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How to Make 2026 the Best Year: 6 Questions to Ask Yourself

2025-12-15 People & Blogs
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Order your copy of The Let Them Theory 👉 https://melrob.co/let-them-theory 👈 The #1 Best Selling Book of 2025 🔥 Discover how much power you truly have. It all begins with two simple words. Let Them. — 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 https://melrob.co/bestyear2026 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 https://melrob.co/bestyear2026 To learn more about Pure Genius, which Mel mentioned in today’s episode, get on the waitlist here: https://www.puregeniusprotein.com/MY For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page: https://www.melrobbins.com/episode/episode-351. Follow The Mel Robbins Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themelrobbinspodcast I’m just your friend. I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Got it? Good. I’ll see you in the next episode. In this episode: 00:00 Welcome 00:58 Plan Next Year With 6 Questions 11:00 Question #1:  What Were the Low Points of Your Year? 26:02 Question #2: What Were the High Moments? 37:19 Question #3:  What Did You Learn this Year? 45:54 Question #4: What Are You Going to Stop Doing? 52:19 Question #5: What Are You Going to Continue Doing? 58:58 Question #6: What Are You Going to Start Doing? — Follow Mel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melrobbins/ TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@melrobbins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melrobbins LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins Website: http://melrobbins.com​ — Sign up for Mel’s newsletter: https://melrob.co/sign-up-newsletter A note from Mel to you, twice a week, sharing simple, practical ways to build the life you want. — Subscribe to Mel’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/melrobbins​?sub_confirmation=1 — Listen to The Mel Robbins Podcast 🎧 New episodes drop every Monday & Thursday! https://melrob.co/spotify https://melrob.co/applepodcasts https://melrob.co/amazonmusic — Looking for Mel’s books on Amazon? Find them here: The Let Them Theory: https://amzn.to/3IQ21Oe The Let Them Theory Audiobook: https://amzn.to/413SObp The High 5 Habit: https://amzn.to/3fMvfPQ The 5 Second Rule: https://amzn.to/4l54fah

Top Comments (10)

@staciechapman9405 2025-12-17

As a Christian, I will pray many times about making God-given goals, I will ask for strength and discipline. He is always faithful!

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@kimberlyturner820 2025-12-18

This is the worst year I've ever had in my life. I feel so low. I hope next year is better.

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@Ali_Unlimited123 2025-12-24

I hope 2026 is the best year for everyone watching/commenting!! 🎉

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@marychavarria6301 2025-12-15

New fan here. I really needed today's broadcast. I lost my youngest child suddenly almost 2 months ago. We were so close. She was only 34. It would be so easy to use my loss as an excuse to give up on ever having a happy, healthy, productive rest of my life, but I know that she wouldn't want that, and truthfully, neither do I. Thank you so much for encouraging me to keep going, and to make the best choices, ones that would make her proud. Looking forward to watching your past and future podcasts.

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@TheRedBookPodcastID 2025-12-20

"An amazing life does not happen by chance, it happens by choice". Love it!

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@jessicasorenson4829 2025-12-28

I'd love to see a kid-friendly version of the workbook that helps introduce kids to this kind of self-reflection and goal setting, but isn't 22 pages long 😅

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@jesssmith2064 2025-12-16

Shocking year. Weight gain. Grief. Peri. Determined that next year will be different!

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@RobinMudd 2026-01-02

Happy New Year, Family ❤️ Hit 80K today. I'm really for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way so far. Stared with 20k a month ago😊

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@Jessica-b6q4m 2026-01-02

Let me do the summary 1. What were my low points? 2. What were my high points? 3. What did I learn? 4. What will I stop doing? 5. What will I continue doing? 6. What will I start doing?

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@AllThingsSoul 2025-12-27

One huge lesson I learned from this is to "Put Things On My Phone Calendar" so I can look back and remember what I loved, and what I don't ever want to go through again.

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