good morning believe nation today’s messages find your path over to you
messages find your path over to you
messages find your path over to you Marie Forleo you know my first gig out
Marie Forleo you know my first gig out
Marie Forleo you know my first gig out of college was on Wall Street on the New
of college was on Wall Street on the New
of college was on Wall Street on the New York Stock Exchange and this is pre
York Stock Exchange and this is pre
York Stock Exchange and this is pre everything this is like just out of
everything this is like just out of
everything this is like just out of college 21 years old and I knew one of
college 21 years old and I knew one of
college 21 years old and I knew one of my drives I wanted to be really
my drives I wanted to be really
my drives I wanted to be really successful but not just like get shoes I
successful but not just like get shoes I
successful but not just like get shoes I knew I wanted to make money because I
knew I wanted to make money because I
knew I wanted to make money because I wanted to make a difference I wanted to
wanted to make a difference I wanted to
wanted to make a difference I wanted to be able to take care of my family I
be able to take care of my family I
be able to take care of my family I wanted to be able to contribute to
wanted to be able to contribute to
wanted to be able to contribute to causes that I believe in and so I knew
causes that I believe in and so I knew
causes that I believe in and so I knew in order to do that in my own mind I was
in order to do that in my own mind I was
in order to do that in my own mind I was like well I want to make a lot of money
like well I want to make a lot of money
like well I want to make a lot of money and make this stuff happen but when I
and make this stuff happen but when I
and make this stuff happen but when I was on Wall Street even though so many
was on Wall Street even though so many
was on Wall Street even though so many people that I worked with Multi multi
people that I worked with Multi multi
people that I worked with Multi multi millionaires I mean the money was
millionaires I mean the money was
millionaires I mean the money was ridiculous while they were financially
ridiculous while they were financially
ridiculous while they were financially rich they were spiritually bankrupt and
rich they were spiritually bankrupt and
rich they were spiritually bankrupt and I felt like there was a part of me that
I felt like there was a part of me that
I felt like there was a part of me that was dying inside and I said this is not
was dying inside and I said this is not
was dying inside and I said this is not my path I don’t know what my path is but
my path I don’t know what my path is but
my path I don’t know what my path is but I need to leave this because I feel sick
I need to leave this because I feel sick
I need to leave this because I feel sick and so I think many people feel like
and so I think many people feel like
and so I think many people feel like that you can find yourself and job and
that you can find yourself and job and
that you can find yourself and job and job and job and you want to do it really
job and job and you want to do it really
job and job and you want to do it really you want to do great work in the world
you want to do great work in the world
you want to do great work in the world you’re giving it your best that some
you’re giving it your best that some
you’re giving it your best that some little voice inside is saying this isn’t
little voice inside is saying this isn’t
little voice inside is saying this isn’t me this isn’t me and I kept having that
me this isn’t me and I kept having that
me this isn’t me and I kept having that voice until finally I left the corporate
voice until finally I left the corporate
voice until finally I left the corporate world and started my own business for
world and started my own business for
world and started my own business for those of you loyal viewers you’ve known
those of you loyal viewers you’ve known
those of you loyal viewers you’ve known that when I was in high school I thought
that when I was in high school I thought
that when I was in high school I thought it was going to be a banker it was in my
it was going to be a banker it was in my
it was going to be a banker it was in my high school yearbook and I had the
high school yearbook and I had the
high school yearbook and I had the opportunity to become a banker earn you
opportunity to become a banker earn you
opportunity to become a banker earn you know 80 hundred thousand dollars
know 80 hundred thousand dollars
know 80 hundred thousand dollars starting salary at the company that I
starting salary at the company that I
starting salary at the company that I wanted to work at and I said no to
wanted to work at and I said no to
wanted to work at and I said no to become an entrepreneur when I was making
become an entrepreneur when I was making
become an entrepreneur when I was making three hundred dollars a month because I
three hundred dollars a month because I
three hundred dollars a month because I didn’t want to live with regret that I
didn’t want to live with regret that I
didn’t want to live with regret that I made the wrong decision and and it just
made the wrong decision and and it just
made the wrong decision and and it just it felt right and I think this is a
it felt right and I think this is a
it felt right and I think this is a challenge for a lot of people because I
challenge for a lot of people because I
challenge for a lot of people because I feel like people know when something
feel like people know when something
