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Wikipedia Summary for Mel Robbins
Melanie Robbins (née Schneeberger on October 6, 1968) is an American lawyer, television host, author, and motivational speaker. Robbins is known for covering the George Zimmerman trial for CNN; her TEDx talk, How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over; and her books, The 5 Second Rule and The High 5 Habit. She also has multiple podcast series hosted on Audible.
She suffered from depression and anxiety and was diagnosed with ADD.
Consider the record: In Trump's world, a woman is not in front of a man; her place is behind, under, or on his arm.
The more generous you are, the easier and more satisfying and fun your life is. And it took me so long.
If you show up every day to a job you hate, and you are doing nothing to change that -- you've got no one to blame but yourself.
When Trump says no one loves women more than he does, what exactly is he referring to? Fantasizing about them on the 'Access Hollywood' bus? Placing them only in professional roles that answer to him?
Finding meaning in your work is your responsibility. Any job can be better when you actively work to find meaning in the work.
Our nation, our economy, and our families would be much stronger if half of our companies were run by women and half of our households were run by men.
I believe I am a brilliant and gifted guide, that I have been given a tremendous intuition.
I realized I wasn't a good employee because I was too busy listening to people's personal problems to do work.
In Trump's world, men get to play by different rules. Even the witch hunt over Hillary Clinton's emails exudes a double standard. George W. Bush 'lost' 22 million emails during his presidency. We can't even go back and look at the communication regarding the decision to invade Iraq.
Sexism is bad enough when it's men demeaning women. When women do it to other women, it's even more deflating.
Never in my lifetime has there been more misogyny on display than during the 2016 election. It was disgusting. The biggest offender: Donald Trump.
The moment you feel yourself hesitate on something you know you should do, count 5-4-3-2-1 to activate your prefrontal cortex and interrupt the habit of overthinking, self-doubt, and fear.
Trump crossed the line all the time. Flustered during the debate because he couldn't out-debate Clinton on policy, he just leaned into the mic and dismissed her entirely: 'nasty woman.'
'Time Magazine' declared Hillary Clinton the 'perfect' age to be president because she's a postmenopausal woman who is 'biologically primed' to lead.
There's a lot of buzz words in the business world these days -- Design thinking, innovation, fast-failure, disruption, cross-functional leadership -- and at the heart of every one of these concepts is the ability for people to make small moves forward, learn, iterate.
Graphic public service announcements about texting and driving or drinking and driving serve a purpose: to see the imagery in your mind so your behavior will change.
Fear-bola attacks the part of the brain responsible for rational thinking. It starts with a low-grade concern about the two health care workers diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas and slowly builds into fear of a widespread epidemic in the United States.
A Hillary Clinton presidency would have represented an important step away from the country's lagging acceptance of women as powerful, full participants in our democracy.
You have something unique that no one else has -- your life experience. That's the power of you.
We want to believe that we live in a world where our daughters can do anything and be anything. And you'd think they could -- they outnumber boys in college, graduate school, and the work force.
There is no shame in wanting to age naturally or wanting to 'age gracefully' with a little help from products or procedures.
You always know. You have basic needs, and when they aren't met, your body sends signals. Hunger, loneliness, exhaustion, thirst, and fear are all signals that something is missing, and you need to act on it now.
You need to recognize that the risk of moving toward your dreams is much lower than the slow, everyday punishment you inflict on yourself by suppressing your dream.
While younger women are told to be thinner and prettier, ads for older women emphasize looking younger and wrinkle free -- tapping into the insecurities that many of us have about getting older.
You have been assigned this mountain so that you can show others it can be moved.
If science doesn't convince you, just Google 'cheating politicians' for the long and sordid list of men -- like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mark Sanford, and John Edwards -- whose hormones got the best of them.
There will always be someone who can't see your worth.
Don't let it be you.
Life is about growth and exploration, not achieving a fixed state of balance. You have a very limited time on earth to experience all that you can. Figuring out how to squeeze the most out of your family, work, and spirituality is your life's purpose. Go do it.
Ninety percent of what you're stressing about right now won't even matter a year from now. Take a deep breath.
Today I refuse to stress myself out about things I cannot control or change.
Courage is not a state. It's an action that you need to practice everyday. When you practice everyday, you feel proud, powerful, build authentic pride in yourself, and create real confidence.
The truth is that you don't get closure from someone else. It comes from you. You are the only one with the power to close that chapter and start writing the next one. And that's incredibly powerful.
It's easy to get stuck in your first plan. Don't give up when that one fails (and it probably will). Take what you learned and change the plan, not your resolve to achieve the goal.
The most important relationship in your life is the one you have with yourself. The right person for you right now might be you.
The hard stuff will always be hard. The scary stuff will always be scary. It won't ever feel easy and you won't ever feel like doing it. The real way to move forward is knowing that you can push yourself. You can do it anyway. That's how you succeed.
Confident people fail all the time. You just need to have the confidence to keep trying.
Don't try to have it all figured out all the time. Half of my journey has been learning to own up to my flaws and mistakes with a sense of humor and grace for myself.
Be your own biggest fan. Love yourself and give yourself the things that you need.
If you're in the valley of despair with an idea that means the world to you, keep going, keep growing, keep learning. Your time is coming.
Your past is a lesson… not a life sentence. Forgive yourself and focus on the future.
Forgive yourself. Whatever you're holding onto or carrying around from the past -- let it go.
Motivation is BS. Don't start with motivation. Don't wait to feel like it. Start by doing.
Busyness is an excuse. It's a really effective way to put off the things you're too scared to do or that you don't want to do, because it shifts the responsibility away from you.
Swap your excuses for responsibility. Instead of whining about all the reasons it hasn't happened yet -- own up to it. The only reason is you.
You change your life when you stop blaming other people for where you are and take responsibility for where you're going.
The single most empowering thing you can do is take responsibility for yourself, 100% of the time.
Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
