't want things to be different, right? That wants to stay at home, that wants to hit the snooze button, that doesn't want to ever go on a date again. if you want to master your life, you need to take control of all parts of you. You need to understand all parts of you. And we spend way too much time trying to fix our problems without even understanding where did this come from? How does this manifest? How does it affect me? So spend a little bit more time or a lot more time yourself understanding your conflict. Don't even try to fix your problems. Just understand them. Where does this come from? What is the experience of this in my life? Like in a moment to moment, what does my struggle actually look like? Where does my drive to change come from? Because a lot of that crap is societal conditioning and trying to keep up with the Joneses and all this kind of stuff too. And just spend time with yourself and understanding yourself. Because the more that you understand yourself, the more you will understand here's where the gas pedal is, here's where the brake is, here's where the steering wheel is. See, we're looking at what everyone else is doing. We're looking out the windshield and we're seeing everybody else driving their car and we're not even looking inside our own car. And then we, why does our car keep on getting into a wreck? Why doesn't it go where other people's car goes? I can see it moving forward. How do I get it there? Start with understanding yourself. And once you understand yourself because you are a unique human being with a unique set of levers that control your emotions and your behaviors and motivations and all that kind of stuff, and you're trying to use other people's answer for your unique genetics, your unique circumstances, your unique karma. And instead, understand yourself first. Just spend some time paying attention. That's the one thing that needs to change. If that changes, then you will be amazed at how easy everything else will... It'll be like dominoes, where once you understand yourself, then a lot of things will start going positive in your life. Oh my God, I feel so encouraged, Dr. K. Dr. K, what are your parting words?

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