Mel Robbins argues most people waste their lives on unfulfilling pursuits when they're actually more capable than they think. Watching entrepreneurs on Shark Tank can spark you to pursue your own dreams, and rejection on the show often ignites the fire to prove yourself.
You're much more capable than you think you are. I don't care who you are, who's listening. You're more capable than you think you are. You just have to think that way and find out what it is, really. I hate people wasting their life on what they're not really liking.
It's such— it's sad.
Makes you cry.
It makes me— it's why I do this. It's really why I do this, because I feel like the biggest thing that I'm trying to change is the discouragement that people feel that makes them never do or try anything that makes their life better.
Yes, I agree with you. That's kind of like what I'm doing on Shark Tank.
Yes.
Yes, same kind of thing.
Exact same kind of thing.
I'm like a fairy godmother and I can make your dream come true or I can make you not have the opportunity. I can decide if you're worthy. Bing! You're gonna be a millionaire. Bing! You're gonna be a millionaire. And if you change people's attitude toward what they want, bing, you're gonna be happy. Bing, you're gonna be fulfilled. Bing, you're not gonna pause anymore and make excuses. You empower them.
Yes.
You empower them. Yes. What a lucky job you have. You might wanna go on Shark Tank. It's similar.
Maybe, just maybe. But what also is cool is you taught me this. What's that? That even if somebody comes on Shark Tank and they get told no, no, no, no, those nos might be the match that lights the fire inside them to say, I'll show you. Yes. Because ultimately it does come back to you.
Wow.
And as we watch on television, what I've noticed in watching that show and watching you in particular, is there's something in seeing someone else do something that you dream of doing that makes you get closer and have to confront that thing inside you. Well said. You see yourself in the entrepreneur. Yes, you— yes, of course. And I think that's That's why people tune in, because that show is about dreams. It's about taking control of your life. It's about creating something and doing a business that can change the course of your family or your community or make people's lives more convenient or better. Like, there's so much about that show that's 100% about the aspirations that we all have inside us.
You know, I meet people all the time in the street who tell me without Shark Tank, And they're grown up. They're like in their 25, 30 years old. They said, I've been watching Shark Tank 15 years. I started my business because of it. They get inspired. They watch the entrepreneur and say, why just him? Why not me? And that's the best part of the show. I think that's where the good is really done. How does that make you feel? Like a million bucks. Like a million bucks, really. And I have a million bucks, so I know what it feels like.
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