ARTICLE
Mel Robbins: Why Keeping a Journal Is Key to a Successful Career
By Dan Schawbel — 2017
Robbins tells me why most people don't keep a journal on their daily progress, her journalist method, how journaling helps you become less stressed, and her tips for maximizing your productivity.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
CLEAR ALL
BY TOPIC
BY TYPE
FILTER
TOPIC
- Self-Mastery (63)
- Habits of Mind (58)
- Self-Discovery (58)
- Well-Being (55)
- Awareness (47)
- Emotional and Mental Health (42)
- Personal Development (42)
- Habit Formation (40)
- Grit (39)
- Relationship with Time (39)
- Motivation (38)
- Mind-Body Connection (37)
- Transformation (37)
- Meditation (36)
- Anxiety (35)
- Mindfulness Practices (34)
- Healing Approaches (33)
- Journaling (33)
- Peak Performance (33)
- Performance Pressure (32)
- Focus (30)
- Resilience (30)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (30)
- Depression (29)
- Growth Mindset (29)
- Self-Healing (29)
- Neuroscience (28)
- Self-Realization (28)
- Happiness (26)
- Illness and Injury (26)
- Self-Actualization (26)
- Self-Care (25)
- Self-Pressure (25)
- Buddhism (24)
- Confidence (24)
- Spiritual Growth (24)
- Authenticity (23)
- Building Character (23)
- Finding Meaning (23)
- Human Potential (23)
- Kids and Sports (23)
- Self-Love (23)
- Stress Management (23)
- Creative Well-Being (22)
- Self-Control (22)
- Spiritual Awakening (22)
- Imagination and Creativity (21)
- Negative Self-Talk (21)
- Presence (21)
- Self-Reckoning (21)
- Courage (20)
- Gratitude (20)
- Mindfulness Meditation (20)
- Positive Self-Talk (20)
- Search for Purpose (20)
- Self-Acceptance (20)
- Addiction (19)
- Intention (19)
- Gender Discrimination (17)
- Productivity (17)
- Women’s Well-Being (17)
- Inner Peace (16)
- Leadership (16)
- Physical Health (16)
- Diet and Nutrition (15)
- Empowerment (15)
- Identity (15)
- Inner Life (15)
- Inner Strengths (15)
- Manifestation (15)
- Memoir (15)
- Self-Compassion (15)
- Willpower (15)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (14)
- Mentoring (14)
- Positive Psychology (14)
- Relationship Challenges (14)
- Time Management (14)
- Visualization (14)
- Eating Disorders (13)
- Entrepreneurship (13)
- Failure (13)
- Fear (13)
- Joy (13)
- Trauma Healing (13)
- Brain Health (12)
- Breathwork (12)
- Clinical Depression (12)
- Communication Skills (12)
- Female Empowerment (12)
- Honoring Emotion (12)
- Spiritual Development (12)
- Young Adult Well-Being (12)
- ADD/ADHD (11)
- Burnout (11)
- Chronic Anxiety (11)
- Competition (11)
- Life Challenges (11)
- Neurodiversity (11)
- Racial Discrimination (11)
- Self-Expression (11)
- Stress (11)
- Values (11)
- Activism/Service (10)
- Aging (10)
- Consciousness (10)
- Criticism and Rejection (10)
- Decision Making (10)
- Exercise (10)
- Fellowship and Community (10)
- Forgiveness (10)
- Letting Go (10)
- Perception (10)
- Relationship with Money (10)
- Unfulfilled Career (10)
- Black Well-Being (9)
- Compassion (9)
- Endurance (9)
- Neuroplasticity (9)
- Positive Thinking (9)
- Self-Reliance (9)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (9)
- Addiction Recovery (8)
- Anger (8)
- Belonging (8)
- Conflict Resolution (8)
- Discrimination (8)
- Integrity (8)
- Parenting (8)
- Passion (8)
- Problem Solving (8)
- Racial Justice (8)
- Racism (8)
- Self-Worth (8)
- Sleep (8)
- Social Justice (8)
- Work-Life Balance (8)
- Zen Buddhism (8)
