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Unreasonable dedication is unreasonable. It occurs earlier than there’s a assure it is going to work. It’s out of proportion to what others assume is customary. Unreasonable dedication is dedication, persistence, care, power, connection and funding that doesn’t appear to make sense.

You’ll be able to’t do that in all the things, and also you most likely can’t do it on a regular basis. That’s why it’s unreasonable to anticipate.

I’ve been lucky sufficient to do a whole lot of podcasts. The hosts are even kinder and extra skilled than you’d think about, displaying up for months or years with nearly no listeners. They do it as a result of they care.

However just one podcast host had me in tears earlier than we started recording.

Final September, I spent the day with Mel Robbins and her workforce of greater than a dozen professionals. We recorded for 4 hours, two episodes value, after which they quietly spent six months modifying the work.

Mel’s much more Mel-like in particular person. She’s totally current, dedicated and sure, excessive. Our dialog led to my new guide and course, and it additionally jogged my memory that higher is feasible. Not only for the particular person in entrance of the digital camera, however for everybody on the workforce, for the friends and for the folks listening.

Neil Pasricha wrote about Mel a decade in the past. Earlier than final yr’s bestseller or the Golden Globe nomination or the podcast hit its stride. It’s a selection.

Unreasonable dedication doesn’t appear to be an excellent plan till after it really works.

March 12, 2026