Marie Forleo

But for me, it looked like reaching out to every single girlfriend that I had. And because I was bartending and waiting tables, people would always ask me like, hey, what else do you do? Are you an actress? I'm like, no, dude, I'm a coach. I could actually help you reach a goal or set a strategy or do this. And so I was

But for me, it looked like reaching out to every single girlfriend that I had. And because I was bartending and waiting tables, people would always ask me like, hey, what else do you do? Are you an actress? I'm like, no, dude, I'm a coach. Like I could actually help you reach a goal or set a strategy or do this. And so I was

just absolutely shameless about asking people if I could work with them for free. Like I just did everything I possibly could. And in that process, was it uncomfortable? Yeah, but I had failed at so many other things. And that was so much more painful than actually trying to do something that I really believed in that it gave me the motivation to just put myself out there.

And then the worst thing that people could say was no. And I was like, that's not that big of a deal. It was through that experience of just continuing to work through my fear and my embarrassment. And then when I started getting people results and they're like, wow, I feel so much better after our conversation. So that started to kind of fill the well of like, oh, I could do this.

And then the worst thing that people could say was no. And I was like, that's not that big of a deal. Yeah. It was through that experience of just continuing to work through my fear and my embarrassment. And then when I started getting people results and how they're like, wow, I feel so much better after our conversation. So that started to kind of fill the well of like, oh, I could do this.

Like, this is awesome. And it didn't happen overnight. It took me a very long time, but that's kind of how the process started.

So I didn't realize the 10-year test until a few years later and we'll unpack what that concept is and how people can use it because I think it's actually, it's so helpful for any of us, no matter what your age is, no matter what stage of life you're in. That decision in terms of not saying yes to Vogue was a very body-led, intuition-led decision. Here's what I mean by that.

Because I had had that experience on Wall Street where going to the same place every single day started making me feel like I was dying a slow death. And then I quit that job and got out of it. And then I went through a similar thing when I was at Gourmet Magazine, where I respected all the people that I worked for. I appreciated them.

I was grateful to have a job, but I couldn't deny that every single day it was like, I can't do this for the rest of my life. I don't want want to climb this corporate ladder. What's going on? So it was a very visceral feeling.

I was grateful to have a job, but I couldn't deny that every single day it was like, I can't do this for the rest of my life. I don't want to climb this corporate ladder. What's going on? So it was a very visceral feeling.

And then to have that a third time when I was at Mademoiselle and then to have this incredible opportunity for a promotion come to me and everything, every single cell in my body was screaming no, I don't even feel like it was a decision. It was something I had to do.

Yeah. Fear versus intuition. It's a big thing. My best strategy that I've taught to probably hundreds of thousands of people at this point is a really simple thing that anyone can do whenever you're faced with a possibility, an opportunity, something that you're facing where if you said yes, you're like, wow, this decision could change my life or this opportunity could mean the world to me.

And I think it's really important for all of us, especially when we're starting in a new journey or when we're on the early part of our career path to recognize that our intellect and our ego often wants to override our intuition.

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