Benny Blanco, who's produced hits for Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Ed Sheeran, talks with Mel Robbins about overcoming self-doubt. His rule: keep showing up. He says quitting only opens the door for others, and every failure is a stepping stone.
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We're on.
Okay, I'm ready.
Our incredible guest today is going to look you in the eye and tell you, if you want your life to look and feel different a year from now, you want the dream job, true love, unshakable confidence, better friendships, more happiness. There's one rule: keep showing up.
It's just about starting now. Start today. I don't care whatever idea you have. If you have one idea, start Doing something to move that from here to here.
He has written a blockbuster of a book called F Failure, which happens to be exactly the message he is here to share with you today. Now, you might not know his name, but I guarantee you, you know his music.
Katy Perry, I Kissed a Girl. Katy Perry, Hot and Cold. Katy Perry's California Gurls. Katy Perry's Teenage Dream. Britney Spears, Circus. Kesha's Tik Tok, Rihanna, Diamonds, Maroon 5, Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5, Maps, Maroon 5, Animals, Ed Sheeran's Don't, Ed Sheeran's entire Divide album, Justin Bieber's Love Yourself, Señorita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.
Benny Blanco is a 12-time Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer with 29 number 1 hits, and 19 of those songs Have over a billion streams each on Spotify.
I still have imposter syndrome.
You? I still do. Benny has come all the way to our Boston studios with the real stories behind his success and the hard lessons he's learned along the way.
You're gonna have to work at it and you're gonna fail and you're gonna have so many barriers and you're gonna have so many times where you want to quit, but you're not gonna because you know that if you do quit, You're just giving space for that other person trying the same thing to just get right ahead of you. Oh, God.
That's a good one. That the second you quit, you actually just— Open the door for someone else. Benny wants you to know every single failure is leading you somewhere great, even if you can't see it right now. See, I fail all the time.
Look, I just fucked up just now. Okay, so that's a perfect thing. Keep that in. Nobody take that out. I'm not taking that out. Don't you worry.
And if he can turn his failures into hits, you can turn yours into the life you've been wanting to live.
What if it all works out? Not what if, it will all work out.
Benny Blanco, welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast.
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