Mel Robbins

All it's, it's just pictures of my kids and barbecues.

And, you know, I didn't know normal people could make a living giving keynote speeches.

And so people started to ask me to speak in 2013, 2014.

And like, you know, I went and spoke for free.

And then there was this moment in 2014, or 2013 rather, a person came up to me after speaking for free at a big women's conference and said, hey, did you get your check for this thing yet?

And I was like, check?

You got paid for this?

Am I the only idiot here who's doing this for free?

And that's what I'm like, I got to figure this out.

Yep, yep.

I think so.

You know, I come from like Midwestern farming stock.

And so when the chores need to get done, the chores need to get done.

Like my mom grew up on a big farm.

My dad grew up in a working class family.

And so there's just sort of a pragmatism and a focus on doing things instead of talking about things.

Touching your bottom or touching bottom?

Yeah, I guess not.

I mean, I've done some pretty ding-dong things.

She went to law school, for Christ's sake.