Hey, it's your friend, Mel, and I woke up today,
and you are on my mind, and I'm like, I have something that I want to say to you,
because today is the first day of the new year,
and I want you to really listen to what I'm about to tell you, because I know something about you.
I know that you're someone who really wants to make this the best year ever.
And you're someone who not only has amazing dreams and goals and a vision for your life, which I think is so cool,
but you're also willing to do the hard things that it's going to take to get there.
You're willing to do the boring things, the annoying things, and that's what it's going to take.
And that's why I know you're capable of bringing this vision for your life and bringing your dreams and your goals into the real world and making it a reality.
And so I wanted to start this year off today by personally reminding you, you have power.
In fact, you have so much more power than you realize.
I didn't realize this until I was 54 years old, and that's why I want to remind you of this.
It took me too long to figure this out,
and now that I've figured out that I have power and that you have power and how to tap into that power,
there's no way I'm going back.
And so I'm going to start this year by reminding you that your year is going to be amazing,
not because of what other people are doing, definitely not because of what's happening in the world around you.
But your year is going to be amazing because you understand
that your power is always in how you respond to what's happening.
It's how you respond to what other people are doing.