Hey it’s Marie Forleo and you’re watching MarieTV, the place to be to create a business
and a life that you love.
And today is Q&A Tuesday and that means today’s question comes from Miss Kristen and she writes:
“Hi Marie, here’s my Q. What is something you know now that you wish you’d known earlier
to help get where you are today?
Thanks so much, Kristen.”
Kristen, this is a fantastic question.
You know, it’s in my DNA not to have regrets, so everything that I experienced kind of on
my whole path, for me, it’s been quite perfect.
All the missteps, all the mistakes, they’ve helped make me stronger and it’s actually
made me more equipped to help and support people today.
But when I really thought about your question one thing came to mind.
You know, I think about all the time that I wasted that I can never get back trying
to figure out what to call myself.
So you’ve got to realize, when I first started out as a coach I was also a bartender and
I did fitness and I did hip hop through Crunch and with Nike.
Now, I spent tons of time and I would torture Josh on these beach walks practically crying
trying to nail my elevator speech.
I mean, was I a business coach, was I a life coach, was I a productivity coach?
Do I tell people about Nike and fitness?
What about my love for marketing and spirituality?
I mean, am I the hip hop life coach?
Ok, so I actually didn't do that then but I’m really happy I did it now because it
was fun.
So here’s the thing, what I didn't realize way back then was the thing that’s so much
more important than some canned elevator speech was the depth and the quality of my work.
I wish I could tell my younger self, hey, just keep growing, keep focusing on serving
more people, improving your skills, and everything will be just fine.
Now, I know of course some people can easily describe who they are and what they do in
a quick sentence and that can be really, really useful for getting ahead, but for me that’s
never been the case and, to be honest, it’s still not the case now.
But it has never held me back.
So if I could tell myself, my younger self, one thing it would be this: forget about the
speech and enjoy the beach.
Now, even with all that said I really wouldn't change any of it because, number one, that
experience really helps me relate to multi passionate people who struggle to fit themselves
into a conventional box, much like me.
And, of course, number two, I get to love on Josh even more because he was so patient
with me when I ruined so many of our romantic beach walks.
So let’s wrap this up with a tweetable.
If you could avoid all your mistakes, you’d miss everything you learn from them.
That was my A to your Q Kristen, thank you so much for asking it.
And now I would love to hear from you.
What’s one thing that you know now that you wish you’d known sooner?
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