The Science of Self Control: Find Motivation, Build Willpower, and Increase Your Focus

Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Let me ask you something. Why is it so hard to do the things you know you need to do? Why can't you just get motivated to work out, eat better, stop scrolling, write the email, go to bed, clean the garage, whatever it is you want to do it, you keep telling yourself, uh, you'll start tomorrow. But somehow you don't.

You stay stuck. You keep scrolling. You order the takeout. You waste another hour on your phone, and then you feel like crap about it. Sound familiar?

I hear this all the time from friends, from listeners emailing in, from my own kids, and I've lived it too. But the problem isn't you. The problem is your brain. It's been hijacked and it continues to be hijacked. You're not unmotivated, you're overstimulated.

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