Stop Wasting Your Time: How to Deal With People Who Won’t Change & What to Do Instead

Aug 27, 2026 · 1h 10m · YouTube

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0:00Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast.

0:08Oh, you're going to love the episode today because today you and I are going to learn how to deal with the people in your life who won't change.

0:18I mean, we love these people, but they're so frustrating, right?

0:23I know you're sick of it.

0:24I'm sick of it.

0:25Aren't you sick of wasting your time and energy trying to push other people to be better?

0:29Of course you are.

0:30Today you're going to learn a different approach.

0:32You're going to learn how to use the research to pull the people you love toward the changes that you want to see, and they're not even going to know you're doing it.

0:42Dr.

0:42Dolly Chug is here in our Boston studios.

0:45She is a social psychologist with three degrees from Harvard.

0:49She's also an award-winning professor at NYU Stern School of Business.

0:53Her entire field of expertise is studying why people won't change, and more importantly, how to effectively move someone else toward changing.

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