Do you want to make 2026 your best year yet?

An amazing year doesn’t happen by chance. It happens by choice. And there are only 6 questions to ask yourself for instant clarity and insight. Your answers will show you what the very next steps are in your life.

The brand new companion workbook to this episode can be found at melrobbins.com/bestyear.

In this episode, Mel walks you through her empowering, research-backed, year-end ritual designed to set you up for success. By the end, you’ll know exactly where to steer your energy to make next year your best yet.

She will cover:

-The powerful year-end ritual she has used for the past 22 years

-The simple question to ask yourself to know what you really want

-Why doing this every single year is the key to her own success - and how if you've done this process in the past, you can take it up a notch this year

-How to use your camera roll to highlight your year

-The one best step you should take after listening to this episode

-Her own reflections on the year and the goals she is setting.

This episode comes with a 20-page companion workbook. This brand new workbook is designed to help you get clear about what you want and empower you to take the next step forward in your life.

And the cool part? It takes less than a minute for you to get your hands on it.

Just sign up at melrobbins.com/bestyear.

To learn more about Pure Genius, which Mel mentioned in today’s episode, click here to get on the waitlist.

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If you liked the episode, check out this one next: How to Reinvent Your Life Starting Today

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This episode is a MUST listen.

If you feel stuck right now - whether it’s with your health, your job, your habits, your relationships - this conversation is for you.

Today, you’re getting a new framework that helps you create an instant shift, and it comes from one of Mel’s favorite thinkers on the planet: Mark Rober.

Mark is a NASA engineer who turned his love of science and education into the #1 science education platform in the world, with 72 million YouTube subscribers.

And here’s here to teach you a completely different way to approach goals, confidence, and happiness:

Treat your entire life like an experiment.

Mark has spent his life turning failure into data, setbacks into experiments, and high-pressure work into play.

He has synthesized every single thing he has learned into a few simple tools and strategies that he is teaching you today.

His personal framework, rooted in engineering, will help you achieve your goals, improve your habits, be happier, make better decisions, have more fun, and become more confident.

This is about thinking like an engineer, not to build rockets, but to build a better life.

You’ll learn:

-How to make your goals more fun so you stick with them

-What the Super Mario Effect is and how it will change how you think about “failure” forever

-A stress-free way to choose your next step when the future feels blurry

You’ll also learn the lessons behind some of his wildest experiments, his simple method for beating overwhelm and uncertainty, and a specific message for teachers.

If you’re tired of overthinking, afraid to make a move, or bored with your own excuses, this episode is a masterclass in engineering your way forward and turning failure into fuel.

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.

If you liked the episode, check out this one next: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Figure Out What You Really Want.

Still looking for a holiday gift?

One of Mel’s favorite gifts to give is a CrunchLabs subscription.

And as a gift to listeners of The Mel Robbins Podcast, Mark is offering a special discount of 15% off any CrunchLabs subscription using the code MELROBBINS.

These monthly subscription boxes, created by Mark, are great for the kids in your life because they are designed to foster creativity, inspire hands-on engineering, and teach robotics and coding skills.

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If you’ve been feeling the itch for something more in life: a new chapter, a new dream, a new version of yourself – this episode is your green light.

It is a guide to how you can transform your life at any moment.

Today, Mel sits down with her friend Hoda Kotb. Hoda, more than anyone else, will prove to you that reinvention is something you CAN do.

In her twenties and thirties, she climbed the ranks in newsrooms across the country and refused to quit until she landed one of the most coveted jobs in the world, a co-anchor of the Today Show.

In her forties she became a breast cancer survivor, in her fifties she adopted her daughters and became a mother for the first time, and at sixty, she walked away from the peak of her career to launch a brand-new business with no prior experience.

Every single time life whispered, “It’s too late for you,” Hoda said, “No, it’s not. Watch me.”

The wisdom she is sharing, directly with you, will prove that it's not too late – you can reinvent your life.

She is going to walk you step by step through how she did it, over and over again.

She will teach you how to:

-“Stop the train” of your life, zoom out, and honestly ask, “Is this actually enough for me?”

-Find the courage to give voice to the quiet dream you’ve buried because you’re afraid it won’t happen

-Keep going when other people say you're not good enough

-Reframe fear, rejection, and “no” using Hoda’s wild early-career story (27 rejections and ONE person who changed everything)

-Truly start to believe that you do deserve more

If you feel stuck in your job, your relationship, your routine, or just in a version of yourself you’ve outgrown, this episode is your permission slip and your playbook.

This is your sign. This is your moment.

Let Hoda show you what’s possible.

For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page.

If you liked the episode, check out this one next with Dr. Martha Beck: How to Find Your Purpose & Design the Life You Want

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