Hey, it’s Marie Forleo and you are watching MarieTV, the place to be to create a business
and life you love.
And today I wanna wish you and your family the happiest of holidays.
In my family, today we are celebrating Christmas.
Now, I don’t know what you celebrate, but along with this season of good cheer and one
of my favorite things ever, Christmas specials!
There can be a lot of pressure around giving gifts.
Since you’re probably gonna be seeing a lot of people you love today and over the
next few weeks, I wanna remind you about the most important present you can ever give,
your presence.
Doesn’t cost you a thing, and I have to tell you, the people in your life, that is
what they want the most from you, your presence your full attention, your heartfelt understanding,
and your love.
Our lives have gotten so hectic, and in this 24/7 connected world we’re all addicted
to checking our computers and our phones.
Any time there’s uncomfortable silence or the action stops, we all get triggered to
go check our phone.
In fact, Qualcomm says that on average, we check our phones 150 times per day.
That’s once every 6 and a half minutes.
The problem is, we’re losing our ability to give our full, undivided attention to the
people around us, the real people who matter most.
Life is so precious and it’s so fleeting.
No matter how challenging it is to spend time with your family at the holidays, you have
to remember, they’re not gonna be around forever.
You don’t wanna look back with a heavy heart full of regret wishing that you spent more
time truly connected to them heart to heart, rather than being connected to your phone.
Because here’s the truth and, yes, it’s a tweetable.
“The best present you can ever give is your full attention.”
So let’s make this holiday the best ever by taking our focus off of material gifts
and putting it on what really matters most, giving attention to the people we love.
Make it a point to turn off your phone and really be with the people you’re with on
this holiday.
Whether it’s your brother or your sister or your parents, your kids, your aunt, your
in-laws, even if you’re out and about and it’s strangers that you meet on the street.
Give everyone you meet this holiday season the gift of your full attention.
One of the things that I love most about our MarieTV community is how we come together
after the episode and we have a discussion about the topic, which brings it more to life.
Now, if you have a story about how being fully present with the people in your life has made
a difference, I wanna hear about it.
Now, I also understand if this episode has inspired you to turn off the computer and
go be with your family.
That’s awesome too.
But when you come back online, please do come back and let us know how it went and how it
made a difference to give your full attention to the people you love.
Remember, the richest discussions happen over at MarieForleo.com, so I will look out for
you there.
I wish you and yours a holiday filled with love and joy and presence.
Thank you so much for watching and I’ll see you next time on MarieTV.