5 Ways to Actually Make Your Habits Stick
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Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Okay, today you and I are going to talk about habits and I'm going to share the five things. I'm talking essential things, tips, tricks, shortcuts. You can call it whatever you want. These are the ways that I make habits stick. And I wanted to talk to you about this today for a particular reason. Number one, did you know that most people, when they start to try to lock in a new habit, by day 19, they quit? That's why I'm releasing this episode today, because you're about ready to quit on something new that you've started. And also, I've noticed y'all are slamming the inbox at MelRobbins.com with questions about habits. So we're going to just cut through the noise.
We're going to drop all the BS, and you and I are going to get the facts straight about habits. Number one, you need them. Number two, you can master them. Number three, in order to master them, you need my tips and tricks. And so I am going to teach you the five essential things that you need in order to make your new habits stick. Let's do this.
Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I am so excited that you're here because I have so much to teach you and to share with you. This is going to be one of those conversations where you get to benefit from all the mistakes that I've made. Because boy, oh boy, when it comes to changing behavior, I am one stubborn, lazy, lack in willpower kind of person. I have had to figure out how to hack my way through tips and tricks. to changing. And we're gonna be talking about habits today. And I'm gonna share with you the five essential secrets and tools. You can call these things whatever the heck you want. They just work. And I'm gonna avalanche you with takeaways today. So get ready.
You're gonna not only wanna bookmark this and listen to it two or three times, but you're gonna wanna come back to this over and over and over again because this is gold, pure gold. This is the shortcut to making new habits stick. But before I jump in, I also wanted to just take a beat and welcome you, if you're brand new to the Mel Robbins Podcast family. This is one of those episodes that I know you're going to share with everybody that you care about. And so if somebody that loves you sent you this... I want to say thank you. Thank you for taking the time and finding the time to hit play and to listen to something that is going to set you up to win this year. Thank you for being interested in your own improvement.
Thank you for wanting to learn shortcuts and things that you can do in order to make new habits stick because that's what we're going to be talking about. So the fact that you chose to listen to this tells me something about you. It tells me you're my kind of person because you're looking to learn and you're interested in improving yourself. And I just think that's super cool. And the other thing that I think is really cool in life is the more that I can save you the headaches and the heartaches that I've caused myself because I didn't know what I was doing. I was Miss, let's set some goals. Let's go for it for a week and then let's get tired and blow it off and feel like a loser. Well, it took me a long time to realize that habits are simply a skill you can learn.
You're designed to learn new behavior. Your mind and your body, they're actually wired to learn patterns. And you can use this to your advantage. And so today, I am going to give you everything that I've learned the hard way to come up with five essential strategies that you can use all day long anytime you wanna lock in a new habit. And once you learn these five things, holy cow, you're gonna be unstoppable. You can set yourself up for success You can master the skill of learning new patterns. You can set your environment up to support you in remembering. You don't have to manage this in your head. You don't have to wait for willpower. You don't have to be superhuman. You can use these five things and set up a system to help you win. And that's what we're going to do today. You know, I believe that you are one decision away from a different life because when you make a decision to change something, It is like tipping a domino in an entirely new direction. The decision begins the change. But how do you actually make the change stick? That's where habits come in.
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