feel like people know when something doesn’t feel right I feel like you know
doesn’t feel right I feel like you know
doesn’t feel right I feel like you know you know I feel like you know somewhere
you know I feel like you know somewhere
you know I feel like you know somewhere that this isn’t the right thing to do
that this isn’t the right thing to do
that this isn’t the right thing to do you’re just too scared to do the right
you’re just too scared to do the right
you’re just too scared to do the right thing where you don’t know what the
thing where you don’t know what the
thing where you don’t know what the right thing is
right thing is
right thing is you just know that what you’re doing
you just know that what you’re doing
you just know that what you’re doing right now is not the right thing and if
right now is not the right thing and if
right now is not the right thing and if you don’t know where to jump to then it
you don’t know where to jump to then it
you don’t know where to jump to then it can be really scary and it’s having the
can be really scary and it’s having the
can be really scary and it’s having the courage to move forward on a path that’s
courage to move forward on a path that’s
courage to move forward on a path that’s unknown versus taking the safe path that
unknown versus taking the safe path that
unknown versus taking the safe path that is known but doesn’t feel right and I
is known but doesn’t feel right and I
is known but doesn’t feel right and I think that’s where most people fall down
think that’s where most people fall down
think that’s where most people fall down like not everybody wants to be an
like not everybody wants to be an
like not everybody wants to be an entrepreneur I get dad is totally cool
entrepreneur I get dad is totally cool
entrepreneur I get dad is totally cool but people do have dreams people you
but people do have dreams people you
but people do have dreams people you know do have aspirations and they’re not
know do have aspirations and they’re not
know do have aspirations and they’re not realizing them and they’re stuck in a
realizing them and they’re stuck in a
realizing them and they’re stuck in a job that they hate or a life that they
job that they hate or a life that they
job that they hate or a life that they hate or Alysha that they hate or an
hate or Alysha that they hate or an
hate or Alysha that they hate or an environment that they hate because it’s
environment that they hate because it’s
environment that they hate because it’s just okay you know it’s not bad enough
just okay you know it’s not bad enough
just okay you know it’s not bad enough to make them want to leave but just
to make them want to leave but just
to make them want to leave but just because it’s okay it means that they
because it’s okay it means that they
because it’s okay it means that they don’t strive for something much greater
don’t strive for something much greater
don’t strive for something much greater and if they don’t know where they want
and if they don’t know where they want
and if they don’t know where they want to go you don’t know you don’t have that
to go you don’t know you don’t have that
to go you don’t know you don’t have that clear vision for where you want to go
clear vision for where you want to go
clear vision for where you want to go then it’s massively scary to have the
then it’s massively scary to have the
then it’s massively scary to have the courage to go out and take that leap and
courage to go out and take that leap and
courage to go out and take that leap and I think one is just having the awareness
I think one is just having the awareness
I think one is just having the awareness and hearing different people say that
and hearing different people say that
and hearing different people say that you shouldn’t settle for a mediocre life
you shouldn’t settle for a mediocre life
you shouldn’t settle for a mediocre life that if you feel like you want to do
that if you feel like you want to do
that if you feel like you want to do something more that you at least owe it
something more that you at least owe it
something more that you at least owe it to yourself to do it so you’re not that
to yourself to do it so you’re not that
to yourself to do it so you’re not that 80 year old sitting back on your
80 year old sitting back on your
80 year old sitting back on your deathbed thinking man I wish I did more
deathbed thinking man I wish I did more
deathbed thinking man I wish I did more with my life I wish I’d changed my dream
with my life I wish I’d changed my dream
with my life I wish I’d changed my dream and then to recognize that doesn’t have
and then to recognize that doesn’t have
and then to recognize that doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing thing like if
to be an all-or-nothing thing like if
to be an all-or-nothing thing like if you don’t like your life right now or a
you don’t like your life right now or a
you don’t like your life right now or a part of it your job or your relationship
part of it your job or your relationship
part of it your job or your relationship or something you don’t have to just quit
or something you don’t have to just quit
or something you don’t have to just quit and then move on to something else I
and then move on to something else I
and then move on to something else I mean that can work for some people but
mean that can work for some people but
mean that can work for some people but I’m in the school of thought of just
I’m in the school of thought of just
I’m in the school of thought of just start trying stuff part-time like try
start trying stuff part-time like try