- Body Image (7)
- Enlightenment (7)
- Family Dynamics (7)
- Homophobia (7)
- Integrative Medicine (7)
- Love (7)
- Mental Health Challenges (7)
- Psychology (7)
- Romantic Relationships (7)
- Self-Discipline (7)
- Social Responsibility (7)
- Spiritual Healing (7)
- Spiritual Life (7)
- Vulnerability (7)
- Yoga (7)
- Acceptance (6)
- Chronic Health Conditions (6)
- Community Healing (6)
- Identity Shifts (6)
- LGBTQIA Sexuality (6)
- Optimism (6)
- Philosophical Approaches (6)
- Ritual (6)
- Self-Esteem (6)
- Suffering (6)
- Tibetan Buddhism (6)
- Affirmations (5)
- Anger Management (5)
- Collaboration (5)
- Connection (5)
- Connection with Nature (5)
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) (5)
- Energy Healing (5)
- Freedom (5)
- Healthy Eating (5)
- Humility (5)
- Living with Illness (5)
- Moral Philosophy (5)
- Oneness (5)
- Performance Anxiety (5)
- Plateauing (5)
- Psychology and Spirituality (5)
- Racial Healing (5)
- Shame (5)
- Soul Mission (5)
- Speaking Your Truth (5)
- Spiritual Direction (5)
- Spiritual Practices (5)
- Spirituality and Health (5)
- Work Relationships (5)
- Access to Education (4)
- BIPOC Well-Being (4)
- Child’s Trauma (4)
- Chronic Pain (4)
- Curiosity (4)
- Disabled Well-Being (4)
- Disconnection (4)
- Ego (4)
- Embodiment (4)
- Friendship (4)
- Generosity (4)
- Holism (4)
- Imposter Syndrome (4)
- Insight (Vipassana) Meditation (4)
- Interdependence (4)
- Intimacy (4)
- Kindness (4)
- Learning Styles (4)
- Neuropsychology (4)
- Poverty/Economic Inequality (4)
- Science and Spirituality (4)
- Stoicism (4)
- Suicide (4)
- The Yips (4)
- Trauma (4)
- Trust (4)
- Work Challenges (4)
- Work Ethic (4)
- Alcohol Addiction (3)
- Autism (3)
- Awe (3)
- Cancer (3)
- Cannabis/CBD (3)
- Child’s Emotional Growth (3)
- Diamond Approach (3)
- Domestic Abuse (3)
- Drug Addiction (3)
- Empathy (3)
- Global Challenges (3)
- Grief (3)
- Guided Meditation (3)
- Higher Calling (3)
- Inner Child (3)
- Inspiration (3)
- Intuition (3)
- Jealousy/Envy (3)
- Jungian Analysis (3)
- Life-Altering Injury (3)
- Lovingkindness (3)
- Neoshamanism (3)
- Nutritional Medicine (3)
- Offering Support to Others (3)
- Rest (3)
- Sacred Feminine (3)
- Shadow (3)
- Shamanic Healing (3)
- Slumps (3)
- Somatic Practices (3)
- Sustainability (3)
- The Feldenkrais Method (3)
- Walking Meditation (3)
- Whiteness (3)
- Women’s Rights (3)
- Zen Meditation (3)
- Accepting Love (2)
- AIDS (2)
- Altered States (2)
- Asking for Help (2)
- Binge Eating (2)
- Channeling (2)
- Children’s Well-Being (2)
- Climate Change (2)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (2)
- Conscious Evolution (2)
- Death or Loss of a Loved One (2)
- Despair (2)
- Dharma (2)
- Digital Life (2)
- Divorce and Breakup (2)
- Dysfunctional Childhood (2)
- Enneagram (2)
- Epigenetics (2)
- Faith (2)
- Guilt (2)
- Handling a Loved One’s Illness (2)
- Indigenous Healing Approaches (2)
- Karma (2)
- Longevity (2)
- Male Friendship (2)
- Marriage (2)
- Masculine/Feminine Dynamics (2)
- Memory (2)
- Men’s Well-Being (2)
- Naturopathy (2)
- Panic Attacks (2)
- Patience (2)
- Personality Typing (2)
- Physical Therapy (2)
- Play (2)
- Poetry (2)
- Prayer (2)
- Quantum Physics (2)
- Quitting Your Job (2)
- Sex (2)
- Sexual Assault or Abuse (2)
- Sexuality (2)
- Shamanism (2)
- Social Media Addiction (2)
- Social Psychology (2)
- Sutras (2)
- Synchronicity (2)
- Talk Therapy (2)
- Taoism (2)
