Robbins used these words in a TIME interview about advice that people can remember when emotions run high. The displayed wording is the concluding clause of a longer sentence, not a separate maxim proven to originate here.
“If you can't remember what to do, you won't use the advice” Mel Robbins — Interview with Belinda Luscombe in TIME (Published October 2024; discussion of memorable advice).
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Interview with Belinda Luscombe in TIME
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October 23, 2024; discussion of memorable advice
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The exchange concerns the practical value of simple instructions. Robbins argues that advice must remain accessible at the moment a listener needs it; the article reports this as her explanation, not a scientific proof of the method.
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Mel Robbins. Interview with Belinda Luscombe in TIME. Published October 2024; discussion of memorable advice.
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