This One Episode Will Motivate You to Change Your Entire Life

Mel Robbins (0:00)

Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast.

I am so excited that you're here with me today, because I'm going to introduce you to somebody who has had a profound impact on my life.

12 years ago, I started posting on social media as a 46-year-old woman because of one human being. His name, Gary Vaynerchuk. I would not be the person I am today. I would not have written The Five Second Rule, The High Five Habit, The Let Them Theory. I wouldn't have started this podcast, and I probably wouldn't have gotten out of $800,000 worth of debt if it were not for Gary Vaynerchuk. Now, if you usually turn to me in order to feel better and to be reminded that yes, you are capable of extraordinary things, you are capable of changing your life. Well, if you're turning to me for that, I cannot wait for you to meet Gary Vaynerchuk because he's the person I turn to for that kind of encouragement. He's the person I've studied the most about putting yourself out there, reinvention, seeing around corners, forgetting about what everybody else thinks, doing the thing you've always wanted to do.

So I'm going to tell you right now, if you are not interested in changing your life, if you are not interested in being motivated, if you are not interested in going for the things that you want your life, you better stop listening right now. Because this is going to be a conversation that you will save, that I will save, that you will listen to over and over and over and over again. After today, you will stop waiting for the right time, the right answer, the right feeling, the right person, and you will finally do the thing you need to do.

Open the Etsy shop, sell your art, change careers, start the business. Start your life.

Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast. And if you're a new listener, I just want to welcome you to The Mel Robbins Podcast family. If somebody shared this with you, I want you, after you're done listening, to call them and say thank you. Thank you for sharing that episode with me because Gary Vaynerchuk, also known as Gary Vee, is here to tell you, stop making excuses. He's gonna teach you how to change your life right now. Some of the things you're not gonna like to hear because Gary goes right for the truth. He's kind of like a punch and a hug guy. And he has been my mentor from afar for 12 years. This is the first time that I am sitting down with the person who inspired me to start posting online. I would not be hosting The Mel Robbins Podcast. I would not be the person that you know me to be today if it were not for Gary Vaynerchuk. And Gary Vee, oh my gosh. He's one of the most successful entrepreneurs and creators of this generation. He is considered one of the leading global minds on what's next in culture, business and the internet. Six time New York Times bestselling author. 45 million people follow his work. He is the chairman of VaynerX, the CEO of VeeFriends. And the CEO of VaynerMedia, one of the largest global advertising agencies in the world. Today, Gary has flown to Boston for one reason. He's here for you.

He wants you to stop making excuses. He wants you to take control of your life. He knows you have so much more that you can give and do an experience in your life. And today, he's going to ignite something in you and show you how. Please help me welcome the one, the only Gary Vaynerchuk to The Mel Robbins Podcast.

Gary Vaynerchuk (4:02)

I'm so happy to be here, Mel. Thank you.

Mel Robbins (4:04)

You have been an inspiration to me for 12 years. I would not be where I am today without you. And so where I want to start, because I'm so thrilled that the person that's with us right now is going to get to be infused with your wisdom, your energy, the lessons from your life, the way you think about life.

How might the person who's listening's life change if they take to heart everything that we're about to talk about today?

Gary Vaynerchuk (4:29)

They'll become dramatically lighter.

We are incredibly capable of making mountains out of mole hills and we focus on dumb shit until real shit happens and then we recalibrate. I prefer the person that's listening right now enjoy life or understand life before something bad happens in it. And I'm very focused on that and that's a lot of what my content and my life is about.