- Transgender Well-Being (2)
- Transitions (2)
- Wholeness (2)
- A Course in Miracles (1)
- Abandonment (1)
- Adaptability (1)
- Astral Projection (1)
- Ayurveda (1)
- Betrayal (1)
- Biofeedback (1)
- Biohacking (1)
- Body Positivity (1)
- Body Scan Meditation (1)
- Building Culture (1)
- Bulimia (1)
- Bullying (1)
- Caregiver Well-Being (1)
- Chakras (1)
- Child’s ADD/ADHD (1)
- Child’s Challenging Behavior (1)
- Christianity (1)
- Clairvoyance and Precognition (1)
- Codependency (1)
- Cognition (1)
- Cognitive Psychology (1)
- Collective Trauma (1)
- Comparing Belief Traditions (1)
- Compassion Meditation (1)
- Conscience (1)
- Dark Night of the Soul (1)
- Death and Dying (1)
- Divination Systems (1)
- Doubt (1)
- Dream Analysis (1)
- Ecospirituality (1)
- Ego Dissolution (1)
- Ego Transcendence (1)
- Emotional Labor (1)
- Energy Balancing (1)
- Fate (1)
- Fatherhood (1)
- Fiction (1)
- Financial Instability (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- Functional Medicine (1)
- Gender Challenges (1)
- Gender Justice (1)
- Generational Healing (1)
- Genetics (1)
- God (1)
- Grace (1)
- Handling a Child’s Illness (1)
- Herbal Supplementation (1)
- Highly Sensitive People (1)
- Hinduism (1)
- Homeopathy (1)
- Hope (1)
- Immigration and Assimilation (1)
- Incarceration (1)
- Indigenous Well-Being (1)
- Inflammation (1)
- Life Force Energy (1)
- Lifestyle Medicine (1)
- Loneliness (1)
- Lovingkindness Meditation (1)
- Managing Energy (1)
- Midlife Crisis (1)
- Native American Beliefs (1)
- New Relationships (1)
- Non-Duality (1)
- OCD (1)
- Past Lives and Reincarnation (1)
- Pleasing Parents (1)
- Post-Traumatic Growth (1)
- Psychedelic Journey (1)
- Raising Daughters (1)
- Rebirth (1)
- Regret (1)
- Reiki (1)
- Reproductive Health (1)
- Retirement (1)
- Runes (1)
- Saturn Return (1)
- Self-Employment (1)
- Self-Hypnosis (1)
- Sexual Health (1)
- Situational Depression (1)
- Sleep Disorders (1)
- Social Anxiety (1)
- Social Presence (1)
- Spiritual Fasting (1)
- Spiritual Quest (1)
- Storytelling (1)
- Subconscious (1)
- Suicide Loss Survivor (1)
- T’ai Chi (1)
- The Divine (1)
- The Unconscious (1)
- Toxic Relationships (1)
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (1)
- Transcendent Experience (1)
- Transpersonal Psychology (1)
- Trauma-Informed Therapy (1)
- Veganism (1)
- Vegetarianism (1)
- Veteran Well-Being (1)
- Visions and Hallucinations (1)
- Wake-Up Calls (1)
- Weight Concerns (1)
- Western Astrology (1)
- Youth Activism (1)
FILTER
TEACHER
- Thich Nhat Hanh (8)
- Brendon Burchard (6)
- don Miguel Ruiz (6)
- Harriet Lerner (6)
- Michael Phelps (6)
- Natalie Goldberg (6)
- Byron Katie (5)
- Debbie Ford (5)
- don Jose Ruiz (5)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (5)
- Mel Robbins (5)
- Richard Davidson (5)
- Simone Biles (5)
- Wayne Dyer (5)
- Amishi Jha (4)
- Amy Morin (4)
- Eckhart Tolle (4)
- Jack Kornfield (4)
- John Bradshaw (4)
- Mark Victor Hansen (4)
- Neil Pasricha (4)
- Queen Afua (4)
- The Dalai Lama (4)
- A. H. Almaas (3)
- Andrew Weil (3)
- Bernie S. Siegel (3)
- Bhikku Anālayo (3)
- Daniel Goleman (3)
- Daniel J. Siegel (3)
- Danielle LaPorte (3)
- Ellen Langer (3)
- J. Krishnamurti (3)
- Joseph Goldstein (3)
- Kelly McGonigal (3)
- Ken Wilber (3)
- Lodro Rinzler (3)
- Louise Hay (3)
- Martin Seligman (3)
- Maya Angelou (3)
- Ram Dass (3)
- Swami Mukundananda (3)
- Thubten Chodron (3)
- Andy Puddicombe (2)
