From her start as a “Jersey girl with nothing more than passion, a laptop, and a dream,” Marie Forleo built a digital empire. Named by Oprah as a thought leader for the next generation and one of Forbes top 100 websites for Entrepreneurs, her mission is to help you realize your greatest potential and use your unique talents to change the world.
In this episode, we dive into real lessons of listening to your gut, trying, failing, and solving problems. Marie’s no nonsense approach provides real strategies that helps us focus on the things we want in our lives and shape our future.
Everything is figureoutable. You just have to be willing to use your creativity and think outside the box.
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Some Questions I Ask
- What was the trajectory that got you where you are today? [2:20]
- How much of your path do you attribute to intuition? [12:17]
- How do you fight through the haters and doubters that don’t believe in the direction you’re taking? [15:30]
- What’s the difference between a safe and an unsafe career path? [18:55]
- How important is community? [21:55]
- What are some major solutions to keep trucking? [24:17]
- What are some other blockers that keep people from pursuing new tracks? [24:55]
- How do you stay focused when your focus is split between passions? [29:54]
- What are some of the tricks for getting what you want out of your side hustle? [32:40]
- What role does creativity play in the day to day? [35:15]
- What led you to create B-School? [46:15]
- Tell us about MarieTV. [50:52]
- What are some of your hardest challenges? [54:54]
- What are some of your common problems and what have you done to overcome them? [57:00]
- What are your morning routine habits? [1:00:48]
- What do you do to play? [1:03:50]
- What would people be surprised to know about you? [1:04:33]
- What did you learn yesterday? [1:05:34]
- Morning or night? [1:06:16]
- Meat or vegetable? [1:06:27]
- What do you do to get unstuck? [1:06:44]
- What kind of music do you listen to? [1:07:28]
- What did I not ask you that I should have? [1:07:50]
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How to guide your life by listening to the little voice inside your head. [12:50]
- Your path may change, but if you’re always striving towards the thing that the little voice is telling you, you’ll be happy. [14:58]
- How to decide whose advice to listen to and whose to ignore. [16:36]
- The surprising responses you’ll get when you pursue your life with bravery. [17:36]
- What “everything is figureoutable” means and why you should remind yourself of it when making decisions or dealing with stress. [18:57]
- How to set expectations for your journey when taking a new leap. [21:00]
- How to approach your relationships and family with reasonable expectations. [23:22]
- How do you choose which of your many interests to pursue? [25:30]
- A step by step exercise on how do lean into your future to figure out what you REALLY want. [26:30]
- How to figure out if you should go all in or start your passion on the side. [31:50]
- Why it’s important to learn your risk DNA before quitting your day job. [33:00]
- How to use playing and presence to find out where your creativity lies. [39:20]
- How exercises like visualization techniques can shape your future to give you exactly what you want out of it. [41:12]
- Why you should finish the sentence “wouldn’t it be cool if…” as often as possible. [44:02]
- The staggering comparison between cheap liquor and comparing your life to others’ highlight reels. [57:20]
- The worst way to start your day… that you probably do. [58:48]
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