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Are You Giving It 100%? | Mel Robbins #shorts

3 Jul 2026 · 2 min

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In this short motivational monologue, Mel Robbins challenges viewers to examine whether they are fully committed—giving 100%—to their current life chapter. She argues that partial effort (e.g., operating at 40%) leads to unhappiness, self‑criticism, and unrealistic expectations. Using the analogy of having both feet in the present versus one foot elsewhere, she illustrates how straddling two directions creates pain and prevents contentment. Robbins shares a personal example of moving to a new city but repeatedly driving back to Boston on weekends, which she identifies as actively sabotaging her new situation by not giving it her full attention. The core message urges listeners to ask themselves, “Am I giving it 100%?” and to commit wholly to their present circumstances to achieve genuine satisfaction.

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Are you 100% in it? Yeah. Because it's very hard to be content and happy when you're only throwing in 40%. Yeah. And obviously comparing where you currently are to your past means you're not 100% there. Your energy and shrinking and crossing your arms and being judgy, expecting something to be amazing within the first month or two. You're not 100% there, but there's also another thing that keeps you from being 100% there. And I like to think of this analogy that are both of your feet in the present chapter? Or do you have one foot somewhere else while you have one foot here and straddling two Clydesdales running in different directions can be painful. I think it's really unfair to criticize where you are if you don't give it 100%. Yeah. Or to blame your unhappiness on the situation you're in if you haven't given the situation your full 100%. Yeah. And I can see in my example of when we first moved here that I was not giving it 100% because like you, I would drive back to Boston a lot of weekends to see my friends, which means I was not here trying to make new ones. Yeah, I was actively campaigning against the current situation by finding the exit. Yeah. And that's why you have to ask yourself, am I giving it 100%?