start trying stuff part-time like try for an hour a day it doesn’t have to be
for an hour a day it doesn’t have to be
for an hour a day it doesn’t have to be something massively radical and crazy
something massively radical and crazy
something massively radical and crazy and I think if you can get your head
and I think if you can get your head
and I think if you can get your head around that then it reduces the fear
around that then it reduces the fear
around that then it reduces the fear reduces the uncertainty and then
reduces the uncertainty and then
reduces the uncertainty and then hopefully gets you a little bit excited
hopefully gets you a little bit excited
hopefully gets you a little bit excited because you want to be excited about the
because you want to be excited about the
because you want to be excited about the dream thing that you’re you’re often
dream thing that you’re you’re often
dream thing that you’re you’re often chasing and so I would echo the point
chasing and so I would echo the point
chasing and so I would echo the point that if you are not happy with something
that if you are not happy with something
that if you are not happy with something in your life I kind of try to live by
in your life I kind of try to live by
in your life I kind of try to live by this if I’m not happy with something for
this if I’m not happy with something for
this if I’m not happy with something for too long my schedule my work environment
too long my schedule my work environment
too long my schedule my work environment something if I’m if I’m not excited not
something if I’m if I’m not excited not
something if I’m if I’m not excited not even not happy if I’m if I’m not
even not happy if I’m if I’m not
even not happy if I’m if I’m not by something for too many days in a row
by something for too many days in a row
by something for too many days in a row then something has to change you know I
then something has to change you know I
then something has to change you know I changed my schedule around constantly I
changed my schedule around constantly I
changed my schedule around constantly I have some core principles but I’ll
have some core principles but I’ll
have some core principles but I’ll change it around based on what’s
change it around based on what’s
change it around based on what’s happened in my life and I don’t think
happened in my life and I don’t think
happened in my life and I don’t think people are static beans like things will
people are static beans like things will
people are static beans like things will change in your life and if you don’t
change in your life and if you don’t
change in your life and if you don’t adapt and grow as things and changing as
adapt and grow as things and changing as
adapt and grow as things and changing as you grow then you’re gonna feel out of
you grow then you’re gonna feel out of
you grow then you’re gonna feel out of place then you’re gonna feel unhappy and
place then you’re gonna feel unhappy and
place then you’re gonna feel unhappy and unsatisfied and so your life is never
unsatisfied and so your life is never
unsatisfied and so your life is never perfect
perfect
perfect that’s just constantly evolving and you
that’s just constantly evolving and you
that’s just constantly evolving and you need to catch up to it as you change
need to catch up to it as you change
need to catch up to it as you change that you change your life alongside with
that you change your life alongside with
that you change your life alongside with you and stop settling for okay stop
you and stop settling for okay stop
you and stop settling for okay stop settling for mediocrity stop settling
settling for mediocrity stop settling
settling for mediocrity stop settling for just good if you’re not happy with
for just good if you’re not happy with
for just good if you’re not happy with something in your life accept
something in your life accept
something in your life accept responsibility and start making some
responsibility and start making some
responsibility and start making some changes it doesn’t have to be all in
changes it doesn’t have to be all in
changes it doesn’t have to be all in just start right now so the question
just start right now so the question
just start right now so the question today is I want to know one area of your
today is I want to know one area of your
today is I want to know one area of your business or your life that you’re not
business or your life that you’re not
business or your life that you’re not happy with that you’re gonna make a
happy with that you’re gonna make a
happy with that you’re gonna make a change today with could be a small minor
change today with could be a small minor
change today with could be a small minor change at school just you’re gonna make
change at school just you’re gonna make
change at school just you’re gonna make a change right now cuz you’re not happy
a change right now cuz you’re not happy
a change right now cuz you’re not happy with it leave in the comments below I’m
with it leave in the comments below I’m
with it leave in the comments below I’m gonna join the discussion thank you guys
gonna join the discussion thank you guys
gonna join the discussion thank you guys so much for watching have an amazing day
so much for watching have an amazing day
so much for watching have an amazing day continue to believe and I’ll see you
continue to believe and I’ll see you
continue to believe and I’ll see you again s’more morning for another shot of
again s’more morning for another shot of
again s’more morning for another shot of espresso
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