- Angela Duckworth (2)
- Arianna Huffington (2)
- Ashley Neese (2)
- Billie Jean King (2)
- Dan Millman (2)
- Edward Hallowell (2)
- Elena Brower (2)
- Elizabeth Lesser (2)
- Gabor Maté (2)
- HeatherAsh Amara (2)
- Iyanla Vanzant (2)
- James Baraz (2)
- James Hollis (2)
- Judson Brewer (2)
- Julia Cameron (2)
- Lorin Roche (2)
- Marcus Aurelius (2)
- Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin (2)
- Mark Epstein (2)
- Megan Rapinoe (2)
- Michael A. Singer (2)
- Moshé Feldenkrais (2)
- Naomi Osaka (2)
- Noah Elkrief (2)
- Oprah Winfrey (2)
- Pema Chödrön (2)
- Rhonda Magee (2)
- Rich Roll (2)
- Rick Hanson (2)
- Rudolph Ballentine (2)
- Rumi (2)
- Shauna Shapiro (2)
- Stephen Covey (2)
- Stephen Mitchell (2)
- Yung Pueblo (2)
- Adam Grant (1)
- Alain de Botton (1)
- Albert Einstein (1)
- Alexandra Elle (1)
- Amit Goswami (1)
- angel Kyodo williams (1)
- Anne Lamott (1)
- Barbara Emrys (1)
- Brené Brown (1)
- Bruce Lipton (1)
- Carol Dweck (1)
- Chalene Johnson (1)
- Charles Tart (1)
- Charlotte Joko Beck (1)
- Chip Conley (1)
- Chögyam Trungpa (1)
- Daniel Amen (1)
- Daniel Gilbert (1)
- David Feinstein (1)
- David Steindl-Rast (1)
- Deepak Chopra (1)
- Diane Stein (1)
- Dilip Jeste (1)
- don Miguel Ruiz Jr. (1)
- Donna Eden (1)
- Dorothy Day (1)
- Elaine Aron (1)
- Elizabeth Gilbert (1)
- Epictetus (1)
- Ervin László (1)
- Frans Stiene (1)
- Gangaji (1)
- Gary Gach (1)
- Gary Zukav (1)
- Gay Hendricks (1)
- Gaylon Ferguson (1)
- Geneen Roth (1)
- Gerald Jampolsky (1)
- Gretchen Rubin (1)
- Helen Weng (1)
- Herbert Benson (1)
- James Hillman (1)
- Jay Shetty (1)
- Jean Houston (1)
- Jeff Brown (1)
- Jeff Foster (1)
- Jeffrey Mishlove (1)
- Jesus (1)
- Joan Borysenko (1)
- JoAnna Hardy (1)
- Joe Dispenza (1)
- John C. Parkin (1)
- John Perry (1)
- John Welwood (1)
- John Wooden (1)
- Jonathan Haidt (1)
- Joseph M. Marshall III (1)
- Judith Blackstone (1)
- Judith Orloff (1)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1)
- Karen Casey (1)
- Kathryn Budig (1)
- Kathy Freston (1)
- Kenneth Robinson (1)
- Kim Eng (1)
- Kris Carr (1)
- Lama Surya Das (1)
- Lama Tsultrim Allione (1)
- Larry Dossey (1)
- Larry Ward (1)
- Larry Yang (1)
- Lewis Howes (1)
- Linda Graham (1)
- Marc Ian Barasch (1)
- Maria Sirois (1)
- Marie Forleo (1)
- Mark Nepo (1)
- Martha Beck (1)
- Matt Kahn (1)
- Michael Bernard Beckwith (1)
- Michael Brown (1)
- Mirabai Bush (1)
- Misty Copeland (1)
- Mooji (1)
- Muhammad Ali (1)
- Nancy Mellon (1)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (1)
- Natalie Jill (1)
- Neale Donald Walsch (1)
- Nicole Sachs (1)
- Noah Levine (1)
- Patanjali (1)
- Paul Gilbert (1)
- Phil Jackson (1)
- Philip Goldberg (1)
- Phillip Moffitt (1)
- Piero Ferrucci (1)
- Poppy Jamie (1)
- Rachel Naomi Remen (1)
- Raymond Buckland (1)
- Rob Bell (1)
- Robert A. Johnson (1)
- Robert Augustus Masters (1)
- Russ Hudson (1)
- Sandra Ingerman (1)
- Scott Shute (1)
- Shakti Gawain (1)
- Sharon Salzberg (1)
- Shinzen Young (1)
- Simon Sinek (1)
- Sonia Choquette (1)
- Stanley Krippner (1)
- Stephan Bodian (1)
- Stephanie Y. Evans (1)
- Stephen Cope (1)
- Stephen Levine (1)
- Steven Kotler (1)
- Tal Ben-Shahar (1)
- Tara Brach (1)
- Ted DesMaisons (1)
- Terence McKenna (1)
- Terri Cole (1)
- Thomas Hübl (1)
- Tony Robbins (1)
- Wendell Berry (1)
- Wim Hof (1)
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (1)
We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern.
